In these tough economic times we hear about layoffs almost every day on the news. There’s no denying that sometimes a company has to cut employees to survive for the long run. However, I think that companies often are quick to cut employees because they are viewed as a cost to the company instead of a valuable resource.
Who has in depth information about your company? Who is your face to customers? Who knows how the nuts of bolts of your company works better than anyone? That’s right. Your employees.
Want to know how to make your business run efficiently in a recession? Want to know what new things to try to get customers? Try talking to your employees. They probably have some great ideas. And keeping them involved in your company will make them want to work harder for its success.
(photo by army.mil @ Flickr CC)
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After dropping my daughter off at school this morning, I stopped by the local bagel shop.
If you are in software development, take a good hard look at the code you are writing right now. If the string of Roman characters resemble Java or .Net or C/C++ then I have some wonderfully awful predictions about the next ten years of your life; That language is your scarlet letter and will follow/define you for the next two jobs you end up accepting. That sounds bad but you are the blessed among the damned – You can and will find that next job. For Bleeding Edgers, the road is not so well paved.
If you have goals like “Increase profits” or “Make Money” or even “Be Profitable”, you may have a hard time achieving those goals. Why? Because they are not clearly defined nor do they have a set time limit. When setting goals, it’s important that they are short, to the point, and reachable within a certain time.
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