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Adam Toren
Adam Toren is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, investor and co-founder of YoungEntrepreneur.com. He is co-author, with his brother Matthew, of Kidpreneurs and Small Business, BIG Vision: Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right (Wiley). He's based in Phoenix, Ariz.
How To Improve Employee Loyalty
By Matthew Toren | December 7, 2010
Employee loyalty can be defined as employees dedicated to the success of the organization. Unfortunately, too many people go to work to simply earn a wage and care about little else. Using the right strategies with your employees will encourage loyalty, dedication, and a pride in one’s work. Conversely, if your company lacks employee loyalty, [...]
How To Implement An Employee Suggestion Process
By Adam Toren | December 7, 2010
Everyone likes to help implement better processes for their job and company. Given the opportunity, employees might just submit some ideas that really work and wind up saving the company money and time. Good ideas come from everywhere, so start by using the very people you hired and trust by initiating an employee suggestion process. [...]
How To Establish A New Employee Orientation
By Matthew Toren | December 5, 2010
How you welcome new employees into your business will differentiate you from other companies. Some employers do not feel a new employee orientation is necessary, but there are quite a few things covered in this procedure that are valuable to both employee and employer. Showing the employee the ropes, so to speak, gets them familiar [...]
How To Determine If A Worker Is An Independent Contractor Or An Employee
By Adam Toren | December 3, 2010
It’s important for a business owner to be able to make the distinction between employee and independent contractor for many reasons, the most important being how that person gets paid. The easiest place to begin is by defining what an employee is: “a person who is hired to provide services to a company on a [...]
How To Build Employee Relations
By Adam Toren | November 14, 2010
When you were employed for someone else, were the employees able to participate in potlucks, company lunches, or recognition ceremonies? Employees remember these things. Non-work-related activities increase motivation and job performance. These activities also build rapport between employees by allowing them a chance to mingle and socialize. Try some of these ideas for out-of-office get-togethers [...]
How To Learn About Human Resources
By Matthew Toren | July 20, 2010
When to Hire a Staff Member You will want to hire a staff employee as your business starts to grow and there are several ways that you can do this. Some of the best avenues to explore when it comes to hiring employees include online advertising, your own website. employment agencies and of course word [...]
How To Build Employee Trust
By Matthew Toren | July 20, 2010
If you are able to run your business effectively with you and you alone, good for you! Most business, however, require the use of at least one employee—usually more—and although there are a number of factors that determine the success or failure of a business, the worth of a business’s particular employees is one of [...]
How To Delegate Work And Responsibility
By Adam Toren | July 20, 2010
For some of us delegating work, responsibility, or authority to other individuals is especially difficult. No one knows our business better than we do, and we are particular about how certain aspects—or perhaps how every aspect—of our business is run. Delegating also means we allow others to make decisions that involve spending owner or managerial [...]
How To Develop A Personnel System
By Matthew Toren | July 20, 2010
Assessing Personnel Needs Small businesses that follow a clearly defined set of principles and policies enjoy higher performance and growth rates than those that do not. It is important to both know your company’s particular personnel needs and lay out a plan to fulfill these needs using proven policies and policies tailor-made for your individual [...]
How To Develop Employee Training
By Matthew Toren | July 20, 2010
Hiring good employees is only a first step to ensuring ____. Thorough and well-structured training is essential to employee productivity and contentment, and is thereby a major factor in long-term profitability. To keep good employees and to ensure they perform at their best, you must invest in the development of their skills. While training is [...]
How To Hire The Right Employees
By Adam Toren | July 20, 2010
You’ve heard it before but it merits repeating: A business is only as good as the people in it. That means that to effectively manage your business, you must take the time to locate and hire the right employees. You’ll need to determine a process of staffing your business, of setting the personnel policies, determining [...]
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