Perhaps no single role in the entrepreneurial world has changed as much as that of the midlevel manager. It was perhaps garnered as much from poor ownership and Dilbert comic strips than any real hard data examining the cause. The reputation was born and it has changed the role of middle management from that of a purely supervisor capacity to one o

Ideally speaking, a Master Black Belt is a college graduate or post-grad with an MBA. This is not to suggest that the powerful ways of business process management will remain elusive for others but the complex art of combining Six Sigma with business process management takes longer to master in the absence such formal training. Basic Responsibil

Your company has deadlines to meet and the project at hand is not much different than the one before it, yet you are questioning why this project has so much time against it. You have the same amount of employees working on this project as the last one, but this project has consumed double the time. Why are you over the projected allotment of billa

Too many of todays small business owners are kept in the dark when it comes to the record keeping of their businesses. They hand off this unpleasant task to an accountant and keep their minds and hands free to do the more interesting and fun tasks associated with running a business. This can sometimes be unavoidable but it is in any business owners

When it comes to running your own business you wear many hats. You are the boss, the supervisor, the secretary and more. With all of the jobs you do to run your business you need your time to be well spent. Because of this it is very important that your home office be well organized. If you have a meeting concerning a financial loan that could make

A business is nothing more than an idea without people in place to take action and make the business happen. And how well a business runs is a direct reflection of its employees. Over time, a practice known as "Performance Management" has been put in place in most businesses to ensure that employees not only do the jobs they were hired to do, b

If you are a developer, then you should really consider why you need to plan your projects and save time using base camp application as your main tool. For many developers it is difficult sometimes to find the right management tool to run their projects with. This article is meant to be an honest review of one such software called basecamp, and the

I spend much of my time working with companies to help them identify and hire the right sales talent for their company. One of the biggest frustrations that I hear from my clients is that they struggle to get people to apply for their jobs. Thus, they feel they have to settle for the few candidates they get and make a hiring decision. In essence, t

Every businessperson learns quickly that customers are valuable. Repeat customers are the most valuable of all. Yet the vast majority of businesspeople do not take the simple steps that attract new customers and keep existing ones. Hence, most new businesses fail, and older ones go through hard times. Quality is the single most important determi

When you are working to create a perfect uniform plan for your business, it is extremely important to consider several factors thoroughly before making any actual purchases. If you are careful you will have a great uniform that looks professional even after a night in the kitchen but with a bad uniform selection, you will have a costly purchase th

I remember the excitement that my MBA classmates shared with me while recruiters fawned over them making job offers that could lead to fast-track business careers. Naturally, everyone wanted either to eventually own a business or become the CEO of a business. The best that most new MBAs could hope for immediately, however, was to gain a place in a

Occasionally you may have had the unfortunate situation where you have lent money to someone and were unable to get them to pay you back in a timely, adequate manner. Whether this person was a family, friend or a business associate, you know how difficult it can be to enforce that you are paid back. You may have been unsure what your options were i

Without a doubt it is service that brings clients back for more. Whether you own a restaurant, bar, cafe or coffeehouse, you want your customers to leave happy, and you want them to come again. However research shows that over 90% of your customers will not complain when they are dissatisfied and often you may not be aware of the 10% who do comp

Restaurant Service Consulting, by definition, is a review or evaluation of the restaurant dining room service system. This means, "how the dining room runs" which includes all of the service tools provided (or to be provided) by the management. These tools include readable floor diagrams, seating coordination, menu descriptions, properly done s

This concept occurred to me after a restaurant service consulting session with the owner of a catering operation. His restaurant was in perfect order, incredibly neat and clean, better than I have seen in quite awhile. In conversation, when I learned he was in the Navy for 4 years, it dawned on me that restaurant service procedure is very simil