Core competency. It refers to what a firm does distinctively well - and should concentrate on - to maintain its competitive advantage. As author and business coach Bill Collier points out in our Q&A, this concept from the corporate world also ...

Here you'll find ready-to-use business tools to help you get the job done faster and easier, including: Model business documents. Sample letters, contracts, forms, and policies ready for you to customize ...

When Warren Carter was transforming his Chula Vista, California, executive search company from a two-person virtual organization to a more conventional model with full-time employees, the company lacked the processes and expertise to attract, hire ...

Over the past few years, remote working has emerged as a key factor in the success of many companies. This is the first in a series of articles exploring the remote working trend - what it is, why it's happening and the benefits it brings to workers ...

Top Secret: When Your Hire Contractors. Many companies hire contract workers for special projects or to meet other long term staffing needs. Attorney Cliff Ennico outlines protective clauses to include in your employement agreement to safeguard your ...

There are some technology basics taht almost every small business will need to thrive. Small business author and technology consultant, Gene Marks has tips on five software applications essential to a growing business. Watch Video

Copyright © 1999-2006 Edward Lowe Foundation. www.edwardlowe.org All rights reserved. How To Develop And Use A Business Plan A well-prepared business plan is more than a necessary tool to seek funding. It should also ...

Achieving Employee Potential Your greatest asset may be the people who work within your company. When the last employee has gone home for the day, the computers, desks, equipment, by themselves, will be useless until the next ...

Copyright © 1999-2006 Edward Lowe Foundation. www.edwardlowe.org All rights reserved. How To Recruit And Hire For Better Results A well-selected workforce is key to growing your business. You can improve your ...

Government / Corporate Procurement Opportunities Introduction Procurement Programs Certification Why Be Certified? Certification Eligibility National Certification Program Procurement ...

Copyright © 1999-2006 Edward Lowe Foundation. www.edwardlowe.org All rights reserved. How To Hire A Sales Staff How to bolster the sales of your product or services so your business can grow? The key is your ...

Speaking in public can be nerve-wracking enough. But speaking in front of a video screen and worrying about whether your presentation is going to play properly can make it even worse. Sure, technology could ruin your presentation, but if you take ...

Communicating with your customers through video can offer them a fresh alternative to basic text on a static website. We all know the saying, "A picture is worth 1,000 words." The principal is the same for a video on a website.When deciding whether ...

Why Can't We Be Friends?Penny Baker always considered himself the "huggy, touchy" type. Indeed, the 38-year-old Austin entrepreneur--a former car salesman whose first business consisted of selling "Bad Cop, No Donut" T-shirts in the back of Rolling ...

Coffee TalkBooks about Starbucks don’t come in as many flavors as the company’s beverages, but busy authors are closing the gap. With four titles either recently published or set to be published this spring, bookstores will carry at least eight ...

Cavanaugh and Company is a privately owned real estate and mortgage services firm based in Middletown, Connecticut with a full-time staff of three, complemented by part-time staffers and independent contractors. Their business is split almost evenly ...

Fed up with HR? Peter McCann's HR troubles started in 2001, when a former employee filed a complaint alleging that Ideal Images, McCann's Omaha-based screen printing and embroidery company, fired her because of her race. McCann and his entire staff ...

There’s Never Been a Better Time for Home Agents Lori Bocklund – President, Strategic Contact, Inc. ICCM Newsline May 9, 2006 Home agents are not a new idea. I worked with centers with home agents over a decade ago, and there were probably some ...

Best Practices: Use Company Culture to Capture Top Talent by Charles Ginn If you’re having trouble attracting high-quality employees to your company these days, don’t feel like the Lone Ranger. Between 1990 and ...

Negotiating For Entrepreneurial Talent by Greg Moran A founder of four businesses, all in the human resources field, offers six steps for savvy negotiating when recruiting top talent ...

"Help Wanted" Meets "Buy it Now"By Ryan McCarthyWhy more companies are integrating marketing and recruiting.Razor Suleman faced a morale crisis. Employee turnover had spiked at I Love Rewards, his Toronto-based incentive marketing agency, with 10 of ...

Meet Rebecca. She's Here to Fire YouBy Max Chafkin Consultants used to tell you to fire people. Now they'll do the firing for you.Several months ago, Rebecca Heyman oversaw the firing of 20 software engineers whose jobs were being moved to China. ...

Food & BeveragesNew!SpiritsAs consumers nationwide toast the moment, their glasses reveal the cravings of today--premium spirits. "Over the past 15 years, there has been a trend toward people drinking less but drinking better," says David Ozgo, ...

Today's job seekers are looking for more than stock options and 401(k) plans. If recruiting and retaining employees is on your priority list in 2008, you may want to consider expanding your company's benefits to include employee volunteer ...

IT Talent WarsBy Patricia BrownStaffing consumes a large portion of the IT budget for small and mid-size businesses, but in a competitive market it could cost you more to lose staff and have to replace them.Since staff accounts for one of the ...