Benefits/HR


Recent Benefits/HR Articles

Make Me a Match

By Barbara Rudolph |  Apr 1, 1991

Using headhunter services to find key employees.  Read more

Training Help

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Mar 1, 1991

Trade associations that are starting to develop and sell industry-specific basic-skills-training materials.  Read more

The Illustrated PL

By Anne Murphy |  Mar 1, 1991

One company's illustrated guide to their bonus system and their P L statement for employees.  Read more

Red-letter efforts

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Company posts letters from customers praising employees.  Read more

Student horsepower

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Trade association pairs up companies with summer college interns trained to perform benefits tasks.  Read more

You get what you pay for

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Employer puts his employees on salary with a bonus to eliminate the incentive to work overtime.  Read more

Reality check

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Coordinating committee meetings to save money, time and aggravation.  Read more

Relocation Costs

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Chart depicting a poll of corporate relocation policies.  Read more

Notebook

By Leslie Brokaw |  Feb 1, 1991

Statistics and miscellaneous information about start-ups.  Read more

Trust me on this

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Boosting morale among employees of a newly acquired company.  Read more

Tailor-made rewards

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Allowing employees to decide on possible customized rewards.  Read more

Office poll

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Delegating employee recognition duties to other employees.  Read more

Reach out

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Recruiting skilled employees when your business is out of line with your region's industrial base.  Read more

Winning Teams

By Tom Richman |  Feb 1, 1991

A phantom-equity plan that motivates managers to strive for short- and long-term profits.  Read more

Steal This Strategy

By Joshua Hyatt |  Feb 1, 1991

How one company grows and prospers by taking the best ideas from big companies.  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Jan 1, 1991

Current legislation that affects small business and some small business trends.  Read more

How My Company Learned to Run Itself

By Jon W. Wehrenberg |  Jan 1, 1991

Profile of a metal-fabricating business where, thanks to a bonus plan, employees solve their own problems.  Read more

The buddy system

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Adopting a buddy system in which employees are able to cover each others' shifts.  Read more

Field gold

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

A pawnshop chain trains all new executives to work on the shop floor.  Read more

Prospecting rivals

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Getting job referrals by sending company newsletters to the competition.  Read more

Operations

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Chart depicting how end-users get involved in personal-computer-purchasing decisions.  Read more

Mail bonding

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

A two-step system to answering correspondence promptly and carefully.  Read more

The week that was

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Weekly open meetings to analyze the financial health of a growing company.  Read more

Part-time bonuses

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Paying bonuses to part-time workers to improve customer service.  Read more

Hammer it out

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Organizing a community project to boost morale among employees and independent distributors.  Read more

Reorganizing for Growth

By Tom Richman |  Jan 1, 1991

Changing the corporate structure when rapid growth becomes unmanageable.  Read more

The Big Easy

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1991

A low-cost, no-hassle strategy to provide employees with retirement benefits.  Read more

Network: January 1991

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Network reader-to-reader advise.  Read more

Second Act

By Leslie Brokaw |  Dec 1, 1990

Inc. 500 CEO starts new business bringing literacy education, via interactive software, to workplaces.  Read more

Dangling The Carrot

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Chart illustrating who really receives incentive compensation.  Read more

I see what you mean

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Improving service by watching videos of customers making complaints.  Read more

Tell me about it

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Assessing potential job candidates by having them write up minutes from the interview.  Read more

Working the phone

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Preventing burnout by letting customer service reps spend one day a week on self-designed projects.  Read more

Classified information

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Fine-tuning classified ad copy to attract quality employees.  Read more

MBAs For Hire

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1990

Trend towards M.B.A. students seeking small growing businesses to work for.  Read more