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Free Time Is Fruitful Time

Jan 1, 1995

If you're planning a company retreat, don't make the mistake of scheduling meetings from dawn todusk in a misguided attempt to justify the expense of the ...  Read more

Annual One-Page Game Plan

Jan 1, 1995

Elyria Foundry was losing $3 million a year on revenues of $4 million when Gregg Fosterpurchased it in 1983. As the company got back on track, Foster bega...  Read more

Financials for Insiders

Jan 1, 1995

It's probably safe to assume that most investors know how to read a financial statement,but if the owners of your company are your employees ? as is the c...  Read more

Sharing What You've Customized

Jan 1, 1995

Off-the-shelf software programs often just don't do the trick. A company has tomake an investment ? either by hiring consultants or by devoting personnel ...  Read more

Celebrate Safe Days

Jan 1, 1995

Shop floor accidents are costly in so many ways -- injured employees, lost work time, blips in productivity, increases in workers' compensation insurance ...  Read more

Reach the Pros with House Calls

Jan 1, 1995

You'll always do better looking for new hires if you focus your search. Accu Bite Dental Supply, a 29-employeedental-products distributor, in Williamston,...  Read more

Hardball Interviewing

Jan 1, 1995

Most CEOs aren't as hardcore about hiring as Richard Rose of Dataflex, but then most CEOs can't boast a sales force thatroutinely outsells its industry av...  Read more

Finding Their Own Replacements

Jan 1, 1995

Having employees hire the people they'll be working with can be the best way to ensure that teams function well together. AtJohnsonville Foods, a manufact...  Read more

Getting to the Truth

Jan 1, 1995

The litigation explosion has made it harder to get candid references for job applicants, as former employers grownervous about possible lawsuits from thei...  Read more

Tap Youthful Enthusiasm

Jan 1, 1995

If you're not using student interns, you're missing a huge opportunity, says Patrick Daw, president of $1.4-million Triad LLC, in Glastonbury, Conn. Becau...  Read more

Bonuses for One and All

Jan 1, 1995

It may be heretical, but Dave Jones decided not to pay bonuses to salespeople for bringing in new accounts. His problem was that the system benefited only...  Read more

Handbooks That Won't Haunt You

Jan 1, 1995

Just because state courts have been treating policy statements in employee handbooks as binding contracts between companies and employees, you don't need ...  Read more

Bigger Bonus for Better Service

Jan 1, 1995

How do you get employees to go the extra mile for complaining customers? One way is to base a part of their compensation on customer evaluations of...  Read more

Regulation: Your Own FMLA Policy

By Donna Fenn |  Jan 1, 1995

Tips on how to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act, as well as some publications on the topic.  Read more

Keep 'Em in Business

Jan 1, 1995

Should you abandon hope of repeat sales if your business customers have a high attrition rate? No way, says Larry Gaynor, CEO of a Farmington Hills, Mich....  Read more

Charming the COBRA

Jan 1, 1995

The federal law known as COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) contains a hiddenbonus for small companies. There's a provision that allow...  Read more

What's Your Leave Policy?

Jan 1, 1995

The U.S. Department of Labor's Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) went into effect in 1993, but you still have to create your own leave policyby filling ...  Read more

Create a Personalized 'Textbook'

Jan 1, 1995

For ideas about day-to-day operations, skimming over a helpful article or book can be like callingon a trusted friend or adviser--the written word can spa...  Read more

Personalized Wisdom

Jan 1, 1995

The problem with new books is that they keep you from returning to old ones. You can get so busy trying tokeep up with what is coming out that you can for...  Read more

Keeping Key Players in Place

Jan 1, 1995

For any owner who has decided to put the business on the block, a crucialissue is how to retain key managers before and after the sale. If important emplo...  Read more

Real-Life Seminars

Jan 1, 1995

Looking for a low-cost benefit to offer your employees? Hemmings Motor News, a publisher in Bennington, Vt., holds a seriesof on-site seminars for...  Read more

Give Benefits to Part-Timers

Jan 1, 1995

Howard Schultz, CEO and chairman of Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee, believes that his business couldn't achieve profitablegrowth if it didn't provide comp...  Read more

Junk the Company Car Policy

Jan 1, 1995

Buying company cars for sales and service people is a trap, warns Stephen Albano, founder and president of Offtech, adistributor of office equipment, in W...  Read more

Switching CPAs--Smoothly

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1994

A video-rental company president explains how to avoid mistakes when a business changes accounting firms.  Read more

Turnover Happens

By Jeffrey Mount |  Dec 1, 1994

The problem of high personnel turnover is examined by a CEO who finds a silver lining in this staffing dark cloud.  Read more

The Benefits of Part-Time Work

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Dec 1, 1994

A quick overview of a program that provides health insurance for part-time workers in order to retain them.  Read more

On-the-Spot Screen Test

By Michael P. Cronin |  Dec 1, 1994

A short piece about a personnel agency that uses telephone interviews and role playing for hiring job applicants.  Read more

Financial Education for the Masses

By Michael P. Cronin |  Dec 1, 1994

An overview of a service that provides companies with financial-education materials for their employees.  Read more

On-Line Oversight

By Susan Greco |  Dec 1, 1994

A brief story about a company that set up international e-mail, the benefits and how other companies can do it.  Read more

Health-Care Initiatives

By Michael P. Cronin |  Dec 1, 1994

A graph displaying the findings of an Ernst Young survey that examined how companies are controlling insurance prices.  Read more

You Have Some Choices

By Karen E. Carney |  Dec 1, 1994

A brief look at why two growing companies decided to offer 401(k)s and how they balanced cost and service.  Read more

Groupware in a Small Company

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1994

A look at how a small computer-support company is using groupware so co-workers can seek peer advice.  Read more

Drucker: The Movie

By George Gendron |  Dec 1, 1994

A comment on the use of Peter Drucker's material by Whit Stillman in his movie "Barcelona."  Read more

Turmoil Today, Jobs Tomorrow

By Paul Reynolds |  Dec 1, 1994

The Coleman Foundation Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies explains the results of studies on regional economies.  Read more

Head of the Class

By Alessandra Bianchi |  Dec 1, 1994

The winner and runners-up of the 1994 entrepreneurship Educator of the Year.  Read more