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Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time - GoSmallBiz Many “wantrepreneurs” miss out on success because they let opportunities pass them by. They are waiting for the “perfect time.” My idea isn’t quite ready, they say. Or, the time just isn’t right. Maybe, I need to wait for something else to happen first. I don’t have any idea what a per...

Don’t Disown Your Failures - GoSmallBiz In 18 seasons with the NFL, I won more than I lost. But, like everyone else who plays professional football, I lost a lot. In far more years as an entrepreneur, I’ve achieved plenty of successes. Behind every one of them was a failure. Often more than one. Some of the failures were altogether mine...

Consultant's Corner: Motivating Salespeople - GoSmallBiz Question: We are a base pay + commission compensation company that has been in business 5 years. What is an effective way of motivating employees to understand that they are not cost effective until they generate 5 times their pay? While it is important for workers to experience transparency in thei...

Engaging Training for Remote Employees - GoSmallBiz As more and more workers take the option of working remotely, it adds new challenges to employers. Recent estimates find that around 4 million workers in the United States are working from home for at least half of their hours. So when your workers aren’t in the office, how do you keep them engage...

The Power of Bootstrapping – GoSmallBiz.com The Power of Bootstrapping By Fran Tarkenton | April 11, 2019 I’ve learned a lot from failure. One of the biggest lessons came from one of my earliest businesses. After a couple years in professional football, with a motley assortment of jobs in the offseason, I wanted to go out and start my own b...

Get the Most Out of Your Performance Goals – GoSmallBiz.com Get the Most Out of Your Performance Goals By ADP | April 10, 2019 Performance goals have the greatest effectiveness when they are part of regular discussions and give employees clear ways to measure their progress. A goal that is stated during an annual performance review and then never mentioned a...

Do You Do the Right Thing? – GoSmallBiz.com Do You Do the Right Thing? By Shep Hyken | April 9, 2019 Sometimes people go above and beyond in customer service, to do more than would be expected. They do it because, in their minds, it’s the right thing to do. One of my readers recently sent me a note that described a situation just like this,...