Best Practices

Helpful Hacks for Taking Great Meeting Minutes

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0400

Discover helpful hacks to take comprehensive meeting minutes in-person and remotely. Learn to take notes during meetings like an expert minute taker.

America’s Top Recommended Tax And Accounting Firms

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0500

When it comes to tax and accounting services in the United States, many corporate clients are asking the question: Am I with the right firm? After all, last year was the first tax season under the Trump Administration tax overhaul—the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That brought...

Rewriting The Financial Playbook

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:00:00 -0500

With the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, new tariffs and trade issues, and the prospects of softening global growth, economic uncertainty is growing around the globe. To navigate effectively...

Are your company’s 1099s and W-2s error-free? 4 best practices

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:00:00 -0500

Of all the strict IRS requirements your finance team strives to meet at year-end, accurate 1099s and W-2s hit the top of the list. The good news is...

Holiday Gift: Entrepreneur Magazine

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Entrepreneur has the solutions for growing businesses. In every issue, you'll find the secrets of successful entrepreneurs, trends in start-ups and business opportunities, ideas in sales and marketing, and more.

The Most Dangerous Business Cliché

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:00:00 -0500

As someone who keeps a list of the business clichés that I dislike the most, there is a new contender for frontrunner. No, it’s not “out of pocket,” “best of breed,” “rock star,” or...

5 Remarkably Powerful Confidence Hacks from Some of Today's Top Leaders and Confidence Experts

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0500

There's no wonder why confidence is highly sought after in today's business world. Although confidence can mean different things to different people--self-belief, preparedness, taking ownership of your unique quirks and personality traits--having an ample supply of it generally leads to...

Managing A Remote Workforce

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:00:00 -0500

How we work is an idea that has undergone rapid and considerable change in recent years. One of the more prevalent changes has been a break from the traditional model of the nine-to-five office experience. In addition to increasingly flexible hours...

Managing office holiday party risks: Mistletoe no-no’s

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0500

The office holiday party season is in full swing. And employers who don’t want to suffer the old adage that “no good deed goes unpunished” would be wise to manage holiday party risks by considering these key suggestions from an employment law expert...

5 Ways to Fine Tune Talent Acquisition with an Eye on Recession

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0500

Will the global economy go into recession in 2020? That’s the worry on so many minds. News headlines reflect that concern with stories of trade disputes and that wonky-sounding inverted yield curve. The validity of those fears is...

How to Align Sales Commissions to Your Sales Cycle

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:00:00 -0500

I recently wrote an article that talked about the alignment of incentives and outcomes. That sentiment is never truer than in how we compensate salespeople--who, we know, are typically coin operated. The whole idea is to...

When It Comes To Managing Change, Power Rather Than Push

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 03:00:00 -0500

According to Klaus Schwab, economist and author of The Fourth Industrial Revolution, we’ve entered a technological step change. Every moment, work—what we do and how we do it—fundamentally changes due to factors like...

7 Smart Business Ideas You'll Wish You'd Thought of First--and the Companies That Did

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500

Identify a problem. Figure out a smart way to address said problem. Make boatloads of money. Sounds simple enough, right? Of course, it's never that simple--particularly the part about...

The new rules for how business works

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 03:00:00 -0500

On January 1, 2000, the Encyclopedia Britannica reached a rare milestone. The dawn of the new millennium meant that the encyclopedia - originally published in Edinburgh in 1768 - had survived across four different centuries, building its reputation through...

13 Expert Tips to Increase Online Conversions in 2020

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:00:00 -0500

Digital marketing in 2020 will be decidedly multi-channel. Messenger bot platform ManyChat’s recent Conversations Conference 2019, held in Austin, embraced this by...

7 Ways to Become a Proactive Leader

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 01:00:00 -0500

To some people, leadership comes naturally. They are born with it; they grew up with great leaders, it is in their genetics, etc. To others, it has to be studied. There are also people who had...

Eggnog With a Splash of Paid Time Off

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:43:36 -0500

Providing employees extended time off at the end of the year is one way to add a bit of holiday cheer. Office closures during the holidays — typically the days between or immediately around Christmas and New Year’s Day — can...

Handling the tricky questions in FMLA intermittent leave

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500

Intermittent FMLA leave is a giant thorn in the side of HR people everywhere. But not all intermittent leave requests are equal. Here’s a look at some of the most common scenarios, and how to handle them...

7 Affordable Ways to Boost Morale

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:00:00 -0500

You don't have to spend a lot to make a big difference in your workplace. We asked HR practitioners, via the SHRM Connect online community and LinkedIn, to share their ideas for easy, affordable ways to boost morale in the work environment. Many of the ideas show...

Does the color of your office walls promote neurodiversity?

a@qz.com — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Designing a truly inclusive workplace is a messy task. Heightened awareness of neurodiversity —an umbrella term that refers to the breadth of human neurocognitive functioning—has made that project more complex and all the more urgent. Companies like...

Cost reduction targets missed by 81% of companies

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500

Cost reduction remains top-of-mind for your fellow CFOs: 84% of U.S. companies plan to undertake new initiatives in the next 24 months. Too bad few of them will succeed...

1 Personality Trait Bill Gates Always Looks for When Hiring Great Leaders

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0500

Though Bill Gates has been out of the Microsoft game for nearly two decades, he still hires top talent. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has...

How to Build a Successful (and Sustainable) Team

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 03:00:00 -0500

Leaders often believe progress is the primary characteristic of a successful team in business, since productivity and innovation drive revenue. However...

10 Email Marketing Tips to Boost Holiday Sales

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 03:00:00 -0400

Adding email to your holiday marketing mix is a must. Email continues to generate the highest ROI of all digital channels, with some sources reporting averages as high as...

Twitter, Facebook And Acting Responsibly

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:00:00 -0400

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced that his company will no longer accept political advertising, essentially arguing that the reach of a campaign should be earned, not bought. “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and...

10 Busy C-Suite Executives Share How They Make The Time To Be Great Parents

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:00:00 -0400

Being a parent is hard. Being a parent and managing a large company must be olympian. Between the demands of work, and the myriad of other distracting demanding attention...

What I Learned From (Almost) Getting Fired As CFO Of Microsoft North America

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400

I sat across the table from my boss in his private conference room in Building 34, Microsoft global headquarters in Redmond, Washington – and all I could think was, “This can’t be happening!” But it was happening. I was about to...

Microsoft Made a Genius Change to Its Hiring Process. (Amazon, Apple, and Google Should Learn From It)

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 01:00:00 -0400

Joey Chemis is many things. A self-described nerd, he's also quirky and a "normal" guy. He leads a successful career, having recently been promoted to the position of "data scientist II" at Microsoft. Chemis also happens to be on the autism spectrum. But...

Featured Resource: Internal Investigations Certificate Program

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

When you receive an allegation of workplace harassment or discrimination - or believe your organization has become a victim of fraud or theft - taking prompt action is your legal responsibility. But let's face it...

10 principles for great leadership, according to Disney’s CEO

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400

He now makes $66 million a year as the CEO of Disney, but Bob Iger’s rise to the top wasn’t exactly easy. The Long Island native had to work odd jobs starting at the age of 13 to help support himself. As a teenager...