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Memory Lane - Discrimination and Harassment (Stories 2,3 & 4)

May 22nd, 2008 No Comments

In my career, I have often held the accounting/human resources/everything else no one wants to deal with position.  So, I’ve been faced with quite a few fun scenarios.  Here are a few…
2) Naked Lady Cake - Once upon a time I worked in a manufacturing environment.  The shop was 99% male (only myself and one [...]

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What keeps you from focusing on your business?

March 12th, 2008 No Comments

I’m conducting a survey of small business owners to get a better idea of what back office support services are valuable to them.  If you’re a small business owner, I would really appreciate it if would take a minute to complete the survey.  Thanks!
Click Here to take survey

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Lessening the Importance of Money in Your Hiring Negotiations

February 28th, 2008 No Comments

Steve Potestio at 52ltd has a great blog post about hiring and corporate culture.  I think he is "right on the money": http://52ltd.com/blog/.
When I worked at XPLANE, we worked very hard at building our corporate culture and this did make negotiations less money-centric. 
I think it’s important for managers to remember the best resume isn’t [...]

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“Fire Someone Today” - Bob Pritchett

February 23rd, 2008 No Comments

I recently read the book “Fire Someone Today” and I found it to be a great resource for tactical managment advice.  The title will prohibit the book from being displayed in your work library ( unless that’s your style of management…), but it provides good insight nonetheless. 
A couple of my favorites from the book:
Don’t Fly [...]

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2008 IRS Business Mileage Rate 50.5 cents/mile

February 1st, 2008 No Comments

I’d like to take a moment to explain what the IRS business mileage rate means to small business owners.  It’s quite simple really…it’s the maximum amount per mile you can deduct from taxes if you’re reimbursing using the mileage method.  If you reimburse employees more than this rate, the overage is taxable to them (known [...]

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