Be Sure You Have Your Employees' Backs!
In tough times, people feel more vulnerable and their senses of safety and confidence can easily evaporate. Never has it felt more important to watch out for your people. A boss who backs up her people provides an emotional relief as well as a...
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The issue of what reasonable compensation for shareholderemployees of S corporations should be has been around for some time. Every time the IRS accepts a Form 2553, "Election by a Small Business Corporation," it sends a CP26I.
"Notice of Acceptance as an S Corporation." This acceptance letter specifically einphasi/es the requirement...
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HB Building and Design, owned by local business woman Jane Regan, has been named the Woman-Owned Business of the Year for San Mateo County. Regan will be among 21 women business leaders that are to be honored at the Silicon Valley Woman-Owned Business Award Celebration taking place on the Google...
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“Women come to us with a dream and we help turn it into a successful business.” So says Women’s Initiative for Self Employment, which helps lower-income women in the Bay Area move out of poverty and make their dreams of a better life a reality. Get the full story here....
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Join us for a 4-week teleclass on Team Building.
Who should attend? Leaders and managers who want to move their team to the next level!
* Learn the Five Keys to Effective Team Building
* Team vs. a Group
* Behaviors of a Team
* What to Model as a Leader
* Language of Team Building
*...
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Strong emotional intelligence leads to top performance!
A study of PepsiCo executives with high Emotional Intelligence outperformed peers by ~35%.
McClelland, '98; Psychological Sciences
Fundamental elements of Emotional Intelligence such as: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills, support the skills that account for 76% of the effectiveness of leading managers.
Goleman, '98; Working...
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As small business owners we move fast, change courses and shift gears daily. Operating a small business demands that we have the ability to be flexible and change as needed. What about our employees? How flexible do they need to be? How informed? How engaged in the success of the...
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Accountability is a buzzword in the business world right now. Unfortunately, most of us have negative understanding of the word. We often use the word as if it means blame and punishment. Therefore, we often attempt to avoid it. The truth is that accountability is unavoidable. In the workplace, intrinsically...
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