by Lea Strickland | Aug 31, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Management, Change Management, Execution, Human Resources, Operations, Resources
How to Motivate Change One of the most basic things we need to understand about change is that it is personal. People must choose to change. People can be influenced to change by external sources (e.g., other people, events); however, for true change to occur and be...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 12, 2016 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Human Resources, Operations
Changes in Overtime Regulations to Expand Eligibility – the Impact on Your Business The change in overtime eligibility will impact an estimated 4.1 million businesses – small and large across the United States. The minimum wage increase will have varying impact as the...
by Lea Strickland | May 31, 2016 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Human Resources, Operations
Overtime Impact from Eligibility Rule Change and Increases in Minimum Wage: Labor Costs Rise The overtime impact from new eligibility rule and minimum wage increases are this year’s hot-button issue for small business relates to rising labor/wage costs. This is a...
by Lea Strickland | May 26, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Management, Execution, Human Resources, Leadership, Main Street, Operations, Resources, Results
Article previously appeared on Mainstreet.com (2009) Companies of all sizes have historically relied upon their workforce to provide the flexibility necessary to compete. Unfortunately, compensation and benefit costs have created a dilemma – business can’t...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Human Resources, Non-Profit, Perspectives, Small Business, Small Business
We knew there might be things in the healthcare bill that would surprise us. What we didn’t know was that these items would extend beyond healthcare benefits and costs. Within the thousands of pages of healthcare “reform” was buried the mandate that W-9 forms would be...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Management, Human Resources, Leadership, Non-Profit, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up
You may not recognize the phenomena by name, but many have experienced it. The coffee pot syndrome (CPS) is the first signal that a business has performance issues. CPS occurs when a business isn’t achieving profitability objectives and starts looking for ways...
