Employees work hard throughout the year, and they deserve a treat. Today we are sharing the five (5) best holiday gifts for employees that they will appreciate this year. Order them now, and you will have them in time for the holidays! Wondering what to give your employees and coworkers that go above and beyond what you expect? Full Disclosure: Please note these are affiliate links through Amazon, and at no additional cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through … [Read more...] about 5 Amazing Holiday Gifts for Employees
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How To Create An Inviting Workplace
When employees work in a productive office, they feel in control of their lives and stay on task with what needs completing. The staff feels empowered to do good work and positively represent the company. But, how do you establish an inviting workplace? Today, we are going to address this topic. Ways to Create an Inviting Workplace for Your Employees Define your company values in writing. What do you want your business to represent? How do you want your employees and customers to see … [Read more...] about How To Create An Inviting Workplace
8 Tips on Preparing your Office for an Emergency
With national disasters and the recent Coronavirus outbreak, small businesses need to be prepared for anything. How ready is your office? Here are 8 tips on Preparing your Office for a hurricane or emergency. Small Business Preparedness Tips Do a full back-up of all your computer files when you first hear of the hurricane or emergency. This will minimize the amount of missing information. Having at least two places where your stored files will help you. It can be an … [Read more...] about 8 Tips on Preparing your Office for an Emergency
3 Ways to Organize Your Small Business Files
Your office files can get very disorganized if you don't have a good management system established. By not having it organized, it will result in undue stress for you and your employees. Taking the time to organize these systems will make your business run more smoothly and reduce stress for you and your employees/clients. Below are three powerful ways to organize your home and office files. Sorting your small business files by color coding. Use different colors to represent different … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Organize Your Small Business Files
30 Desk Items To Throw Away For A Tidy Space
Whether you have a home office or a traditional office, you probably have items lying around your desk that don't necessarily need to be there. As you get busier and busier, you may have issues keeping your desk clear from clutter. This post will help you get your desk cleared out quickly and easily. Read on to find out the 20 desk items to throw away for a tidier space. Why do you need to clear your desk space? Well, there are the obvious reasons, like it distracts you from the work … [Read more...] about 30 Desk Items To Throw Away For A Tidy Space
How Long Should I Keep Business Records
How long do you keep your business files? Do you keep them forever, or do you get rid of them after a certain length of time? Keeping files for a business is different from keeping your personal files. Many different types of business files need to be kept at different lengths of time. Over the years, small business owners have asked me these questions. The IRS doesn't have a clear, across-the-board answer to this question, so here is what I suggest. If you wish to visit the IRS.gov website, … [Read more...] about How Long Should I Keep Business Records
5 Tips on How to Make Your Office Productive
Tuesday is said to be the most productive day of the week. With the Monday morning meetings behind you and your priorities set for the week, Tuesdays are usually the most productive day. But it doesn't have to be. This post talks about 5 tips on how to make your small business office productive every single day, not just on Tuesdays. 5 Tips to make your Office More Productive Start each day with a list of things to do in priority order. You can use letters or numbers to prioritize your … [Read more...] about 5 Tips on How to Make Your Office Productive
Questions to Make Your Office More Organized When Business Grows
As a small business grows, we tend to adapt our current procedures to our new larger company. However, this thought may not work because larger companies work differently than smaller companies. For example, the invoicing process will need to change and take more time if you don't update the system when you have more clients to invoice. A solution to this issue is to use a software package, like QuickBooks or QuickBooks Online, instead of invoicing with Microsoft Word document … [Read more...] about Questions to Make Your Office More Organized When Business Grows
How To Permanently Clear Desk Clutter Forever
Piles of paper on a desk can make it hard to get things done. When you start looking for papers, you get more and more anxious because they seem to have walked away, leaving you to fend for yourself. Does this ever happen to you? Do you get more and more frustrated moving around mounds and mounds of papers to locate that one important document barred under a large selection of unnecessary junk? Lucky for you, today, I am discussing a sure-fire way to permanently clear desk clutter … [Read more...] about How To Permanently Clear Desk Clutter Forever
