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Cross-Cultural Senior Management in Asia

The booming Asian economy is drawing an increasing amount of business process outsourcing. Many US companies are seeking help to improve communications and team efficiency through intercultural management training. It may confuse you to realize that the challenges you counter are not unique to your team and the offshore group.
Avoidable misunderstandings over the significance […]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Reference Question

When someone leaves your employ your relationship with them is far from over. Former employee’s future job opportunities depend on the references from their past employers and the stakes can be very high. A good reference can mean unlimited opportunities but a poor reference can be the equivalent of being “blacklisted.” Just […]

Human Resources - Taking New Directions

Some theories that were once thought to be too unfeasible or unrealistic to be practiced, have been efficiently incorporated into the work culture today. A few of these are listed below.
More Than Formal Learning
Experts agree that learning should not be confined merely to classrooms but, in a break with traditional thinking, should be based on […]

Human Resources - Taking New Directions

Some theories that were once thought to be too unfeasible or unrealistic to be practiced, have been efficiently incorporated into the work culture today. A few of these are listed below.
More Than Formal Learning
Experts agree that learning should not be confined merely to classrooms but, in a break with traditional thinking, should be based on […]

What Employee Compensation Records To Keep

Running a business means extensive records management and recording. Regardless of the what type of business you run there is a need to keep records for decision making and to comply with federal and state laws. Every business is in the business of record keeping and failure to do so, can come back […]

Employer Tips on Employee Tip Income

Some of the highest paid employees in the country relative to their skill, education and knowledge are service workers that regularly receive tips. Dancers, waiters, waitresses, and bartenders often earn more than professionals including nurses and lawyers. It is not uncommon for a bartender to earn $80,000 a year or a dancer to […]

Motivating the Passive Sales Candidate

I was never very good in science class which is probably why I’m not a doctor today. Yet, I remember vividly the exercise on heated atoms. The experiment started with a flask of water and a Bunsen burner. When the flame from the Bunsen burner was applied to the flask, the atoms would dart all […]

Correcting Employee Conflicts

There are times when there are disagreements between employees that can get out of hand and end up in a physical confrontation. The key is to learn how to prevent this from escalating and how to resolve employee conflicts peacefully. It is best at the time of hire that you explain to your employees that […]

How Do I Retain Executives In Asia?

No matter it is a small firm or a large corporate set up, retention and motivation of executives are perhaps the two difficult tasks that any business owner faces. An executive, alternatively known by different names such as chief executive, CEO, and managing director, is a person who fills the position in a business organization.
In […]

Roofing Employee Leasing: Providing Stability in Unstable Markets

Roofing is a very successful, but highly volatile sector of the construction industry. There are many challenges facing roofing business owners both externally in the market as well as internally within the company. The constantly changing financial market, insurance practices, environmental shifts and political climates make it very difficult to operate a stable […]