Job Hunting Tip: Create a Facebook Business Page

Recently a friend asked me to review her resume before she sent it to a prospective employer. As part of her contact information, she included the url for her blog and her LinkedIn profile. A good idea — but one that could be taken a step further. Consider these two suggestions before you send out another resume: Include a social media section with a list of urls that you want a prospective employer to...

When It’s Time to Fire a Customer

Ever had a customer whose nuisance value exceeded his profit potential? Or who demanded champagne service at beer prices? The fact is that some customers just aren’t worth it — but how do you deal with such a situation? The first step is recognizing that the relationship needs to end. Some of the signs that suggest you may want to take that step include: The client doesn’t respect or appreciate...

Rightsize is Right Strategy

Orange Mayor Jacobs shakes up staff, plans layoffs That’s the headline of an article in today’s Orlando Sentinel about a plan to streamline various county government operations. The Sentinel reporter focused on job losses (of course). He wrote: “Among the major shake-ups was a push to ‘right-size’ the county human-resources offices by shrinking them from 10 to six offices within various...

Blog Rewind: The Truth About the FairTax

I wrote the following blog in 2006. Not much has changed — especially the fact that the FairTax would solve most of our economic problems and allow business owners to focus on growing their companies and creating jobs instead of worrying about their tax strategies. Grassroots support for the FairTax Act (H.R. 25) is growing, prompting those who are afraid of it to distort the facts and engage in...

Downsizing? Better to Rightsize!

The last few years have seen a lot of business reorganization driven by the recession and an economy that is still struggling. An instinctive reaction to tough times is to cut, and to grow when times are good. But that may not be the best strategy for your company. If your organization is not performing at its optimum level regardless of economic and industry conditions, instead of downsizing, you should rightsize....