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  • 101: Cross Training Employees

    April 1, 2013

    Teaching employees skills outside their immediate job descriptions seems like an automatic win-win: it helps with scheduling and employee morale, increases efficiency and builds strong teams.

    April 1, 2013
  • 10 Things I Know About ... Designing For Business Clients

    Dana Esposito March 18, 2013

    10. ART AND DESIGN HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS.

    Dana Esposito March 18, 2013
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    5 Ways To Spread A Critical Message To Your Work Team

    Dave Porter Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 18, 2013

    In this digital age, when corporate scandals spread in a matter of seconds, “accountability” has become a buzzword for company leaders to prevent mistakes before they happen and clean them up afterwards.

    Dave Porter Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 18, 2013
  • 101: Negotiating A Deal

    March 18, 2013

    Any good negotiator will tell you that getting a deal completed — and getting as much as you can out of it — is an art that must be learned.

    March 18, 2013
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    5 Grammar ‘Gotchas’ To Avoid

    Allison Chisolm Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 4, 2013

    As a former employer used to tell me, “Everyone's a writer, everyone's an editor.” But professional writers and editors know the common mistakes to seek and remove.

    Allison Chisolm Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 4, 2013
  • 10 Things I Know About ... Managing A Distributed Workforce

    Judith Boyko March 4, 2013

    10. CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS

    Develop a clear plan for communication: how often, through what channels, how decisions will be made.

    9. MEET IN PERSON – REGULARLY

    Judith Boyko March 4, 2013
  • 101: Employee Appreciation

    March 4, 2013

    We recently celebrated Employee Appreciation Day in the United States. But many studies have shown that displays of gratitude toward staffers or co-workers go a long way, and need not be confined to one day per year or cost money.

    March 4, 2013
  • 10 Things I Know About ... Benefits Of Massage Therapy

    Jared Chrudimsky Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 18, 2013

    10. IT CAN BE A DAY AT THE BEACH

    You can listen to crashing waves or Bob Marley on the sound system to make you feel like you're at the beach — with no chance of getting sand in your underwear!

    Jared Chrudimsky Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 18, 2013
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    How Not To Promote Your Business

    David P. Kowal Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 18, 2013

    Want to make certain your press releases and pitches are ignored by reporters and editors? It's easy. Here are 15 tips:

    David P. Kowal Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 18, 2013
  • 101: Giving Bad News

    February 18, 2013

    Hopefully you work at a company where layoffs, firings and dramatic downward shifts in business don't happen. But if they do, there are right and wrong ways to handle the delivery of bad news.

    February 18, 2013
  • 101: Managing From Afar

    February 4, 2013

    With SmartPhones, iPads and laptops, employees who don't physically work in the office are becoming more common. More supervisory types are overseeing remote employees.

    February 4, 2013
  • 10 Things I Know About ... Choosing A Financial Institution

    Vinod Vaidyanath February 4, 2013

    10. RESPONSIVENESS

    As a business owner, your time and money are valuable, so it's important to measure how quickly a financial institution provides you with services and solutions for your banking needs.

    Vinod Vaidyanath February 4, 2013
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    How You Can ‘Engineer’ Demand

    Steve Schuster Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 4, 2013

    The spark of entrepreneurial creativity can power perpetual motion that ignites new ideas and results in a constant flow of inventive new products and services. Many of these have transformed our lives and our world.

    Steve Schuster Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 4, 2013
  • 10 Things I Know About ... Employee Background Checks

    Michael Murphy January 21, 2013

    10. DON'T ASK, INITIALLY

    Generally, employers may not ask about criminal offender record information (CORI) on initial written applications.

    9. HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY

    Michael Murphy January 21, 2013
  • 101: Collaborating

    January 21, 2013

    “Putting our heads together,” “partnering,” “teaming up” — there are many ways to say “working together,” but how can we ensure these arrangements run smoothly and are profitable for all concerned?

    January 21, 2013
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    5 Tax Issues You Can’t Ignore

    Patrick L. Connolly Special To The Worcester Business Journal January 21, 2013

    Along-awaited deal was passed by Congress Jan. 1 that prevented the immediate impact of going over the “fiscal cliff” of tax hikes and mandatory spending cuts.

    Patrick L. Connolly Special To The Worcester Business Journal January 21, 2013