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How Small Business Owners Can Take Care of Their Mental Health

Following several high-profile entrepreneurs’ suicides within the last decade, discussing the mental health of business owners has only recently lost its taboo status.

Best Practices for Remote Teams

by Susan Fennema – Beyond the Chaos

Working remotely used to be a future-state idea. Well, the future is now, and good work no longer needs to take place inside an office. As the small business owner of a virtual project management consultancy firm, I’ve been managing remote teams for 11 years, and probably managed over 40 remote employees.

Stay Focused at Work – 5 Easy Ways

Are you constantly checking your phone and refreshing your email? Whether you find yourself scrolling through status updates or disrupted by your coworker in the next cubicle — who suddenly decided to hold a conference call on speakerphone — it can take up to 23 minutes to recover from even the smallest distraction.With all the demands on your time, it can be nearly impossible to stay focused.

What To Do When an Employee Always Shows Up Late

One day, it’s 10 minutes. The next, it’s 30—or 50. Whether it’s bad traffic, oversleeping or caring for a sick pet, employees offer up lots of different excuses when they show up late for work. As the manager, you may overlook it the first time. But what if it becomes a pattern?

7 Passwords You Should Never Use at Your Small Business

Owning a small business means owning data. You’re constantly acquiring new information related to your customers, your financial details, and all the vendors and contractors with whom you work. One cybercriminal, though, one lucky hack, and you’ve just exposed your business to a major blow. From lost trust among your clients to costly lawsuits for the damage done, protecting your company from data theft is among your most important responsibilities.

5 Productivity Traps to Avoid When You Work for Yourself

When you work for yourself, being productive as a small business owner is as important as it is challenging.