by Christopher Freeburn. As any small business owner knows, dealing with people is a crucial element of your business’s success. This applies not only to customers or business partners, but to your employees as well. Creating a productive and well-functioning workforce should be a top priority for every small business. Unfortunately, the more employees you hire, the more complicated things get. Even for very small companies, managing personnel can be a very demanding task. Managing...

How To Make a Difficult Task a Little Bit Easier By Christopher Freeburn There are few tasks less pleasant than firing an employee. There are bound to be hurt feelings and often emotions can run high. As difficult as losing a job is for the soon-to-be-former employee, however, informing him or her of that fact can be profoundly upsetting for the employer as well, particularly in a small business setting. Worse, terminating employment can produce more than simple emotional risks. Wrongful...