by Wendy McClellan | Jan 30, 2018 | Business World, Structuralities
My January best practice tip builds on all the hard work you put into creating your Year End Strategic Plan. Didn’t get that done? No problem! There is still time to review what worked and didn’t work for your business last year and to create a custom...
by Wendy McClellan | Jan 2, 2018 | Business World, Structuralities
Remember Proposition 206? The one that requires all businesses with at least one employee to provide paid sick leave effective July 1, 2017? Another important provision of Prop 206 is an incremental increase in the minimum wage for hourly employees. As a result, the...
by Wendy McClellan | Dec 13, 2017 | Business World, Structuralities
Did you say 2018? Where did 2017 go? More to the point, how did it go? Did you hit all your business goals? If you did, congratulations. Set even higher goals for next year. But if you didn’t, don’t beat yourself up—build yourself up. Now is the time to figure out...
by Wendy McClellan | Jan 7, 2016 | Structuralities
You’ve taken that last exam and marched proudly in your college or grad school graduation. You’ve had jobs before—waiting tables, stacking boxes, checking out groceries or clothes—but not a career. You’ve sent out a few resumes because that’s what you do, but nothing...
by Wendy McClellan | Dec 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hiring good workers is a critical function for every small business, but it’s only the beginning. One of the biggest costs to small businesses, both in the outlay of actual money and in lost productivity, is worker churn. Once you hire good workers, how do you keep...
