Book & CD-ROM. Ask any manager today and they will say their biggest concern is the competition for talented, good employees. The business costs and impact of employee turnover can be grouped into four major categories: costs resulting from a person leaving, hiring costs, training costs and lost productivity costs. The estimated cost to replace an employee is at least 150 percent of the person's base salary. As you can see, managers must learn to hire, train and keep your employees highly motivated. This book will help you to learn the fundamentals of sound hiring, how to identify high-performance candidates and how to spot evasions. You will learn to create a workplace full of self-motivated employees who are highly purpose-driven. The book contains a wide assortment of carefully worded questions that help to make the process more effective. Innovative step-by-step descriptions of how to recruit, interview, hire, train and keep the best people for every position in your organisation. This book is filled to the brim with innovative and fun training ideas (that cost little or nothing) and ideas for increasing employee involvement and enthusiasm. When you get your employees involved and enthused, you will keep them interested and working with you, not against you. With the help of this book, get started today on building your workplace into one that inspires employees to do excellent work because they really want to!

How to Hire and Keep Top-Notch Employees is a practical, easy to use and concise how-to manual for business owners and HR professionals. By following the instructions in this book, business owners and managers can create a harmonious and profitable workplace. Forms and examples are provided to help make the implementation easy. Part One includes step-by-step instructions for each phase of hiring, from writing the job description to informing the applicant of the hiring decision. Part Two instructs the reader how to train and manage employees once they have been hired. A complete list of do's and don'ts helps the reader navigate the difficulties of keeping employees happy and productive. Part Three includes real life stories about how business owners have turned their companies into profitable, smooth running businesses that have allowed them to take time off and to fund full retirements. Written by an experienced management consultant and successful business owner, the book catalogues proven steps to success that have allowed her and her clients to thrive for over twenty years. This easy-to-use manual will help the reader to: -Learn step-by-step skills for hiring and training top employees -Increase profits by maintaining excellent staff -Reduce stress by running a smoothly operating business -Increase employee accountability so owners and managers can take time off -Enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing the company is running smoothly and profitably Annabel Ayres is a seasoned business management consultant with more than 20 years of full-time consulting experience. She was chief operations officer of a corporate restaurant chain and later co-founded a manufacturing company and built it into a multimillion-dollar corporation. In addition, she has held the positions of corporate director, chief financial officer, and president. She has been guiding businesses owners to success with expert advice for more than two decades, and she especially enjoys seeing her clients' businesses grow from small enterprises to profitable multimillion-dollar corporations when they learn to hire, train, and keep top-notch employees. "Annabel's book outlines precisely how to go about clarifying needs, identifying talent, and acquiring and retaining the Superstars needed to expand your company's sales and profits. By using the book's principles I have tripled my capacity to serve my large corporate roofing clients, in a much more positive and controlled environment." Mark Warren, Warren Construction and Roofing, Inc. "Having loyal, productive and long-term employees has been the cornerstone to our continued success, and the steps in Annabel's book outline exactly how to achieve this success. I cannot imagine being on this journey without Annabel." Nancy Ninegar, Denco Dealer Services, Inc. "As a result of working with Annabel I have doubled my income and saved literally thousands of dollars by not paying the wrong people, and I have learned to think strategically! I cannot recommend her book highly enough." L. Zanides, Zanides PR

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

While poor management is cited most frequently as the reason small businesses fail, inadequate or ill-timed financing is a close second. Whether you're starting a business or expanding one, sufficient, ready capital is essential. This new book will provide you with a road map to secure the financing. The book goes into traditional financing methods and assists the reader in setting up proper financial statements and a proper business plan. It details the differences between debt and equity financing and how and why to use each. Valuation techniques are explained for determining what your business is truly worth. However, the book's real strength is in explaining alternative and creative methods of financing, such as SBA financing, angel investors, IPOs, limited public offerings, and venture capital. Numerous real-world examples are given for structuring a deal to benefit both the financier and the entrepreneur. Essential resources for finding the detailed information you need are included throughout.

A study by MCI found that most professionals believe that over 50 percent of meeting time is wasted. More than 90 percent admit to daydreaming in meetings, 73 percent have brought other work, and 39 percent have fallen asleep. You might think that there would be fewer meetings. However, in the survey 46 percent said they attended more meetings than a year ago. Meetings cost time and money. Many meetings end with no results or outcome. How can you be sure you are using your time and money effectively? The answer: with proper training. Even MBA graduates have never had a course in how to plan, organize, and present an effective meeting. That is the subject of this new book which will teach the proper skills and training to get great results with every meeting, every time! You will learn the checklists for planning your meeting, setting the agenda, strategic planning, how the physical setting can be improved, how to properly open a meeting, handling difficult people and maintaining control, how to assess and evaluate your meetings, and the correct method to end a meeting. Good meetings don't just happen, they are planned and created. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.

"I Love my job!" Is that what your employees are saying? Sadly, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, American businesses lost an average of 25 days of work in 2001 due to employee anxiety and stress. Don't let your business become part of this dismal statistic. You can improve employee morale and create a harmonious workplace, which will increase profits and productivity.