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Small Business Resolutions for 2011

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Here are some resolutions to help small or mid-sized businesses innovate in 2011. . Be proactive in 2011. . Resolve to take the proverbial bull by the horns in 2011. Add it all up, and you have a low-profit business that takes a lot of management effort. Then you won't have to repeat 2011's resolutions.

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Hiring Flexible and Temporary Talent

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As many as 41% of employers have used more independent contractors over the past two years, according to an online survey of 430 senior human resource executives conducted by Right Management. Until the beginning of 2011, the main reason for dumping a lease was the driver's need to find a lower monthly car payment.

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Pre-Employment Self Assessments

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Under pressure to cut costs and boost productivity, employers are trying to predict specific outcomes, such as whether a prospective hire will quit too soon, file disability claims or steal. Globally, spending on so-called talent-management software rose to $3.8 billion in 2011, up 15% from 2010, according to research firm Gartner.

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Google: Too Big and Out-of-Control

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in computer science and twenty years of management experience in tech companies; most recently, he had been the CEO of Novell. Through the period of March of 2002 to March of 2011, my small executive coaching company, Signature, Inc., Today, Google reaches billions of pages of content. .

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A Global Standard of Living Shift

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businesses have found it difficult in many cases to raise prices to cover the increased costs, a reminder of the financial pressure many middle and lower-income Americans still face. Source: The Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2011. That was before the worst of the recession. Statistics tell the story.

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A Drive for Excellence

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In the past, college graduates would gain employment as automotive industry managers and high school graduates would be well compensated by seeking factory jobs. In the mid-1970s, the GM bean counters combined the styling and design departments to reduce costs.

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The Greatest Risk to Your Business

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As a leader in business, you are familiar with the fact that you have risks that need to be managed or avoided completely. Your greatest challenge and opportunity in 2011 is to join the growing number of leaders who are focusing on a breakdown of trust as the greatest risk, and creating a “Building Trust Plan” to address it.