Want a quote about bad meetings? Here's what Steve Kaye has to say.

You have heard about setting SMART goals. Here's how this applies to meetings.

The first step in organizing a meeting is to set a goal. Here's how.

Most people hold meetings that lose money for their company. Here's how to find out if your next meeting will earn a profit.

Most agendas mean nothing. That guarantees that the meeting will take longer and accomplish less. Here's how to prepare a complete agenda.

How effective are your meetings. Take this quiz to find out.

It's obvious that, for a team to work effectively, it needs to include all the skills required for the job in hand.

QuickBooks is a great accounting program for home-based businesses to track their income and expenses. It is easy to learn and simple to use. It has a great Help file. You do not need an accounting background to be able to generate reports such as a Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet needed for tax preparation and managing your business. I have listed a few key points to consider when using QuickBooks. Cash or Accrual Basis of Accounting? The first step in setting up your c...

Any business out there can benefit from quality management. Whether you are producing thumb tacks or if you are producing IT equipment, there is little doubt that they need to be of the highest levels of quality. Yet, as your business grows, you will find it farther and father difficult to manage quality management. Because it is so very important, though, you need to find a way to make sure it is dead on. What solutions are out there? You know that you need quality man...

There has been a change in business change consulting. Professionals who did things their own way were replaced by inexperienced staff who faithfully followed a methodology to produce contract-satisfying deliverables. We need a new consulting model so that consultants can work in partnership with the enterprise to leverage enterprise capabilities and put professionalism back in management consulting.