Jonathan Rojas

The Characteristics of a Good Boss

• Including all levels of employees in decision making • Concentrating on the company's mission, not just its ability to make money • Demonstrating the value of learning new skills • Encouraging employees to advance their careers • Setting a... Read >

Types of Teams

To keep things simple, I believe there are two basic types of teams. There are basketball teams and there are track and field teams. Basketball Teams Basketball teams (or soccer or hockey) are teams that require, by the nature of their task, that e... Read >

Nursing Students' Guide to Time Management

Keep that frown away. You can manage your time in ways that are more useful in many ways. Read this article and learn how to deal with time management Typical person got many activities to do everyday. These things should be done to facilitate living... Read >

Your Restaurant's Casting Call

Don't be fooled by first appearances and beware of being overly impressed by what appears to be an excellent Resume/CV. Although these can provide a valuable insight, neither may be truly indicative of whether an individual is suitable for the role you ... Read >

Making More Time

Change Your Work Hours & Save 6 Weeks! Imagine! Having an extra 6 weeks in the year to get work done or spend with the family! Are you working from 9am-5pm? That means you are probably traveling to work in peak hour traffic. In many cities, the average... Read >

Nine Tips for Increasing Productivity

good about your work either. Beyond that, the quality of your work you are getting done may be slipping as well. This situation can be caused by many things and it can affect both individuals and teams. Regardless of the reasons for the situation, th... Read >

Event Management and the Olympics (Continued)

In the first part of this series, we looked at the logistics of an event, both the logistics of fans getting to the event, and the internal logistics allowing fans to move from one item of interest to another. This time we will look at how to ensure that... Read >

Processing Costs

be handled badly. And it's costing many businesses millions each year! Ironically, it's a cost that can be drastically reduced (all but eliminated) overnight. I'm talking about the processing costs associated with purchases. They're called "transaction... Read >

Fortune 500 Hiring Techniques for Small Businesses

recruitment. And that leaves them with more time to, simply put, get a leg up on you. Sure, it sounds like a threat. But isn't lack of technology an inevitable drawback for most small businesses? Absolutely not. Maybe 10, even 5 years ago. But not toda... Read >

Making a Breakthrough

Breakthroughs share the following characteristics: 1) The results are not predictable based on your past performance. If you routinely increase revenues a handsome 20% per year, a 50% increase would be a breakthrough. Developing a new product or serv... Read >

Your Piece of the Internet Pie

More than $117 billion passed hands from Internet shoppers to Internet vendors in 2004, according to the statistical research firm comScore. That's billion, with a B. Compared to the year before, the figure represents a whopping 24 percent increase in sal... Read >

A Look at Squeeze Pages

Lead capture pages or "squeeze" pages are the best tools to use in a traffic exchange. That way, you can collect names and email addresses for your "list" of potential customers. You know the saying--"The Money Is In the List." But, do you know how to ... Read >

Selling Your Business Without Being Sued

Based on recent litigation storm clouds, business owners planning exit strategies better batten down their legal hatches. As a small business owner, your company most likely represents a significant portion of your net worth. That's why it's crucial n... Read >

Is Greed Good?

The notorious Barings Bank had individual traders on bonuses in the millions yet in the long term these motivated individuals were not fulfilling the company's objectives. Moreover even when an individual's reward system is based on entirely appropriate... Read >

How Graduate Students Can Better Manage Their Time

During the first months in the graduate school, you feel so excited about the level of your studies. But later on, you seem to be discouraged and very much stressed. Graduate Students will always complain that they have plenty of things to do but very li... Read >