{"id":3788,"date":"2015-07-23T06:59:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T10:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=3788"},"modified":"2015-07-23T10:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T14:30:55","slug":"keep-your-team-longer-and-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/keep-your-team-longer-and-happier","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Team Longer And Happier&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest challenges, and one of the hardest things you do as business owners is hire and maintain a team of people to work with you.\u00a0 It seems to be one of the most difficult things to get right for small business owners and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>How do you find and keep good people?<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar playerhost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/cmsezinevideos.s3.amazonaws.com\/ezs3js\/secure\/\" : \"http:\/\/cmsezinevideos.s3.amazonaws.com\/ezs3js\/player\/\");\ndocument.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + playerhost + \"flv\/ECD1DED6-D4AE-52BC-EDCD4E088A09CD85.js?t=\"+(Math.random() * 99999999)+\"' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n<\/script><br \/>\nOwning your own business is not only fulfilling, fun, and the best thing you ever did, but it can also be frustrating, overwhelming and challenging.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to your staff and team, you want to find the best people possible and then keep them for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<p>For many small business owners, one of the main questions to answer is do I hire employees or do I work with independent contractors (which essentially means you\u2019re working with other small business owners to build your business).\u00a0 While you have to make this decision for yourself, and the answer may change over time, depending on where you are in your business, there are some things you want to be careful of\u2026no matter which choice you make.<\/p>\n<p>The real key is to build your team in a way that makes sense to you, while balancing your needs to be efficient and get things done with your team\u2019s wants, needs and desires.<\/p>\n<p>The best advice I ever received about building my team and doing business is don\u2019t ever abdicate your responsibilities.\u00a0 In other words, don\u2019t give somebody else total control and responsibility in your business and forget to have checks and balances so you still maintain oversite on the critical areas of your business.<\/p>\n<p>At the next <strong><em>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ImplementationCoachingEvent.com\" target=\"_blank\">Implementation Coaching Event\u2122,<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/strong> October 8<sup>th<\/sup>-10<sup>th<\/sup> in Atlanta, Georgia, we\u2019ll be talking about this and more so you can make more money while taking more time off and growing your business at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Prosperity &amp; Abundance to You &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PS \u2013 I\u2019d love for you to leave a comment or share the post! 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