Human Resources
Busting Millennial Myths
Saturday Night Live featured a skit about Millennials at work. It showed a young woman frantically texting on her iPhone. She approached her boss and
August 30, 2016
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Category: Human Resources
Accounting
Accounting, HR, IT: The Holy Trinity of the Back-Office
When we formed the Pacific Crest Group in 2003, our mission was to help business owners focus on the core activities that would help them
August 2, 2016
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Employee Management
Succession Planning Should Start the Day You Open Your Doors
We have worked with many small to mid-sized Bay Area companies over the last decade, from struggling momand-pop shops to fledgling start-ups that are clearly
August 2, 2016
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Employee Management
Use Your Employee Handbook to Protect Yourself and Your Employees
Our clients operate all different kinds of businesses, from medical practices, to marketing firms, to small manufacturers. It’s amazing that many of these businesses operate
August 1, 2016
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Human Resources
Outsourcing Your Human Resources Needs
Consider your business’ “human resource” needs; compliance requirements, personnel issues, benefits management, recruiting: are you large enough to warrant a full-time human resources manager? If
August 1, 2016
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Human Resources
Avoiding the “Bad Hire”
It’s common in all businesses, especially small and midsized operations, for managers and business owners keep unwanted staff on too long for all the wrong
August 1, 2016
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Employee Management
Are Your Policies and Procedures a Barrier To Growing Your Company?
Introduction Are you interested in growing your business while enhancing your employee’s ability to deliver consistent, high caliber service without dramatically increasing the burden of
August 1, 2016
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Employee Management
4 Steps to Creating a Career Development Plan
Why do I need a Career Development Plan for my employees? A Career Development Plan allows you to develop your workforce in a way that
August 1, 2016
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Employee Management
Employee Performance Measurement
Why It Matters During the last twenty years, many business owners and managers have engaged me to help tackle challenges their companies were facing. In
August 1, 2016
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Employee Management
A Guide to Managing and Firing Toxic Employees
Download our complete guide: Toxic Employees: A Guide to Managing/Firing Difficult Employees Every manager has had to cope with a toxic employee at one time
August 1, 2016
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Human Resources
Outsourced Human Resources Services to Increase Operating Efficiencies
The Client Challenge: Pacific Crest Group (PCG) was engaged by a professional services company to help them gain control of their accounting system, including payroll.
July 28, 2016
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Human Resources
Why You Need Well-defined Job Descriptions
Client Challenge: After four years, the receptionist decided to leave her job at a very busy office. She was not a stellar employee, and her
July 28, 2016
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