The G2Local guide to getting employees to do what you need them to do

Late last week I met with a woman who is in charge of a local company that hires a lot of refugees.  All of the refugees are legal but many of them do not speak even a little bit of English.  I know the owner of this company; she is a wonderful, kind, and generous lady who goes out of her way to help the community as much as possible.  She employs people that are difficult to employ, and I...

Where do profits come from?

I was lucky enough to be in attendance today at the Tri-State Business Awards, a recognition event for companies who grew in revenue and employees over the past year.  Not only was G2Local the recipient of one of these awards, we were also privileged to hear a talk by Dunhumby USA’s CEO. The most important thing the CEO, Stuart Aitken, said to the audience was this statement, “profits are...

How to Build a Great Company Culture

G2Local is growing quickly and, as a result, we have more than doubled the number of people involved in the company, both employees and contractors.  As a result, G2Local’s management has been spending countless hours over the last few months discussing and pondering the kind of company we want to be.  Even back in 2009 when G2Local was just getting on its feet, we were already convinced that...

Can’t miss lessons in business and the language services industry from an unexpected source

There is no doubt that I am a dog person.  I grew up with dogs and even had the experience of training and showing dogs.  In my adult life, as work has taken over, I hesitated over making the decision to get a dog.  People told me I travel too much, I am never at home, they are a lot of work….etc, etc..  Last summer, however, I became the proud owner of a beautiful border collie and the...

Business Owners Behaving Badly

I am reprinting a blog that was emailed to me by a friend.  I would like to point to and give credit to the author that wrote this post, Shannon Willoby, and let you all know that the original article is available at: http://socialmediatoday.com/shannonw/937656/business-lessons-walking-dead-don-t-be-shane?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter.  Now, this blog post is based off of characters...