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Timesheet Software Guide
Businesses today need to meet daily deadlines to stay on budget, on spec, and on time. To do this well, leaders must rely on accurate and complete records to control project costs and monitor the health and sustainability of their businesses, and that's where timesheets come in.
How to Justify your Hiring Needs
If you’re running even a small part of a large organization, you’ll eventually come up against the hiring problem. You know the scenario: you and your team are working hard. You’re doing good work. But you’re just barely keeping up, and you know that one or two new hires would really push you all into new territory.
5 Types of Leaders for Remote Employees
Managing a remote team is not a task for the faint of heart. This is especially the case with the current COVID-19 pandemic as we move towards a remote workforce with little to no preparation.
How to Make a Truly Beneficial SOW (Statement of Work)
Here’s one for the kids. In the 1980’s the band Van Halen became famous when somebody discovered that the band’s standard performance contract — the one they gave to all venues — called for their dressing room to contain a bowl of M&M’s from which all the brown ones had been removed.
15 Employee Engagement Activities For Your Small Business
Employee engagement is more than a buzzword.
6 Proven Ways to Get Referrals Without Asking for Them
One major consequence of the internet has been the proliferation of choice, in all arenas.
6 Tips to Manage Contract Workers
For companies that want to save money and stay lean, contract workers can be a boon. If your company’s just starting out, or you need specific knowledge to solve a problem, hiring a contract worker can be a great way to make sure you get just what you pay for, without excess overhead.
How to (Actually) Increase Employee Satisfaction
At many companies, employee satisfaction is measured – if at all – through yearly surveys. Once a year, employees fill out a checklist, which, if they’re especially motivated, will provide them extra text boxes in which they can heartily explain why they gave “managers communicate their ideas clearly” a rate of only 6 out of 10.
How to Identify Your Company's Next Generation of Leaders
When looking for your next generation of leaders, it makes sense to cultivate the widest pool you can manage. So why, when thinking about the future, do so many executives limit their options? In fact, when trying to find future leaders, companies tend to fall into three common issues:
5 Myths About Customer Loyalty
If you’re like us, somewhere at home you’ve got a drawer filled with customer punch-cards yearning for customer loyalty. There’s one from the burrito place (“buy 10 burritos and get one free!”), one from the coffee shop, two from the ice cream store, one from the other coffee shop, one from the sandwich place, one from the bookstore, and fifteen more from places you can’t even remember visiting.
The Secret to Productive Client Meetings
For those of us who run service-oriented organizations — or even businesses with clients — you know that client communication can make or break your business. If you're easy to work with, clients are much more likely to continue to employ your services. If you're difficult or disorganized, you’ll be dropped like the ball on New Year’s Eve.
Nonprofit CRM Software: The 8 Things You Need to Know
We know your organization is passionate about your cause. We also know running a nonprofit is a lot of work that can often turn chaotic. Luckily, that’s where nonprofit time management or CRM software can come into play!
How to Negotiate with Clients
Some people enjoy negotiating with clients. Then there's everyone else. Haggling over deliverables, pricing, deadlines, and content can keep even the most seasoned business owners up at night. Fear not! We've put together a handful of tips help guide you through client negotiation.
Nonprofit Spotlight: Near East Foundation
An Interview with Justin Pritchard, COO of The Near East Foundation ClickTime has been helping nonprofit organizations track time and manage expenses for nearly 20 years.
8 Ways to Manage Difficult Clients
If you’re running any kind of service agency, you can probably rank your clients on a nice chart: at the top there’s “A joy to work with” and at the bottom there’s “Break out in hives just from hearing their name.”
When Internal Tools Are Not Enough: Online Timesheets vs. Homegrown Solutions
No one knows exactly when it happened, but some time ago, your company decided to build it's own time tracking system. Everything was customized perfectly for your business. And after some training, everyone knew how to use it.
How to Prepare for the End of the Nonprofit Fiscal Year
June 30th. It's the middle of the calendar year and the beginning of summer. It's home to Michael Phelps' birthday, the ratification of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, and for thousands of nonprofit organizations, a particularly stressful milestone — the end of the fiscal year.