Many small business owners have a small staff in which everyone feels like family. It can be difficult to "write a report card" for someone you feel very close to. Understand that the employee ...

If you're a small business owner and haven't gotten around to offering employee performance appraisals, now is the time to start. Performance appraisals can benefit employees and organizations by ...

Performance appraisals shouldn't be closed-door meetings in which you lay out your employees' faults. Conducted properly, appraisals can actually help build better relationships with your staff ...