any opinions on people problems in business?

[ARH]

Hi! I'm in the process of putting together some help and tips on people related issues in business, and would really like to hear your opinions and what type of questions you might have re that subject.

I was thinking of addressing issues such as tips: on surviving when working with other humans; what if you have a great idea for your business, but whoever works with you is not interested in your changes -- what can you do?; you're a solo-trader but have come to the realisation that you need to hire someone, how do you get a person who's not just brilliant in what they do, but someone that does not drive you up the wall with their personality idiosyncrasies, even more so if you try to put together a team and how can you stop them from cat fighting and sabotaging each other from producing brilliant team work. How do you motivate folk ... or yourself; .........

I'm just throwing out some ideas. I am sure you have more or different ideas / opinions / questions you think might be useful for entrepreneurs who are managing / starting to manage / or thinking of starting to manage people.

Many thanks in advance,

Angelika
BSc(Hons), MSc
Consulting Busines Psychologist

[Hermes]

Two survival tips in business are: being able to spell correctly and checking your work before submitting.

The internet and email has made millions of people lazy about their spelling and presentation of material. I often see shoddy postings on many forums and even web sites where you'd expect someone would check details.

Hop ths hlps!

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by ARH

I was thinking of addressing issues such as tips: on surviving when working with other humans;

Having been an employer in the past I found that most of my problems were people related and I took the decision a few years ago that I would either be an employee and work for someone else or I would work on my own but I wouldn't ever have employees again.

20 years ago I owned a restaurant in Newcastle and the head waiter's father died suddenly three times - always on a Friday night