by Chris Barber | May 17, 2013 | Business, Employees, Productivity
As a business owner or upper manager, when was the last time worked a job that one of your employees routinely performs? If the answer is over a year ago, you may want to consider getting back in the trenches and truly learning the jobs that you’ve tasked your... by Chris Barber | May 6, 2013 | Business, Productivity, Tricks
Both Word and Excel are powerful programs for creating forms and other “reusable” documents. However, unless you take care to lock these documents down, they can easily be overwritten. Have you ever opened up an existing document on your computer, meaning to Save As a... by Chris Barber | May 3, 2013 | Business, Hardware, Productivity, Shortcuts, Tricks
Do you remember when the fax machine first made its appearance? In many ways faxing revolutionized business, allowing contracts and other documents to be quickly transmitted between companies. A similar revolution occurred when the Internet and email became an active... by Chris Barber | Apr 29, 2013 | Business, Employees, Productivity, Shortcuts, Tricks
One of the greatest things about technology is that it has enabled us to do just about everything more quickly, including conducting business. Signing contracts and other documents 20+ years ago involved mailing the items, or a trip to wherever to sign them in person,... by Chris Barber | Apr 26, 2013 | Business, Employees, Productivity, Social Media
The problem with social media is that it’s designed to trip all of our social conditioning to hook us, getting us addicted. And it’s not entirely social media’s fault – as humans we’re hardwired to be social, it’s inherent to our genetic makeup. However, now that we... by Chris Barber | Apr 19, 2013 | Business, Email, Employees, Productivity, Tricks
If you’ve had your email address for any length of time, you’ve probably used it to sign up for all sorts of services – newsletters, coupons, store savings cards, and more. And while it’s helpful to receive information like this in our email, it creates its own sets...