Monthly Archives: February 2016

Give Them a Break

Your employees work hard. They deserve time off. Your employees also probably have a contract with you, which says you have to give them time off. Your employees will likely burn out if they never take a break, so for crying out loud, give them some time off! As a boss facing deadlines it is […]

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Make Change Easy

Employees in class

Even though we may like to think of ourselves as flexible and innovative, the reality is that we fall into routines at work and get comfortable. That’s good, because we can find what works best and then do it, but sometimes we need to change how we do business, and that can be awfully stressful. […]

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Hiring Remote Workers

Remote workers offer an effective way of controlling your costs while expanding your talent pool. From a cost perspective, you can cut down on office space, avoid the hassles and expense of employment visas, and potentially pay less than you would with a local hire while still getting great talent that is making a good […]

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Get a Lawyer

Retaining employees

Whenever we talk about an issue in this blog that sounds like it might have legal implications, you will notice we always remind you that we are not lawyers, that this is not intended to be legal advice, and that you should consult an attorney for more details or to ask further questions. There is […]

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Happy New Year!!

One of the nice things about being in Asia is that you get multiple New Years’ celebrations. Today is the first day of the new Lunar Year for Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Mongolian and Tibeten cultures (we’ll get to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia in April — different calendar). So from all of us here at Designing […]

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