The most difficult task for the small business owner

I have been self-employed since December 1986. That’s 38 years and counting.

I have been involved in many industries, many start-ups, and have learned a lot along the way. Once you are halfway observant you are bound to pick up some stuff over the course of 38 years of all types of issues and problems.

But the most difficult task, I believe, for the small business owner is the management of people.

There are so many variables, so many issues, unique personalities, motivations, skills, attitudes, issues in the workplace, outside the workplace, human interactions, and relationships that the other issues you will encounter pale into insignificance by comparison.

And then, at the end of it all, you are faced with the employment law consequences if your management skills are not up to scratch.

I cannot help you with the complexity of the moving parts I have referred to above.

But I can help you with the employment law aspect when things go wrong.

Check out my employment law book here.