How to Estimate Seasonal Staffing Level
It’s about the time of year that small-business owners struggle with the common challenge of deciding how many winter employees to hire. Too many results in the frustrating experience of paying employees to hang out, but too few results in customers leaving and deciding not to return. Given my background in engineering, no one will be surprised that I use math to help solve this problem. Because not everyone is a super-dork who uses math to solve personnel challenges, I’ve de
Run the Numbers, Build a Case
A business case is specific to an action or change a company is considering in the near future whereas a business plan lays out a path forward for the company over the next few years. In large companies, developing a business case is a specialized role that doesn’t usually share responsibility for executing a successful business case. Even if your organization doesn’t have personnel dedicated to developing business cases, you still need to run the numbers and develop a strong
