--- title: Small Business Coaching, Resources & Tools | EMyth Blog | Managing Employees (2) description: Managing Employees | The EMyth blog is the go-to resource for small business owners looking for help. You’ll find practical advice and simple tools to build a world-class business. (2) --- # Managing Employees ![Smart Business Coach](https://www.emyth.com/hubfs/Smart-business-coach.png?auto=compress&fit=max) ## Request a free coaching session with a Certified EMyth Coach [![Talk to a Coach](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/411995/14924c09-8a82-42d7-90b9-55a5c68c5989) [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees) 5 min read ### [How employee benefits help your business](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-employee-benefits-help-your-business) As you grow your business, it’s hard enough to know when it’s the right time to bring on that next employee or how to compensate them. When you add benefits to the equation, these employment questions are among the most complicated issues business owners have to address. Benefits can be expensive. It’s easy to fee... ![Ilene Frahm - EMyth](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/bccfbf08d81171b066439619e9e012a6?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Ilene Frahm [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees) ### [What it really takes to improve employee performance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/5-steps-to-improve-team-performance) As a business coach, I have a unique view into the daily frustrations that occupy most business owners. More often than not, when I ask a new client what’s overwhelming them most in their business, they narrow in immediately on their employees. I hear things like: ![Tricia Huebner - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/headshots/THuebner_450.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Tricia Huebner [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) ### [4 results-based management strategies to keep your team on track](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-manage-a-remote-team) As we enter the last quarter of the year, many businesses are in their sixth month of working from home, and many business owners are still struggling with the remoteness of their employees. Every day, they’re asking themselves, “What are they actually doing from home?” and strategizing ways to encourage engagemen... ![Kirstin Fulton - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/kirstin-fulton.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Kirstin Fulton [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) ### [The key to re-engaging your employees (isn’t what you’d expect)](https://www.emyth.com/inside/the-key-to-reengaging-your-employees) As many teams are returning to work in some form, business owners are facing an uncomfortable realization. The old frustrations with your employees—the ones you’d forgotten about or maybe only realized with a period of unprecedented space from your team—are still there. The things that weren't working before still... ![Jayne Speich - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/jaynespiech_100px_hubspot.png?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Jayne Speich [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Free EMyth Resources](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/free-emyth-resources) ### [Ask the right interview questions](https://emyth.com/the-interview-checklist) How do you run an interview that makes sure you find the employee your company needs? We can show you. [Get Started](https://emyth.com/the-interview-checklist) [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) 3 min read ### [Two tools to keep your team focused on results](https://www.emyth.com/inside/organizational-alignment-tools) Now is a particularly challenging moment to show up for and manage your people. As a business owner weathering a global economic crisis, you have so many demands on your time and focus—not least of which may be keeping your business financially afloat. So making sure your team has what they need to do their jobs a... ![Kirstin Fulton - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/kirstin-fulton.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Kirstin Fulton [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees) ### [How to go remote in a hurry: Lessons from an all-remote team](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-build-a-robust-remote-work-team) When EMyth went fully remote last year, we had the benefit of time to support our transition—time to research, develop and implement an action plan so that we could be as successful a remote team as we were an on-site team. In this current moment of the coronavirus crisis, when remote working has become at least r... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees) ### [How to cultivate leaders you trust](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-to-choose-and-select-leaders-for-your-small-business) Okay—let’s say you’ve taken all the necessary steps to build a self-sustaining business. You’ve made a clear decision to do it, and you’ve let your desire build. You’ve let go of unproductive beliefs and are thinking like an Entrepreneur. You’ve come to see your business as a process designed to produce a desired ... ![Ilene Frahm - EMyth](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/bccfbf08d81171b066439619e9e012a6?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Ilene Frahm [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/leadership)[Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems) ### [Do you know what your employees need to succeed?](https://emyth.com/what-do-your-employees-need-to-succeed) To find and retain high-performing employees, you need to develop a management system that gives structure to their roles. Take our quiz to discover how you can grow your management skills to increase employee success. [Get Started](https://emyth.com/what-do-your-employees-need-to-succeed) [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/leadership)[Free EMyth Resources](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/free-emyth-resources) ### [Do you know how to hire the right people?](https://emyth.com/hiring-quiz) Finding good employees is hard. Is your hiring process making it harder? Take our quiz to find out. [Get Started](https://emyth.com/hiring-quiz) [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Business Systems](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/business-systems)[Small Business Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-leadership) ### [Building a self-sustaining business is a choice](https://www.emyth.com/inside/building-a-self-sustaining-business-is-a-choice) Let’s be honest: Building a business that doesn’t depend on you isn’t easy. It’s going to take lots of time, attention, and know-how. You’re going to be drawn into fighting fires you wish weren’t happening; you’re going to worry about having the right resources to create the right results; you’re going to have to ... ![Ilene Frahm - EMyth](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/bccfbf08d81171b066439619e9e012a6?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Ilene Frahm [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees) ### [5 questions to ask yourself before delegating](https://www.emyth.com/inside/5-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-delegating) Do you ever ask an employee for something you requested several days earlier and get a puzzled look? Or get the response: “I didn’t know you wanted it today.” Or even more baffling, the employee tells you: “I don’t know how to do that.” These are the kinds of answers that cause many owners to hesitate when delegat... ![Steve Edkins - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/headshots/Steve_Edkins_150.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Steve Edkins [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Organization](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-organization) ### [Crafting Effective Results Statements to Empower Your Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/overcoming-org-chart-writers-block-results-oriented) This is the fifth installment in helping you fully develop and implement Org Charts and Position Agreements, which support a culture of ownership within your business. “My employees know what to do, but if one thing goes wrong, they just stand around.” “They can get the job done—but only in the slowest possible wa... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Organization](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-organization) ### [Overcoming Org Chart Writer's Block: Clear Communication Strategies](https://www.emyth.com/inside/overcoming-org-chart-writers-block-implied-explained) This is the fourth installment in helping you fully develop and implement Org Charts and Position Agreements, which support a culture of ownership within your business. Click here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Fully implementing your Position Agreements is an endeavor that requires simple steps over time. It starts ... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Small Business Organization](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/small-business-organization) ### [Overcoming Organizational Chart Writer's Block](https://www.emyth.com/inside/overcoming-org-chart-writers-block-paper-people) This is the third installment in helping you fully develop and implement Org Charts and Position Agreements, which support a culture of ownership within your business. Click here for Part 2. If you followed my previous blogs—and you kept it simple—you should have a Position Agreement for each role in your business... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/leadership) ### [Planning for Success: EMyth's 40th Anniversary and Annual Goals](https://www.emyth.com/inside/how-were-planning-for-our-40th-anniversary) This is the season for planning for the new year and we’ve been talking a lot about it. If you haven’t started yet, it’s not too late to create your Annual Plan. We have a six step process to get you there. If you really want your business to look, act, feel and perform differently a year from now (Is there anyone... ![Ilene Frahm - EMyth](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/bccfbf08d81171b066439619e9e012a6?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) Ilene Frahm [Managing Employees](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/managing-employees)[Leadership](https://www.emyth.com/inside/topic/leadership) ### [What I discovered on my quest for work-life balance](https://www.emyth.com/inside/what-i-discovered-on-my-quest-for-work-life-balance) I’m in the upstairs bathroom writing notes on my iPhone when it strikes me—the apparent irony of me sketching out notes for a blog post about work-life balance while in the middle of giving my daughters a bath. I left work hours ago but had hardly left my work behind me. And in that moment I felt so close to the m... ![EMyth Team - EMyth](https://emyth.imgix.net/INSIDE-EMyth-300x300px.jpg?w=80&h=80&fm=jpg&q=&fit=max) EMyth Team