1. Trying to Do It All

The greatest mistake entrepreneurs make is to believe they can do it all by themselves. While an entrepreneur can do almost everything, they do almost everything poorly. Just like any other person, an entrepreneur has one or two natural talents. As an entrepreneur, it is your job to identify those talents and focus on them to your fullest. Surround yourself with people who are strong where your talents are weakest. Great companies are built on the foundation of exploiting a few strengths, not on trying to be masters of everything.

Michael Houbre, HRComp Staff Attorney

This may not be a topic that immediately jumps out as being an important one, but for legal and practical reasons, it is crucial for all employers to implement a social media policy. This area encompasses several different aspects of social media use, so it is essential even if employees do not have access to social media at the workplace. 

Modified duty assignments may be either an altered version of the employee’s current work tasks or a completely unrelated task. Many employers are resistant to establishing modified duty programs having the thought that those programs were considered to be comprised of effortless lesser-valued tasks.

In fact, modified duty is simply temporarily modifying a job or an employees’ task until recovery from a job related injury has been achieved. Very few employers state that they cannot modify any of their jobs. Workers’ compensation insurance is a significant expense for employers.