Finders keepers? - articles discuss keeping good employees, small business survival, office equipment and 401k plans - Brief Article - Editorial

Nation's Business, April, 1996 by Mary Y. McElveen

Finding and keeping good workers are challenges that confound many smallcompany owners. To help managers struggling with these problems, we've devoted this month's cover story to ideas that have proved to be solutions for other entrepreneurs. The article was written by Contributing Editor Dale Buss, who talked with a wide array of business owners and experts in producing what we hope will provide timely help for you.

In "When The Going Gets Tough...," Editor-At-Large Sharon Nelton tells the stories of how the owners of four small companies overcame different kinds of threats to their firms' survival. The profiles--of this year's national honorees in the Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative.

The Blue Chip awards are sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Nation's Business, and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., which recently merged with Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., the program's originator.

In Small Business Financial Adviser, we kick off a three-part series on 401(k) plans. The series starts with a look at why small companies are gaining an edge in bargaining with retirement plan vendors.

Mary Y. McElveen

Editor