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January 12, 2023

2023: A Time to Believe

Fast Company is looking for companies that are the Best Workplaces for Innovators (Best Workplace for Innovators).  With the start of a new year, we’re wondering why every company isn’t trying to qualify. Over the last few decades, we’ve seen many companies mission statements that proclaim high employee involvement and stress innovation as a core […]

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November 18, 2022

The Right Way to Measure Employee Performance

Employee performance reviews are a regulated assessment method used by companies to evaluate an employee’s work. They are a means to identify a worker’s strengths and weaknesses, allowing them to set goals for future improvement. Also called performance appraisals or performance evaluations, these procedures have been the primary employee productivity and efficiency measurement for many […]

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November 11, 2022

Relentless Forward Motion

Relentless Forward Motion So much is happening in our world (pandemic, great resignation, recession, inflation, and the list goes on).  Sometimes the feeling of uncertainty and constant change/challenge can be immobilizing.  While these challenges may subside, there will always be something else on the horizon so we need the right mindset.

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October 24, 2022

Divisive Leadership is Easy

If you’re in a position of power or influence, it’s easy to gain followers who agree with what you say. But what if someone doesn’t agree? In organizations where the leader is consciously or unconsciously addicted to power and largely motivated by self-interest, those who disagree find themselves outside of the inner circle. Although they […]

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September 22, 2022

Have you decided to “quietly quit”?

An article about quiet quitting was recently the most read story all week at the Wall Street Journal website. Wanting to know more, I watched Michael Smirconish interview Paige West, a former engineering consultant who left the corporate world and has many YouTube videos on the subject. In this interview, she is clear that the […]

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September 1, 2022

Are You Being Watched?

When Covid 19 required employees to work from home, companies (some very reluctantly) had to comply. At that time, I learned that productivity software was “flying off the shelves”. If the software is needed to measure productivity, then we might as well dispense with leadership. The first thing that’s wrong with this approach is the […]

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August 19, 2022

A Persuasive Case for Flexibility

Just about everyone finds the need to persuade action from another on almost a daily basis. Yet, often within companies, the front line to middle management are more reserved in promoting change if it hasn’t come from the senior executives. Everything about business is changing and team members and leaders should take heart in following […]

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May 11, 2022

5 Reasons Your Hiring Strategies Are Outdated

The Great Resignation has been crippling millions of businesses since September 2021. With 3 percent of working professionals voluntarily leaving their positions in November, it’s crucial to consider this as a company problem and not just a human resources challenge anymore.

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March 22, 2022

The Upside of Hybrid/Remote Work

While many companies are struggling with the dual challenges of managing remote work while stemming high turnover, Chelsea Wood, Director of Recruiting at PAM Transport, has the answer and the data to prove it. Chelsea leads 18 domestic recruiters.  Eight of these recruiters live in different states and work remotely.  Chelsea has used this hybrid […]

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