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A Watchkeeper or a Beekeeper? In “A Watchmaker or a Beekeeper,” guest blogger Bruce Baker walks you through the main personality types in leadership roles, and how they can impact your business. Low morale, low profits, lack of employee engagement, high turnover and rampant gossip can be attributed to a company being led by either […]
How to map out a strategy to build a culture of respect In this week’s guest post, Sonya Law explains how to map out a strategy to build a culture of respect in your organization. Respect helps us to treat our most valuable resource – our people – in a way that shows they matter […]
Goal Setting Tonight, our returning guest blogger Sonya Law talks to readers about goal setting. We will explore here how fostering a dynamic workplace incorporates the macro environment in setting goals where People are at the center of creating your competitive advantage… As an employee, our manager will set goals for us which flow down […]
Systems Tonight brings us another guest post from Steve Day. Steve is discussing the importance of the systems we have within our businesses. This is another topic that could probably take up an entire book and I am going to give it short shrift. I am really only bringing it up because I think too […]
The Return on Investment This week brings our fourth blog post from Don Shilling. As we continue the discussion on “Growing Your Own” employees probably one of the most asked questions I get is if our company invests in a tuition reimbursement program for a sponsored future employee or in an Apprenticeship or Mentorship Program […]
Skilled and Knowledgeable Employees Pay for Themselves. During this difficult time, the ability to restrict discretionary expenses has been quite easy. Stop it. Go back to 2019 and you will also find an attitude of restricting the investment in employee development other than for technicians. We forget that skilled & knowledgeable employees pay for themselves. […]
“Ignoring America’s Talent Desert Won’t Solve the Problem!” Reports of talent shortages continue to proliferate: The National Association of Manufacturers reported an all-time record high of over 500,000 vacant positions (September 2019). A National Association of Home Builders Survey found that over half of contractors had shortages in 12 of the 16 categories of […]