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Delivering your Value Proposition to Employees

It makes sense to reduce the probability of employees leaving through dissatisfaction. It also makes sense to maximise the contribution and satisfaction from your most engaged employees.
However, in many ways, it makes even more sense to focus your efforts on the bulk of employees who are neither engaged nor disengaged.
The Corporate Leadership Council is […]

A Dance, a Show and a Band- Teamwork at its finest

Have you ever watched a River dance performance? 30 people on one stage all tapping out a beat to form a song. It is amazing to watch as each individual as to the music as a collective whole, they practice together, learn together and then perform together.
Individually they have had to memorize their specific […]

Has “U-itis” Crept Into Your Organization?

The 4 letters making up the string “itis” are used quite frequently in the context of ailments in our modern medicine terminology. Sinusitis, laryngitis, bronchitis are all familiar medical conditions with “itis” in the spelling. “Itis” comes from New Latin and indicates inflammation or of inflammatory disease. This article is about the […]

Recruiting: Setting the Best Fee

I prefer to discuss my contingency fee for delivering a great candidate when I’ve located the Decision Maker and am about two-thirds of the way through completing a job order form. My client has done 90% of the talking up until this point and provided the exact information I need before deciding what my fee […]

Sourcing - Recruiting Strategies That Work!

There are dozens if not hundreds of ways to source for candidates. Often sourcing comes down to your budget and your personality. There are many helpful, industry specific websites. Independent contractor websites, networking websites, and topic specific chat rooms, are starting points. I always consider ROI and that includes my investment of time.
I know companies […]

Strategic Management Seeing the Big Picture

In any organization it is easy to get caught up in the small portion your tasks deal with on a daily basis. If we are in accounting or marketing or customer service then we tend to only see those departments and their needs and issues. Part of this problem is because those are the problems […]

Top 7 Teamwork Skills

Teamwork is one of the most effective things you can teach your employees because it effects things like productivity, work environment, and communication and much more. Here are the top 10 skills team members should develop so that together as team they can succeed and form an effective team.
1-Listening: There is a time to […]

The Problems With Hiring Friends And Family

It often seems like a good idea to bring a friend or family member into your business. You’ve known each other for years and believe that you can rely on them. But being friends with someone or being related to them doesn’t mean they will make a good employee. And as is often the case […]

Strategic Management is Proactive

What is one of the biggest differences between a good business and a successful business? Two business could have all the same resources, sell the same quality product to the same market and yet one will become successful and the other will make enough to keep operations going. What is the difference between the two […]

Inspirational thoughts on Teamwork

Working as team can be a hard goal to strive for because it feels like such an uphill battle. Trying to coordinate multiple people’s schedules, values, lifestyles, and goals can seem not worth the effort and so time consuming that it is just a bigger headache then a help. Don’t give in because it is […]