Get More Accomplished by Working Fewer Hours

Do you regularly work over 40 hours a week? If you’re like many busy people in today’s information-age workforce, you likely do.  “So much to do, so little time” is the mantra of our workdays. Research tells us that working long hours isn’t good for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. (Check out this eye-opening…

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How to Write Procedures that Increase a Supervisor’s Success

Do your team members come to you repeatedly with the same types of questions? Is it sometimes hard to make sure inexperienced staff gets trained on all the right stuff? Are your employees making more mistakes than you think is acceptable? If you’ve grown a business or organization yourself or have worked in one for…

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How to Lead Your Team to More New Ideas

An HR consultant in Lansing Michigan leading a team meeting.

We’ve all heard the saying, if you’re not moving forward, you’re moving backward. Moving forward requires change and change requires you to do things differently. Many teams struggle with moving beyond the status quo. By engaging your entire team in exploring options, you’ll increase the odds that they commit to the resulting changes. This makes…

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How to Find the Willpower to Address Performance Issues

We all have parts of our jobs that we don’t like as much as others.  For supervisors and managers, the position comes with some tough interpersonal responsibilities. I’ve yet to meet a supervisor who likes to tell someone they’ve done something wrong or fire someone who is not a good fit for the role.  Delivering…

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