How to Use Hiring as a Powerful Tool to Transform Culture

As we sail through summer, we must remember that fall tends to be one of the peak times during the year for employee turnover. As busy business owners, executives, and supervisors who are responsible for hiring, every minute of your day is spoken for.  So, filling open positions quickly with capable, independent employees is crucial.…

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How Diversity Plans Provide Opportunity for a Powerful Edge

Business leadership discussing their diversity and inclusion plan at a conference table.

In 2017, when hurricane Harvey laid waste to much of the Texas coast and devastated swaths of Houston, Texas-based grocery chain H.E.B. was running disaster relief stations, mobilizing its extensive supply chain and funneling resources to those in need – right alongside the Red Cross and Salvation Army. Why was a grocery chain running emergency…

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How to Build an Effective Employee Survey

Last week’s article sang the praises of employee satisfaction surveys.  It busted a few myths about them and discussed why surveys are an essential business tool. Since the article ran, I’ve been asked, “What questions should a survey include?” This article will give you some things to consider when selecting survey questions.

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Are Your Employees Really Happy?

Happy employees having fun at work

Since technology and social networking is available to almost everyone, the chance of dissatisfied employees leaving to find a new job is extremely high. Even more frightening for supervisors is when a dissatisfied employee decides to “quit and stay,” meaning they mentally or emotionally check out of their job but don’t physically leave. So how…

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