Employee Retention
4 Simple Ways to Build Effective Relationships with Staff
Do you connect easier with some of your direct reports than others? Are you more comfortable communicating with your high performers than other team members? Do you have employees that you sense don’t respect you? These are all common experiences for supervisors and managers. Great leaders have figured out how to make positive connections with…
Read MoreIt’s That Time of Year! How to Create a Vacation-Friendly Culture
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Snow is falling outside, and the holidays are fast approaching with promises of good food, presents, joy, and family time. I have an important question for you. Have you scheduled your winter vacations? I’ve been asking around the past couple of weeks, and I’ve found that while…
Read MoreHow Being Flexible Can Make You an Employer of Choice
Low unemployment and the creation of 167,000 new jobs in the U.S. each month has led to our current talent shortage (Bureau of Labor Statistics). This is great if you’re looking for a job but frustrating if you’re looking to hire high performers. Would you like to improve your ability to recruit and retain top…
Read MoreHow to Uncover Your Organizational Culture
Last week’s article described how to use the hiring process as a method to transform your culture from where it is today to where you need it to be. I received a great question from a reader that I’ve been asked from time-to-time: How do you determine what your current culture is? Culture is the…
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