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Build Winning Teams

Posted on February 26th, 2015 | Guest Blogger, Hiring Talent, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, News, Team Building

Teams are undoubtedly the greatest asset of any company. It only makes sense that building teams be viewed as a top priority. It is by selecting, hiring and assembling the right people, followed by motivating, mentoring, [ … ] Read More

The Merge into Next Year

Posted on December 19th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Leadership Matters, News, Team Building

The end (of the year) is near & we are (almost) ready to merge into 2015 The year is almost over and there are many things to reflect back on. Right now I’m focused on a [ … ] Read More

Keys to Successful Virtual Work

Posted on November 27th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Guest Blogger, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Management Concepts, Team Building, Work - Life Balance

Virtual work, virtual offices, remote work, telecommuting, telework – whatever term you use – it all means essentially the same thing – employees are working from multiple locations on a permanent or semi-permanent basis and relying [ … ] Read More

Top 10 Ways to Guarantee Your Best People Will Quit

Posted on November 14th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts

Keeping your BEST people – the impact of company culture I recently came across the ‘Top 10 Ways to Guarantee Your Best People Will Quit’ written Mel Kleiman. He has kindly agreed to my reposting his list. [ … ] Read More

Trust is the New Black

Posted on October 16th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Team Building

Image: Scott Burnham, Flickr Trust – the Core of Leadership I have some very strong feelings on the subject of trust. Personally, I believe that an organization based on trust is one cultivated with honesty and integrity. [ … ] Read More

Leadership Courage: Your Formula For Success

Posted on September 25th, 2014 | Career Advancement, Goals, Guest Blogger, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Personal Success, Self Management

It has been said that to be courageous, one must possess optimism, passion, realism and the ability to take action. Business today requires a significant amount of courage – more so than ever before – the [ … ] Read More

Job Titles vs. Work Environment

Posted on September 12th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, News

My two-bits worth on Job Titles vs. Work Environment ….. PLEASE – we have heard enough – no one wants to work with Rock Stars, Ninjas, Gurus, Aces or Warriors! Workforce.com agreed to my reposting their [ … ] Read More

Employees as Online Celebrities

Posted on July 18th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Technology Today

Alexandra Samuel explores employees as online celebrities in a recent Wall Street Journal article: Co-branded employees can raise tough questions about how to contain their online activities—and how to compensate them. It also isn’t easy [ … ] Read More

Managerial Courage – Can you be an effective leader without it?

Posted on May 20th, 2014 | Goals, Guest Blogger, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Personal Success, Self Management

Managerial Courage I have been a human resources executive for many years and the one skill or attribute that continues to be a derailer for leaders is the “lack of managerial courage.” This may not be [ … ] Read More

Are You Satisfied with Your Employees Performance?

Posted on May 12th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Management Concepts

When it’s performance management time, is everyone just thrilled to be part of the process? People love to get feedback, and managers are just itching to have those constructive feedback discussions with their fully engaged employees. [ … ] Read More