8 Interviewing Skills You May Not Have Learned Some of the most educated and experienced executives we know have never received formal training on how to screen, evaluate, and select the right person for the job. If you’re a manager and need help developing your interviewing and hiring skills, this episode is for you! Join us…
Keep Your Employees Engaged and Happy This Year As you dive into 2024, it’s very likely that you are setting goals and visualizing a path for your company’s success over the next 12 months. One thing you’re probably thinking about is how to keep the employees who are contributing to that success. In this episode,…
Embracing employee engagement while avoiding an entitlement culture This article was published as part of the Denver Business Journal Leadership Trust, an invitation-only network of influential business leaders, experts, executives and entrepreneurs. When I launched my first startup, I intended to fix everything I thought was wrong with what I termed “scarcity culture.” I had spent…
Thoughts on keeping your employees engaged and happy in this market Happy New Year! We’ve roared into 2018 with a lot of momentum – that’s great news! I am hearing that the tight labor market is absolutely having an impact on companies of all sizes and in all sectors. Some of you may not have…
Focus on strengths, not on weaknesses I had the opportunity to attend Gallup Accelerated Strengths training this summer. It’s something I’ve had on my wish list for a few years now and it finally bubbled to the top. The experience far exceeded my expectations, and I’ve found myself very tuned into daily conversations in a…
At least 7 reasons why this is a bad idea One of the hardest things to tackle when you are a small, fast growing company is hiring. I’m not talking about the mechanics of employment, but rather the timing of each new person so that you maintain the customer services levels and delivery schedules necessary…
For the better! This month I’m going to take sides in the generational debate. I am really tired of hearing how lazy and entitled millennials are. I get the opportunity to work with brilliant young professionals every day and I believe that the struggle lies in the fact that we are trying hard to make…
Earn their loyalty now – before someone else buys it! If you haven’t had to do any hiring lately – CONGRATULATIONS! If you have, then you know how very difficult it is to find great talent, not to mention the task of employee retention. This is may be the wildest market I’ve seen – in…
The trendy new HR term right now is “employee engagement.” I must read 4 articles a week that talk about how some major percentage of the employee population is “disengaged.” Where in the world did this come from? Are you really “this word,” or are you actually dissatisfied with your job to the point where…