What do you do with folks that aren’t right for the job, and don’t want your help to fix it? Maybe it’s an individual who has been a loyal employee and has moved up through progressively important roles. I recently shared some ideas about how to increase the...
You’ve got a great team of people at your business. In fact, you tell your customers and prospects every day that your staff is the strength of your business. As the leader of your organization, you have a responsibility for nurturing and coaching that team each day...
Top-level baseball players know their numbers. Every time they complete an at-bat, they know how those results will affect their averages. They strive to get better every day, knowing that even the slightest improvement could lead them to a better contract or into the...
Hey, when are you going to teach me what you know? What else should I know going forward? While the next generation may not come out and say that, they are most likely thinking it. They want to be as successful as you were, maybe more successful. You know who else is...
A hiring strategy means different things to different people. It certainly means different things post-pandemic. Finding experienced labor and the work-from-home movement have created challenges that we have not seen before. From the production floor to the customer...
Companies are reporting record year over year sales increases for the most recent year. We’ve seen many that have recorded increases greater than 20% from the prior year. Congratulations to them all. Yet these same companies are frustrated with the overall composition...