Your New Retention Strategy – Checking in on Hearts and Brains
Your New Retention Strategy – Checking in on Hearts and Brains Have the first months of the year been difficult with new normal of turnover and opportunity? The last months of the year are spent building our budgets and identifying the purple squirrel recruit that...
Leadership 101: Lesson 6 Communication Styles
Leadership 101: Lesson 6 - Communication Styles When was the last time you had a complete misunderstanding with a family member, co-worker, or your supervisor? Did you wonder how you got there and more importantly; what you could do to avoid misunderstanding in the...
Questions to Gauge Your Commitment to DE&I
Questions to Gauge Your Commitment to DE&I How committed is your company to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)? Of more than 1,500 workers surveyed in the 2021 Jobseeker Nation report by Jobvite, forty-two percent indicated they would reject a job offer if...
It’s More Than Okay to Take Time Off – It’s Vital
It's More Than Okay to Take Time Off - It's Vital Ah, vacation time. Sometimes it’s difficult to extricate yourself from workplace responsibilities and unplug. And with the rise of remote work fueled by the pandemic, the lines between work and personal time are...
Leadership 101: Lesson 5 The Importance of Managing Yourself Before you assumed your role as a leader, did you think about your job first and foremost as leading/managing others? Turns out the person you’re most responsible for managing every day is yourself! Managing...
Leadership 101 – Lesson 4: Have a Plan
Leadership 101 - Lesson 4: Have a Plan What’s your plan? How many times have you been asked that question and had no idea what in the world people were asking you? You come to work every day, you get a ton of “work” done, but suddenly, as a leader, you are expected...
Working Mothers and the Double-Edged Sword of Remote Work
Working Mothers and the Double-Edged Sword of Remote Work There is no doubt that the pandemic fast-tracked acceptance of the remote work model. Many companies who had been reluctant to embrace remote work found themselves with no other option – and then they were...
Leadership 101 – Lesson 3: Know the Business You Are In
Leadership 101: Lesson 3 - Know the Business You Are In Many people focus on their job and their regular tasks. You know where you work and the name of the company that deposits your paycheck, but do you understand who you work for and understand the business that...