Leadership & Management

When growing your business, branching out, or adding new management, the best place to look for potential leaders is your current work force. After all, who knows the ins and outs of your company better? Even if you don’t have any current plans to expand, it’s a good idea to be on the look-out for […]

Employee motivation is always worth the effort.  As a manager, it’s tempting to allow to fall by the wayside in this rough economy. You have bigger things to think about, like keeping your company above water!  Why should you have to worry about keeping your employees motivated? “These days, people should just feel lucky to […]

As we see the economy slowly (very slowly!) start to turn around, the 2012 hiring outlook is cautiously optimistic. Cast your vote to add your 2 cents! Poll closes May 31, 2012 JavaScript needs to be enabled for polling to work. Online Surveys by Constant Contact.   Thanks for your input!   After you cast […]

Show me a manager who’s stressed, pulled in too many directions, and cranky, and I’ll tell you they are most likely not delegating tasks effectively – or even at all. Admittedly, many Managers are often not effective delegators.  They need to learn how to put aside their pride (or urge to control everything!) and show […]

Do you have a clearly defined corporate culture within your organization? If you can’t readily describe the values, beliefs, and behaviors encouraged within your four walls, it may be long overdue to revisit them. Surprisingly, many companies fail to develop a culture to invest in and grow their greatest asset…their people! Companies with clearly defined […]

The job resumes keep flooding in...the pressure to hire the right person for the job amasses.  Suddenly the manager leaps over a desk and grabs the well-mannered job candidate by the collar. “CAN YOU DO THE JOB? WILL YOU GET ALONG WITH CO-WORKERS? DO YOU FOLLOW RULES? ARE YOU GOING TO COST ME BUSINESS?” he […]