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If Managing People Were Easy…Everyone Would Do It! Part I

I was having a conversation with someone I met at a conference recently who told me that she was promoted to a management role about a year ago. She manages a staff of 10 and she recalls how excited she was when she was promoted. She isn’t any longer. She recounted this story about [...]

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Try These Best Practice Tips to Reach Your Business Goals in 2012

Try these best practice tips to set up your small business for success in 2012 and beyond. Develop a plan to get started today!

If you don’t have a business plan, think about the direction you want your business to go and develop a business plan. If you already have one; see if it [...]

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Is There Conflict In the Business…

Between what you ask your employees to do and company policies?

I recently saw this Dilbert cartoon and it reminded me of a story from a friend who works at a financial firm. Here’s her story…see if you can relate:

Each employee was asked to take at least 25 hours of professional development [...]

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Is Your Team in Trouble?

Be on the lookout for these signs…

Every team has trouble at some point. When someone tells me their team is always running smoothly with never an issue to be addressed, I immediately ask them how connected they are to their team. At some point your team is going to have an issue that [...]

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Preparing to Meet Professional Development Needs in the New Year

Determining Employee Needs

As a Human Resource Professional, are you prepared to meet employee professional development needs in the upcoming need? Do you know what is needed in skill development?

Here are some suggestions on ways to gather information (in a short time) as to what may be needed/desired in professional development:

Meet with [...]