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Category Archives: Hiring and Retaining Great People
Build Your Bench Strength Without Breaking the Bank
Kirk Kramer writes in the HBR Blog: Many social enterprises start small and grow fast. This puts a premium on the need to develop, or recruit, talented people who can take on evolving roles and responsibilities. Yet planning for future … Continue reading
Are Your Employee Evaluations Worth the Time and Paper It Takes to Do Them?
According to Denis Wilson, writing in Fast Company, annual evaluations “build up pressure and make feedback sessions feel like indictments. And most importantly, they do little to alter behavior and improve performance and productivity, which should be your goal.” If … Continue reading
Try Before You Buy
No, I’m not talking about hiking shoes or test driving a new car. I’m talking about test driving a prospective employee–and not the way most of us think. I’m talking about an idea I first heard when Brad Remillard of … Continue reading
Build Rapport with Challenging Customers or Employees
This week our two Tucson Vistage CEO groups hosted author, speaker and trainer Abe Wagner speaking on Increasing Motivation and Productivity. Wagner’s presentation is based on a foundation of Transactional Analysis and Neurolinguistic Programming. In 3 hours he presented and … Continue reading
Time Span and the End of the Story
About 18 months ago, Vistage speaker Tom Foster spoke to my Tucson Chief Executive Group about a concept called Timespan. It is based on the work of Elliot Jacques (pronounced Jakes), a professor at George Washington University. To parphrase my … Continue reading
‘How Can I Motivate My Gen Y Employees?’
“How can I motivate my Generation Y employees?” If you’re a CEO over 40, this question has probably perplexed you in recent years. You are seeing new, young and clearly talented employees integrating into your companies. Yet, they’re different than … Continue reading
Where Are You Setting the Bar?
Where Are You Setting the Bar? I had the privilege today of spending an hour with Ron Clark, who is known as America’s Educator and is the recipient of America’s Teacher of the Year Award. A best-selling author and guest … Continue reading
How to Retain Four Generations of Workers
Today’s workforce consists of four generations, each with a different set of goals, aspirations and values. Veterans. Born prior to 1946, this generation makes up 7.5 percent of the current workforce. They value hard work, responsibility and rank/status. Baby Boomers. Born between … Continue reading
Handling Traumatic Events in the Workplace
When we employ lots of people, stuff happens. Get some useful tips on when it does. Handling Traumatic Events in the Worplace
Control is an Illusion
Control is an Illusion: Thinking Outside the Traditional Marketing Box By Rebel Brown Do you think you have control of your brand? If you answered “yes,” you might want to think again. That’s one of the biggest Gravity beliefs around. … Continue reading