Leaders need to demonstrate empathy, vulnerability, and transparency. Further, they need to hold their people accountable and hold difficult or critical conversations before challenges get out of hand. Vicki Z. Lauter explains how to do this with...

Building and Banking on Boomers

Surprise! Boomers are not gone…yet! What does this mean for your company? If you are smart and keep or hire Boomers over the next ten years, you’ll be setting your company up to beat your competition and grow...

Every leader needs to have a set of core leadership competencies or use a specific leadership style that helps them move the company forward as it grows. Depending on the stage of growth the company is in will depend on the competencies the...

I read an article in Fast Company about meaningful work and how for many employees, having a personal sense of meaning in their work is more important than compensation.

Gallup conducted a poll that shows more than half your staff is ready to...

“In addition to trying to wow our customers, we also try to wow our employees…We believe that it creates a virtuous cycle, and in our own way, we are making the world a better place to live.” Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh

The first step of...

Recognizing and developing talent is a constant challenge for any company. Today’s challenge is to produce more, and better results with few employees for customers who demand more value-add for less effort and cost.

Do YOU have the talent to...

The changing demographics of our country have been making headlines. As the population ages and baby boomers begin to retire, labor shortages seem imminent and in some cases, potentially catastrophic. Most of the forecasts focus on a dwindling...