If you are a business owner, executive or manager of people, your world and life changed several weeks ago, like most of us. Some people who have recently been thrust into the work from home zone will struggle to complete their tasks, while...

I shared this information via a talk at  the Cobb Chamber Business University.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that every year 1.5 billion businesses are started by people that expect to be successful. Within five years, over half of...

You know you have one or more employees that stands head and shoulders above the rest of your team. Why not take a few minutes each day and nurture them so they will become even more amazing than they already are. This list of ten things can help...

I should have titled this post:  Beauty and the Beast. Beauty; if you use assessments during (what is perceived as) the Beast of a performance review process things will go a whole lot smoother.

There are many different types of assessments that...

I recently read an article on the Society of Human Resource website called, “Speak Up When Offended at Work”, January 4, 2013. To be honest, I had not given much previous thought to some of the points the author made in her post. However, the...

It’s no surprise that since 2008 organizations have cut management levels more than in past decades. And it’s fair to say that Baby Boomers, Millennial’s and Gen X’ers are competing for roles within some of the same organizations. We all know...

A 2012 survey by the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) showed that employee engagement is the number one challenge for organizations. It also showed that the standard performance management process is stuck in neutral but recognition...

Today’s world is filled with labels from political groups, religious preferences and generations to low performers, high potentials and star performers. What does this mean? More importantly, when did we start becoming labeled groups instead of...