Every organization has a culture. Formal strategic planning can be an asset to your work culture, demanding high performance work practices from your team and increasing profitability. However, [...]
Many companies are struggling to find good workers as unemployment drops to low levels in many places in the US. I have personally attended several area workforce development workshops and [...]
The term Employee Engagement sounds like such a soft term. It has long been perceived as a measurement of an employee’s happiness with his or her job, but does employee engagement have a bigger [...]
Performance appraisal methods can make or break the value of employee evaluations, yet many managers haven't been empowered to consider whether their appraisal methods are effective or not.
I've done it and it was very difficult. Over 90% fail for a variety of reasons. I learned some valuable lessons and here are a few.
Conducting interviews can be tough. When interviewing someone, there are lot of things to consider in order to select the best candidate for the job. The goal of an interview is to learn more [...]
The average company loses 20-50% of its employee base each year. This means that 11 billion dollars, each year, are lost due to employee turnover. Hiring should be a common topic in your [...]
At the forefront of every healthcare professional is the patient. This means that what they are saying is instrumental for the success of your optometry practice. Patient feedback should never be [...]
Hiring the right people can give your organization a huge competitive advantage. The people in your organization are the representatives, the producers and operators, and the ones who help your [...]
When I spoke at a Human Resources conference, I asked a room full of HR professionals if they do performance appraisals in their companies. Just about everyone in the room raised their hands. One [...]
