In the past we frequently heard from owners and managers that they were not interested in hiring someone who wanted to work from home. Many managers have had poor experiences with remote workers or expected...
Building an Effective Succession Plan: Why and How to Do It A good succession plan ensures there will always be someone ready to step up—a talented and properly trained employee who can take over important...
Millennial Mythbusters Part III: Managing Millennials As noted in our earlier two blogs about Millennials, STM completes comprehensive assessments on job candidates every day, and many of these candidates are...
Millennial Mythbusters Part II: Interviewing Millennials In my first article on Millennials, I “busted the myth” that all Millennials are lazy, or all expect an enormous compensation package. While Millennials...
Millennials in the Workforce Study - Part One I was inspired to do this study because we assess Millennials as job candidates and employees every day, and I’ve read and heard generalizations about this group that...
Sun Journal Business Breakfast Forum: The Millennial Hire Join Art Boulay, CEO of Strategic Talent Management, Thursday, Sept. 26, and give your business a millennial-friendly checkup to ensure you're attracting...
Introverts or Extroverts? Which One Makes the Best Employee? About 20 years ago, when I first began using assessments as a coach, I’m embarrassed to say that when my introverted client asked me, “is there anything...
10 Tips for Handling Difficult Conversations with Difficult Employees When you have a difficult employee, it may be tempting to ignore the problem and hope the issues go away. But chances are, it will only get...
We recently attended the Agency Management Institute (AMI) Conference for Owners & Leaders in Chicago and were asked to lead roundtables on the subject of “Mentoring Your Team to be Leaders." About 18...