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...
Myers-Briggs is Debunked, so are all “Personality” Tests Bunk? About once a year articles are published debunking Myers-Briggs. The arguments by this time are familiar: The authors had no formal training in...
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...
Who exactly do you need in this position? Here’s an example: one of your account managers has given her notice, you considered all the issues we raised in our last blog, and engage your recruiter. How do you...
Planning for growth or adding new services inevitably leads to “we need more people!”. But before you dig out those job advertisements, or call your favorite recruiter, ask yourself these 4 critical questions: 1....
This article written for Maine Biz discusses how to gain a competitive advantage from the new federal overtime rules .
Accurate hiring selection is essential to retain top performers. Employees who fit into the values and culture of the organization stay and are engaged.
Because a manager’s role is to guide and evaluate the employee, the manager’s day-to-day behavior can be a potential obstacle to retention of top talent.