Reevaluating the Employee / Employer Relationship In the beginning of 2021, more than 47 million Americans quit their jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics. It’s no question that employers in the...
Retention Articles
Agility and Adaptability for Success
Agility and Adaptability for Success Adapting to the needs of your employees “Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better” -...
Sun Journal Business Breakfast Forum: The Millennial Hire
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?
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...
Handling Difficult Employees
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...
Mentoring Your Team to be Leaders
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...
Job Expectations Are More Important Than Job Descriptions
A key employee has just given notice. How do you assure you hire the very best replacement? Most of us would start by dusting off the old job description, giving it a quick update, and posting it on a job board....
Talent Management
Accurate hiring selection is essential to retain top performers. Employees who fit into the values and culture of the organization stay and are engaged.