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Do You Have What It Takes?

July 5, 2018

As Jack Welch once said, “It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.” Retaining key employees is essential to the success of any organization.  That isn’t news.  However, many leaders think that the…

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Can My Boss Make Me Do That?

June 30, 2018

I’ve had lots of employees complain to me about their bosses over the course of my career; as you can imagine, it comes with the territory of being in human resources.  And, with all the recent publicity of the #metoo movement and public awareness on the topics of discrimination, inappropriate behavior and harassment in the…

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Right To Work Vs Employment At Will…..Confused?

June 20, 2018

Are you familiar with Right To Work laws?  Do you know what Employment At Will means?  Many people don’t fully understand these concepts and I’ve heard people misuse these terms all the time with me.  So, what the heck is the difference anyway?  Read on…..

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Know These 6 Things, Land the Interview

June 6, 2018

For the first time since records were kept by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of job seekers is less than the number of available jobs according to the Wall Street Journal. So if there are more jobs than job seekers, you might be asking yourself why is it that I can’t find…

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Executive Buy-In…BS!

May 25, 2018

For decades in business, we have been talking about how important it is to gain executive and management buy-in before you can successfully launch an initiative.  Ask almost any human resources professional, continuous improvement specialist, learning and development professional or project manager and they will all tell you obtaining buy-in is the hallmark first step…

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Say This, Get a Raise

May 8, 2018

Unless you don’t want to know the proper way to ask for a raise, this article is a must read!  And, for the record, I’ve never met an adult employee that felt like they were sufficiently paid for the work they did at their job.  And, unless you are lucky enough to work at an awesome…

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Why Your HR Department Sucks, Really

May 1, 2018

It seems like no one likes HR, except maybe other HR professionals.  I get it.  We get a bad rap because we often times deal with discipline, terminations, policy enforcement and delivering bad news.  Most HR professionals understand the bad comes with the good and as a result, we don’t end up with many work…

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