If your company’s first inclination is to look outside its own four walls to fill vacancies, it could be playing a losing game. Talent is in high demand. Any Economics 101 course worth its weight in salt teaches that high demand reduces supply which increases price. That’s true in the employment world too and it’s… Read more »
Tag: Team Management
Motivating Employees in a Flat Organization
What can organizations with limited opportunities for advancement between entry-level and higher-level jobs do to keep employees engaged in their work? Be transparent, find out what motivates them, include them in goal-setting, and consider ways to offer a good work-life balance. If you do, you’ll be miles ahead of many other leaders. But how exactly… Read more »
How (and Why) to Focus on Building a Positive Company Culture
Company culture is one of those corporate buzzwords that has been thrown around for years, but what does it really mean and is it really that important? When we use the word “culture,” what we’re really talking about is the personality of a company. It’s the mission, values, ethics, language, norms, and general expectations of… Read more »
Leadership During Uncertain Times
During the last two decades, our country has experienced several periods of great business uncertainty. Periods of severe business, economic, and personal crisis resulted from the widespread dot-com failures in 2001, the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008, and now the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Each of these events brought a more severe economic impact than the… Read more »
How to Be a Manager Employees Look up To
Management books love to invoke “leadership.” Unfortunately, for most of these, the term represents little more than a buzzword. There’s a difference between leadership as a TED talk subject and the nitty-gritty day-to-day process of steering a team, with diverse skill levels and varied personalities, to success. Winning the respect of your employees represents an… Read more »