Praise: warm approval and admiration How important is praise? Important. Extremely important.
Useful Regrets
I love podcasts and one of my favorites is NPR’s Hidden Brain with Shankar Vedantam. One episode “Why We Can’t Shake Life’s ‘Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda’ Moments” explored regret. Regret is a big emotion; people get angry, self-critical, mournful and disappointed about the choices they’ve made.
Hire Like a 4-Star General
A critical part of hiring people who can assist you in taking your company to the next level is being able to articulate what you need. In his book, It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, Colin Powell lists the traits he “treasures” (his word) in people who work with him. It’s a list of characteristics necessary in every field,
Burn the Ships
In 1519 Hernan Cortes arrived in the New World with 600 men and 11 ships. His mission was to conquer the Aztecs and take control of their vast treasure. As legend tells us, some of his soldiers, fearful of the outcome of their venture, plotted to seize the ships in order to desert. Cortez got wind of the plot and
December Question of the Month: Do you do anything for the Holidays for your employees?
Here are our top 5 answers to December’s question of the Month. We used to do the whole big Christmas party and played games. One year an employee wrote a poem, “Merry Christmas to all, wherever you roam, you get us all drunk and you send us on home.” After that year we stopped the offsite parties. Now we do
Answers: November 2018 Question of the Month
Here are our top three responses for the November Question of the Month: “Describe your on-boarding/orientation process with new employees?“
What Are You Thankful For?
While living our own busy lives, we seldom take the time to think about what we should be thankful for. We tend to focus on what we don’t have instead of the good things in our lives.
3 Critical Tasks
Many people are intimidated when they think about running a business, being responsible for all the different aspects: finance, sales and marketing, developing new products or services, recruiting and retaining employees. The most critical aspect to the success of any business is people.
October Question of the Month: Describe the hiring process in your company?
Here are a few excellent peer responses throughout the month of October to the question: “Describe the hiring process in your company?” “We used to have a 2-step interview process; if we liked the candidate on the first interview, we’d bring them back for a second. That’s out the window now. Today, applicants seem to have two other offers on
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Listening to Jeff Gau, CEO of Marco discuss his company’s growth, he made a statement that stuck with me: “We don’t do anything today that we did back then. We’ve had to become comfortable being uncomfortable”. Jeff made other important and memorable points.