Category: Change Management

How To Retain Your Current Employees (and Survive The Great Resignation!)

I’ve been working as an HR professional for decades, and I can tell you that my colleagues and I have never seen anything like the ‘Great Resignation’ we’re now experiencing. American workers are quitting their jobs like never before, and can expect this trend to continue into 2022. When this pandemic started, there was so much we couldn’t predict, and I don’t think anyone predicted this ‘turnover tsunami.’ That said,…

Read More

5 Myths About Succession Planning

5 Myths About Succession Planning

As a professional HR consultant, I find that bringing up succession planning is a bit like talking about wills—people get uncomfortable, change the subject and put it off rather than facing the facts. However, if you want to have a sustainable business that succeeds after a key player or players are gone, you NEED to have a strong bench in the wings so that you can protect what you’ve built.…

Read More

3 Small Changes That Can Revitalize Your Employees after a Crisis

3 Small Changes That Can Revitalize Your Employees after a Crisis

It could be a lawsuit or a slump or just plain fatigue, but most businesses will at some point hit a wall and need to recover. The biggest loss from a crisis is often company morale. If you see your employees losing their enthusiasm, it’s time to be a leader and pave the way back to the environment you enjoyed before the issues arose. If you’re a small business owner…

Read More

Achieving Your Business Goals Starts With Having the Right Plan

why you need a business plan

As I write this article, we are officially half-way through the year. Now is a perfect time to check in on your business and see where you are now compared to where you plan to be at the end of the year. How big or small is the gap? When I work with small business owners, one of the best practices I find consistently is that the owner sets very…

Read More

Adapting Your Leadership Role for Changing Workforce Environments

Adapting Your Leadership Role for Changing Workforce Environments

How to Lead Your Employees Through a Better, Brighter 2018 There are consistent expectations from a leader. Whether you’re a small business owner looking for help growing your business or you’re a manager handling a team, you have people looking to you for direction and guidance. How you achieve meeting those expectations is the part that changes year after year. Each year presents different challenges to the workforce. Businesses in…

Read More

12 Success Tips Helping You Deal with Transitions & Transformations

12 Success Tips Helping You Deal with Transitions and Transformations

How to Thrive in the Midst of Change We all experience change whether we want to or not.  Regardless of our age or life experience, change is difficult. It’s not that we don’t like change or want it, it’s that we would prefer for it to happen more easily and on our terms. Here are 12 tips to help you through your next transition or transformation with grace and ease.…

Read More