What Are Small Business Owners Doing to Find and Retain Excellent Employees in 2014

What Are Small Business Owners Doing to Find and Retain Excellent Employees in 2014

Bank of America has been busy taking the pulse of small business owners in larger communities to determine what work life will be like in 2014. Following on the heels of their fall 2013 study,  I am making the projection that employee training and development will...
Leadership and Team Building: Satisfy Short-Term Quarterly Goals or Plan for Long-term Sustainability?

Leadership and Team Building: Satisfy Short-Term Quarterly Goals or Plan for Long-term Sustainability?

The need for instant gratification and to show a profit no matter the cost to employees, society, or an organization’s welfare seems to be the motto in today’s business culture. Yet there are those few stellar organizations…and they are not all Fortune 500’s….that beg...
Health and Engagement Goals Reduce High Health Care Costs

Health and Engagement Goals Reduce High Health Care Costs

Stress kills. We all know this.  So it makes good sense that executives who want to keep health costs to a minimum during shifts toward Obamacare would focus on employee health and engagement goals. As companies strive to keep workers healthier and stem the tide of...
5 Reasons to Embrace Social Media in the Workplace

5 Reasons to Embrace Social Media in the Workplace

When done correctly, social media in the workplace takes businesses to an all new level of success. Yet, while some organizations and CEOs embrace it – others fear it. As a matter of fact, concern over sharing the wrong information or that mistakes will be...