How Collaboration Helps Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Navigate Uncertainty
As we move into 2025, U.S. businesses are bracing for potential trade wars and tariffs on imported goods. This unpredictable environment poses significant challenges, particularly for small and medium- sized businesses (SMEs) that often operate on tighter margins. Yet, amid navigating uncertainty, there’s a powerful strategy SMEs can adopt to not only weather these challenges […]
Shift HR Focus to Talent Management for Business Growth
The Fed cut interest rates this week. Perhaps it’s time to consider how your HR team can shift focus from admin tasks to talent management for business growth. In many small to mid-sized businesses, Human Resources (HR) departments are overwhelmed by operational and administrative tasks. Despite the growing need for strategic leadership in talent management […]
How to Talk (as in REALLY TALK): Rules of Conversational Engagement
We live in a world that is so connected and disconnected at the same time. So it is no wonder that conversational engagement is top of mind for so many leaders today. Our thumbs are glued to our mobile phones most of the […]
Do Small Business Owners Have Time For Team Building Activities?
With our global presence we often look across the pond to see what our colleagues in the U.K. are up to. What we find interesting is that small business decision makers seem to lack the time for growth-related tasks when building their teams and businesses. In honor of the U.K.’s first-ever Small Business Saturday that […]
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 increase in 2014 in the small business marketplace. So, […]
Effective Teambuilding Yields Surprising Results in Today’s 21st Century Work Culture
In November we celebrated Labor Day — our tribute to the American workforce. Yet, this year our claims of fidelity to the ideal of hard work as a path to a good life were muted by harsh reality. Only 43.7% of working-age Americans are employed full-time according to the August Gallup P2P numbers. However, a handful […]
Transitioning from a Military Career to the Private Sector Requires Corporate Team Building and Training
According to a recent survey by Accenture, veterans transitioning out of the military and seeking civilian employment say it’s been a “mixed bag.” Although employed veterans say they are earning more now than when in the military, challenges still remain for those veterans who are unemployed – especially post 9/11 veterans. To ease the way […]
How Improving Values At Work Improves Values At Home
I believe values and team development principles such as trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk and success (TIGERS®) build strong teams and leaders. This is especially true when behaviors that support these business values are readily seen in the workplace. We know when this happens, employee home life is also impacted in a favorable way. It […]
A Healthy Team Is A Productive One
The Hartford, on September 25, released its third in a series of four reports this year providing insights on various trends in the workplace. Best-selling author and marketing consultant Lindsey Pollak shares her expertise on the Millennial generation and what both employees and employers can anticipate going forward. The first two reports, published in April […]
Expectations of Hiring on the Rise
Last week we gave a TIGERS Roar to Disney for their free institute designed to encourage employers to hire military veterans. On the heels of this is good news with regard to increasing optimism for expanded business hiring. While still cautious about the economy, business executives continue to raise their expectations for hiring in the […]
