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Instead of Looking Back, Let’s Look Forward (6 Tips to Give Feed-Forward)
Feedback is a part of every workplace and a common tool for individual improvement. Applying constructive methods to improve existing and develop new skills is crucial to any performing culture, or individual, seeking advantages. Yet through this tried, long standing...
Five Things You Can Do to Ensure Your Employees Perform at Their Best
At some point, it seems money will solve all our problems at once. Money buys wanted things, it helps to keep up with the Joneses, and it pays for the work we do. And, for reasons lost in history, too many employers remain stuck in time and motion mindsets when they...
Why Are You Still Here? 5 Ways to Keep ‘Em Coming Back Every Day
Turnover is a real issue, even in the most employee-friendly company. Things happen and situations arise that drive the cycle of departure, but as the boss, you can take steps right now to ensure the employees you value remain as members of your team....
Terminating an Employee 101: How to Know When it’s Time to Let Go
Severing an employee isn’t easy, but it can be necessary. If you have any workers who are toxic to the company, it’s time to let them go. Ideally, employees and employers come to an agreement about employee severance. Then, each party goes its separate ways. This is...
3 Ways To Get What You Want
No matter how much you’ve accomplished, there’s always the possibility of increasing your productivity and effectiveness so that you can achieve more of your professional goals. Follow these tips to reach higher still. 1. Set the Right Goals The first step...
Quotes from Louis Carter
Trust is doing what you say you are going to do, no excuses.
Diversity & Inclusion Makes Headlines at Oscars
Change happens in a clear process: 1. form, 2. storm, 3. norm and 4. perform. Some storming processes are more brutal than others and some can be done with humor and even grace. The best change happens with humor and invitation to dialogue to come to a...
Betting Against the Future: Analytics and Insurance Talent Management
Human resources professionals in the insurance industry face a unique set of challenges from both technology and talent. Analytics have made a splash in many industries, but their direct application to insurance HR is not always readily apparent. Turning...
Measuring What Matters Most According to HR Professionals
Almost every aspect of workforce management and top talent identification is viewed as a “high” or “very high” in terms of importance by the HR professionals in our recent BPI survey of over 50 organizations in various industries ranging from financial...
How to Win the Battle for Business Growth: President Lincoln’s Lessons from War
Sometimes in the heat of our day-to-day battles in business, it may almost feel like wartime. Overdue deadlines, budgets that are never sufficient, logistics that have an almost perverse way of undermining our best efforts. Where can we turn for solace and...
