Resources

Remember When You Could Smoke at the Office?

The convergence of quickly evolving technology, workforce demographics and need for innovation and creativity in business -- with company structures and processes that haven’t changed since the Industrial era, are changing how forward-leaning companies hire and manage their employees.

04/01/12

Are You Their Boss or Their Buddy?

As a manager, you may also serve as a mentor or coach to your employees. And inevitably, as you spend time with all of them, it can be hard to separate the personal from the professional. It's a natural impulse to care about the well-being of your employees, but when is it crossing the line? Here are some ways to care and show support, while maintaining appropriate boundaries.

02/01/12

Do You Have a Workforce Bullying Problem?

Bullying is a hot topic in the news right now, and while it's prevalent in middle and high schools, it's also a major issue in today's workforce.

12/06/11

What will your company look like in 2020?

An organization's success and competitiveness depends upon its ability to embrace diversity and realize the benefits. But managing diversity is more challenging than it seems.

10/03/11

10 Interview Questions You Must Ask

When you're hiring, there are three things you must determine: 1) Can the candidate do the job? 2) Will the candidate do the job? 3) Will the candidate do the job for our company? The first question is pretty easy to answer--it's just a matter of assessing skills and experience. But what about the next two? If you want to hire better people, check out this month's feature story.

08/01/11

Give your career a check-up

Feeling a little under the weather lately? No, we're not asking about you, we're asking about your career. Everyone should perform a career physical from time to time. This month's article will show you how to assess the condition of your career.

08/01/11

Build credibility and trust with these career boosting tips

This month's feature article will show you how to increase your job security--and earning power--by building credibility and trust at work.

06/01/11

How To Hire An Honest Staff

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, approximately 75 percent of all employees steal from work in some way. It's not just hard finding good help these days -- it's hard finding honest help, too.

06/01/11

Top 10 Steps to Catapult Your Career Up the Corporate Ladder

There's no magic pill to career advancement, but following these 10 steps will keep your career going in the right direction.

04/01/11

What the heck is re-recruiting?

What do your employees and a new car have in common? No, it's not that "new car" smell. Both your employees and a new car need to be put on a regular maintenance schedule to keep them running smoothly. As you kick off 2011, it might be time to implement a "re-recruiting" program to ensure your employees are engaged in their work and performing at their best. If you're not familiar with "re-recruiting," it is the process of re-engaging, renewing and restoring the health, vitality or intensity of employer-employee relationships.

04/01/11

Are you sabotaging your goals?

New Deliverable

02/04/11

Don't let these challenges derail your company in 2011

This month's newsletter has an article which discusses the top five business challenges you will face in 2011 and how staffing can help you overcome them.

02/04/11

Behavioral Economics: Every Action Has a Value or a Cost

Positively influencing and guiding how people think, relate and act is critical to efficiently achieving success, especially in an environment of continuous change. Jim Cathcart, motivational speaker and trainer, calls this dynamic between behaviors and relative costs "behavioral economics." He wrote about it some time ago in his e-Zine, but his thoughts remain pertinent today.

11/30/10

Inspire Your Employees Now

Increasing employee morale is not easy when workers are stressed about the economy and worried about their jobs. Quick morale boosters like ice cream socials and on-site massages can serve as a nice break in the day--but they don't have a long-term impact. So what does?

11/30/10

Triple your productivity

If someone said, "Give me $5 and I'll give you $100," you would be a fool to turn them down, right? So why wouldn't you take five minutes to double or even triple your productivity? I recently came across some great time management tips from productivity expert Chet Holmes. I hope you enjoy these ideas and that they will help you keep your projects on time and under budget.

09/30/10

Overcome your biggest challenge

With all the ups and downs in our economy over the past two years, you've probably had to make some major changes in your business. And as most managers know, initiating change can be a daunting task. According to leadership guru, Rick Houcek, it might be the most difficult task that managers perform.

09/30/10

Get ahead by saying "no"

08/10/10

Increase Employee Productivity

08/10/10

Service Your Customers Better

In this issue of Merit Perspectives...

-Truly Understand Customer Expectations Through Great Questions

-Are You Building a Great Team...Or a Collection of Great Individuals?

06/02/10

Your personal role in your company's future

In this issue of Talent Talk...

-How You Impact Your Organization's Culture

-Top 10 Keys To Developing Personal Creativity

06/02/10

Getting back on balance

In this issue of Merit Perspectives...

-Engaging the Corporation A guide to rebuilding trust in the workplace

-The Real Cost of Hiring Average Performers

04/13/10

Don't wait for the perfect wave

In this issue of Talent Talk...

-Sustaining Self-Confidence Throughout Your Career Search

-Stop Perfectionism: Some Things are Good Enough!