I hear a lot of business owners talk about problems finding, hiring and keeping good employees. We all know that the Millennials are a different breed of cat; the Boomers are in the check out lane and the Gen-xers are hunkered down and holding on. It’s during these times smart money looks inward to ensure […]
Questions you should ask!
Posted by on April 28, 2018.
A dog with its foreleg in a sling limps into a bar. With some difficulty it hops up on a bar stool and taps its good leg on the bar. The bartender approaches and asks “What can I do ya fer?” The dog replies “I’m lookin’ fer the man that shot my paw!” Well no […]
What price assessment?
Posted by on April 6, 2018.
I’ve run into a number of people that still to this day insist that they have a “sense” for who will work out and who will not in their organization. I’ve run into an equal number of people that insist that education and experience are the best predictors of success in a position. Well, intuition, […]
Engagement – a new kind of proposal
Posted by on March 31, 2018.
Whether it’s Paris, KY or New Holland, OH employee engagement determines the extent to which your business is profitable. In a recent report from Gallup – those “12 Questions” people, 30% of the workforce is engaged, 52% are not engaged and 18% or the workforce actively disengaged. A whopping 70% of the American workforce is […]
It starts with “Why”
Posted by on March 26, 2018.
Simon Sinek’s Ted Talk asks a simple question – Why do you do what you do? This question requires a very different answer than the question “What do you do?” I thought about this question and quickly came up with my “why”. I do what I do because at one point in my career I […]
Motivation without Engagement = Bad Practice
Posted by on March 17, 2018.
When I was in Jr. High, I hated football. The problem was that every guy joined the football team. This was an obvious miscalculation on my part since there were guys tougher than me that didn’t go out for football, but my brothers and father all had relatively successful experiences with football and it was […]
Peter Principle review
Posted by on March 11, 2018.
“Too often, the title of manager is doled out as a reward for tenure and connections, for solid performance that demonstrates no particular ability to deal with people.” Peter Principle review The phenomenon of under-performing, un-engaged managers was first described by the Canadian psychologist Dr. Laurence Peter in a theory that now bears his name: […]