Julie Diaz stepped down from her job as a legal secretary last spring. Her retirement ended up being short, and not so sweet. Now 70, Diaz is working day and night. She took a job in March at Home Instead, a U.S. home care provider for seniors. Diaz works 12-hour overnight shifts in Phoenix taking...
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The Great Attrition is Making Hiring Harder. Are You Searching the Right Talent Pools?
People keep quitting at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. New research identifies five types of workers that employers can reach to fill jobs. It’s the quitting trend that just won’t quit. People are switching jobs and industries, moving...
It’s Time to Streamline the Hiring Process
A bad hiring decision is expensive. Replacing an employee costs companies anywhere from thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. And this might just be the tip of the iceberg, as a poor hire will also have indirect costs, for example in regards to morale and company culture. But...
10 Free Things Business Owners Can Do Now to Engage and Retain Talent
According to a recent Wall Street Journal survey, small businesses are losing confidence in the United States' economy, with 57% bracing for economic conditions to worsen in the next 12 months. Among the challenges of inflation, supply chain issues, rising interest rates and labor shortages is the...
Freud’s Answers for the Great Resignation
The father of psychoanalysis had a theory about love and work—lieben und arbeiten—which offers great opportunity for leaders willing to consider it. Business leaders are constantly presented with warnings about new trends, often accompanied by prescribed actions that must be taken to avoid serious...
How to Build Business Relationships: 7 Key Tips & Helpful Context
Establishing business relationships can be every bit as confusing and frustrating as it is essential. There are several kinds of potential stakeholders you need to account for, and each connection requires some degree of individual attention and effort. Still, some underlying principles can be...
How to Retain Employees by Offering the Right Health Benefits
As companies compete for talent, monthly premiums could become the next casualty of the red-hot labor market. To prevent employees from becoming another statistic in the Great Resignation, companies may want to revisit the health benefits they offer. Some small business owners are embracing a perk...
How to Respectfully Discuss Contentious Issues at Work
You probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that people are more hesitant to speak up at work now than they were a few years ago. I certainly wasn’t shocked when a study our firm conducted in late 2021 of more than 1,400 people confirmed this. After all, we are living in one of the most volatile...
How Business Can Build and Maintain Trust
Which organizations do you trust? Government? The media? Business? The Covid-19 pandemic has had a keen impact on how consumers feel about institutions, and it may surprise you that business is actually the most trusted institution in the U.S. — for the fourth year in a row, according to Edelman’s...
How to Know if Hiring a Sales Consultant is Worth the Money
Sales consultants can be helpful, but they can also be expensive. Are they worth it? If you're struggling to build sales momentum or if you have a challenging goal you need to achieve, you might consider hiring a sales consultant. Sales consultants have the potential to help you reassess and...
New Study Reveals the Top 3 Cyber Threats You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
One of the vulnerabilities is called 'sniffing.' If you think your business is completely protected from inbound cyberthreats, think again. A study released Wednesday from the San Diego-based CyberCatch, a cybersecurity platform provider focusing on small and mid-size businesses, reveals that more...
The Rise of the 15-Minute Meeting — And How to Run One
“Hey, can we get meetings both shorter and more engaging?” It’s a question software CEO Jim Szafranski gets a lot from customers, which range from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. Szafranski runs Prezi, whose technology allows executives to add visuals and animations to video presentations and...