How Long is Your Hiring Process Taking? Stop the Madness! Stop holding a parade of four to eight interviews before hiring new employees. It is an unnecessary expense and can be accomplished successfully with as few as two. The hiring search process reached an historical high in 2016 […]
Author Archives: Steve Caldwell
Positive Leaders Love Team Members and Hold Them Accountable
Positive Leaders Love Team Members and Hold Them Accountable Do you know what the #1 predictor of success is? Over talent, title, wealth or appearance, grit will get you to a successful finish line nearly every time. The positive leader has grit because positive leadership is serious, hard […]
Any Sized Organization Can be Out of Alignment. Is Yours?
Any Sized Organization Can be Out of Alignment. Is Yours? Does your company have a well-crafted mission and purpose, a clear vision and a strategy to turn that into action? Mission statements shouldn’t be plaques on a wall, but living, breathing commitments that are executed through everyday action. Employees […]
Leadership Requires Getting in the Trenches and Doing, Not Just Learning
Leadership Requires Getting in the Trenches and Doing, Not Just Learning Great leaders have developed their ability to connect with others by learning about and understanding what motivates each individual. They recognize that we each bring a different view of the world to work because of varied […]
How to Manage and Lead Remote Workers Successfully
How to Manage and Lead Remote Workers Successfully Is your business managing remote workers successfully? While there are pluses and minuses to using virtual employees, there is a way to do it successfully and to build a multi-million-dollar organization at the same time. Nitin Chhoda came to […]
Treat Employees as Members, Not Transactions
Treat Employees as Members, Not Transactions Are people accepting employment at your company to add an impressive 18-24 months of experience to their resume? If that pattern is the norm, are you wanting to find serious people who view the opportunity offered as a career stop? People […]
Is Your Workplace Like B.S., Incorporated?
Is Your Workplace Like B.S., Incorporated? Have you ever felt like you worked at B.S., Incorporated? No, not that B.S., but Business Services, Inc! Often our workplaces can seem like a soap opera or Peyton Place, yet the truth is that life is a soap opera and we […]
Stop Creating Happy & Excited Employees, Said No CEO E-V-E-R
Stop Creating Happy & Excited Employees, Said No CEO E-V-E-R Your job is not just about making money. If it’s the only thing, you’re doing the wrong thing. When finances are the primary driver of an organization everyone suffers, because over the long term the best you […]
Boring & Dull May be the Secret to Your Championship Team
Sam Walker Boring & Dull May be the Secret to Your Championship Team This isn’t a podcast of sports stories, quotes or analogies. It’s a discussion of how championship sports teams became champions due to the efforts of an ‘unsung hero,’ that individual who (somewhat) quietly goes about their business while at the same time […]
Successful Change Requires Listening and Storytelling
Successful Change Requires Listening and Storytelling It seems to be hard wired in the human condition to dislike change. Some of us are more welcoming of it than others, and when you are in management you can really feel the push-back from those desperately wanting to […]