Your People Systems get the right people into the right places within your organization. In every organization, success starts (and sometimes stops) with your People. We’ve all experienced the magic [...]
Last year, I had the opportunity to participate in a community program called Leadership Springfield. This experience introduced me to the Springfield arts, sporting venues, businesses, governmental [...]
Talent attraction and retention is a battlefield. Companies are vying for employee attention, and we are all determined to find the perfect match. Traditional hiring tells us that to find this [...]
Twenty years ago, the Boomer generation couldn’t wait until the Millennial generation hit the workforce. They were going to be the next great generation and we’re going to be nice change of pace [...]
In the United States, about two-thirds of employees are disengaged in their jobs, and the most common reason by far is that they don’t like their boss. We all know that common saying, "People join a [...]
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of joining 83 people from the Springfield area to attend a Community Leadership Visit in Lexington, KY. This group of leaders included civic leaders, social [...]
As a business owner, I knew it’s important to know my numbers, so every month when we closed our books on the 10th, I would look over the financials. Some months were better than others, but the [...]
One of the pillars of a high performance culture is accountability. These four steps lay the foundation for a culture of accountability and foster en environment for engaged employees.
Nobody has everything figured out, but a lot of people have some things really figured out. Over the past few months, I've been really exploring what people have to say about the "best" leadership [...]
All of us like to believe we are known as “good listeners”, but here's the truth - we aren't. Most of us get caught up in distractions like phones and conversations with other employees. However, [...]
