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Mar 12, 2018
Hire To Retire
This past week, I was speaking to a business owner. She told me the story of her life. She and her husband started their business more...
Mar 10, 2018
Compensation Studies: Rumored to be a Pain... but Do they Have to Be?
Compensation Studies are rumored to be a pain in the neck for everyone involved. Think about the biggest expense in any business, think...
Mar 4, 2018
HR Challenges: How "Rented Hands" Can Help
This past week, I was talking to an H.R. leader for a $40,000,000 company. This person was talking about the make up of their team. As...
Feb 25, 2018
Generosity in Leadership - Avoiding a possible H.R. Crisis?
Most businesses are always “in a crisis”. Usually the crisis is known, like sales issues or operations issues for instance. Sometimes,...
Feb 25, 2018
The Music of Great H.R. Leadership
The other day I was "shootin' the breeze", as they say, with an HR leader about a variety of topics. Our conversation then took a...
Feb 25, 2018
Painting and Leadership
My mentor recently asked me a profound question. We were talking about great leaders in companies and what makes a great leader. This...
Feb 18, 2018
Are You Working Towards Freedom? You Need to be!
Every week, I get to speak to many business owners, HR Leaders and trusted advisers about all kinds of topics. Quite frankly, my "job...
Feb 18, 2018
How HR is like Engine Oil: Avoid HR Frustrations with Regular Maintenance.
Recently, a business owner asked us to review his harassment and discrimination policies in his employee handbook. He was concerned with...
Feb 7, 2018
Who Enforces Wage and Hour?
THE DIVISION: The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing...
Jan 27, 2018
What the heck is Human Capital Management?
Human Capital Management (HCM) has a broad ranging definition depending on the type of business you work in, and what types of services...
