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Mar 25, 2018
Evaluate Risk
The risks of an action by the government or an employee grow each day. Just by operating your business and making day to day decisions,...


Mar 18, 2018
H.R. Turnover
I was talking to a seasoned H.R. professional this past week. She was telling about her career over the past few decades and how it...


Mar 18, 2018
Freedom
I am privileged to speak to so many business leaders from all types of business and all types of positions. Those conversations all seem...


Mar 12, 2018
5 H.R. "Unforced Errors"
Small businesses leaders (defined here as leaders of businesses with 500 employees or less) are making the same unforced errors over and...


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
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...