Three Resolutions for the Business Owner January is often the time of year when you look back on your successes and failures and look forward to growth and improvement in the coming months. When we do this in our personal life, we say that we’re making New Year’s Resolutions. More often than not, however, we…
On-boarding – All Aboard! Does your on-boarding process work for new hires? New employees…they bring energy, new ideas and complications. Will they assimilate? Can they add to the bottom line? How quickly will they add value to your organization? Even more questions come to mind, thinking about on-boarding. When will you know what they’ve bought…
10 things I wish I’d stop losing sight of… Fairly often, in my personal blog, I make a list of things I’ve learned or want to remember. That way, I do not have to learn them again. I haven’t done the same in my work blog. However, I have recently been struck by how many…
Pokémon Go! Unites This picture does not depict the reality of the Pokémon Go craze. Nor soes it reveal just how easy it is to see our community join together in even the smallest way. However, let me try to explain. My 11-year-old son, Zane and I recently took a day trip to Erie, Pennsylvania…
How values drive a company Corporate values keep popping up on my newsfeed lately. I recently stumbled upon an interview that featured two partners who started a niche business together. They previously worked at a larger company. However, they were frustrated that the focus was a race to the lowest price. As a result,…
Part of a Team I talk about it all the time – team, part of the team, team player – the words flow out of my mouth like I invented them. Yesterday though, one of our team members asked what I meant when I said something about being part of the same team. I don’t…
3 Benefits of Co-Working Spaces How are co-working and ecosystems similar? An ecosystem is defined as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. Similarly, co-Working locations have a complex set of relationships among their resources, habitats, and residents. Co-Working spaces are not just in California. Yes, they are in Pittsburgh too. Alloy…
What Is Employee Engagement and Why Should I Care? Don’t employees come to work for a paycheck? Don’t they simply do what they’re told and get the job done? Why do I have to worry about how much they like working? A job is a job. Why should we care if employees are “engaged”? Isn’t…
Healthy choices make for healthy bottom lines The largest expense that a business has is its people. The second largest is real estate. You could slash salaries or work in squalor to save on rent. Both are options to keep budgets in check. However, more favorable methods exist. Anything a company does to improve the…
My Christmas Frazzle Christmas is only 4 days away. I had a house full of people the entire weekend before. As a matter of fact, some of them are still at my house. I have more people coming the weekend of the holiday. In addition, even more people arrive the weekend after. Finally, I am…