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Finding Good Employees…….Feel like you are looking for a needle in a haystack?
We hear the same question from clients and ag businesses. “How do I find good employees?” While we hear the same question, businesses face different struggles: We are based in a rural area, how do I find good employees in a small town?We have job openings...
The Dark Side of Checklists
Do You Love Checklists As Much As I Do? Over the 4th of July, Erin and I each took some time off to spend with family and friends. While the distances we traveled were different (Erin and her family headed to the East Coast to hit the beach and my family...
Have You Heard?
The U.S. is experiencing record low unemployment rates…… Of course you have heard. Not only is it all over the news but you are feeling the pain. You can’t find any candidates, especially good ones. You have an employee who shows up, but that’s about it --...
HR in the Wild: What Driving Lessons with Dad Showed Me About Comfort Zones
“When I say ‘floor it,’ I want you to put your foot all the way down on the gas pedal. When I say ‘cut it,’ I want you to cut the wheel as hard as you can to the left and HOLD IT there.”- Dad. We were sitting in an empty, snowy parking lot around sunset back behind a...
How a $20 Cake Uncovered My Employees’ Concerns
If you and I talk long enough about HR and the challenges that businesses have with keeping employees engaged, one of us will likely bring up the topic of employee surveys. My own opinion of them? There’s some really great things that can be learned, and there are a...
HR in the Wild: What Mom and Junior Golf Taught Me About Failure
My bag was heavy. I was lost in the woods of giant maple and oak trees (again), trying to find my golf ball for the gazillionth time in that 9-hole round. My 11-year-old self already felt like I shouldn’t be there: I was the only girl in the tournament, I had only...
Bootstrapping 101: Life Lines & Lessons Learned
In the last couple weeks, I heard myself answering questions about People Spark Consulting’s history, explaining that we incorporated over a year ago. Just like that, an entire year flew by, and we can officially say we’ve survived our first year. And anytime...
People Spark Consulting is a Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN based consulting company that specializes in transforming business cultures through human resources and people strategies.
