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How to Move Your Business Forward in a Nice Straight Line (and Stop Wandering Around in Circles) Part 1 of a 2-part series

How to Move Your Business Forward in a Nice Straight Line (and Stop Wandering Around in Circles) Part 1 of a 2-part series

by Kristen Ireland | Jul 2, 2024 | Company Culture, Focus Efforts on Business Goals

Do any of these frustrations sound familiar? “By the end of the day, my to-do list is longer than when I started.” “I’m constantly putting out fires and reacting to problems. I have no time to focus and strategize.”   “My employees work hard, yet we’re not making...
Setting Business Goals for the Year? First, Ask These 3 Questions

Setting Business Goals for the Year? First, Ask These 3 Questions

by Kristen Ireland | Feb 6, 2024 | Focus Efforts on Business Goals

As a business leader, you’re probably thinking a lot about your company’s goals for the year ahead. Great—and, as we remind our clients, setting and meeting goals takes more than just writing a list and sharing it in a team meeting. We’ve found that an effective...
HR Advice for Businesses at a Chaotic Time Like This

HR Advice for Businesses at a Chaotic Time Like This

by Kristen Ireland | Apr 2, 2020 | Flex to Meet Changing Business Needs, Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People

Wow. the times are changing……and fast.  We are bombarded with information (complete information overload), we have to process what this means to ourselves, our families, our employees, our businesses and our customers.  In the car last night my 10 year...

How a $20 Cake Uncovered My Employees’ Concerns

by Kristen Ireland | May 30, 2019 | Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People

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...

Do They Really Not Know Or Don’t They Care?!?

by Kristen Ireland | Apr 29, 2019 | Flex to Meet Changing Business Needs, Focus Efforts on Business Goals

Have you asked yourself this question?  Each time you find yourself retraining an employee because employees say they don’t know, you’re thinking “I don’t have time for this!” or “I have so many other things I should be doing!”  If so, chances are you may...

When Giving Feedback Feels Like Doing Laundry…..And Not In a Good Way

by Kristen Ireland | Apr 22, 2019 | Flex to Meet Changing Business Needs, Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People

I am in a laundromat watching the dryer spinning and it reminded me of a conversation I had with a manager just this week.  Yes, seriously…….I am at the laundromat AND it does remind me of giving feedback to employees. Sometimes they both can make my head hurt...
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