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...
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...
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...
by Kristen Ireland | Apr 16, 2019 | Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People
A husband and wife are sitting on their front porch one evening enjoying the night air. The husband says to the wife “In the moonlight teeth look like pearls”. The wife says “Who’s Pearl and what were you doing in the moonlight with her?” Misunderstandings can...
by Kristen Ireland | Mar 15, 2019 | Build Relevant Skills, Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People
It’s interesting to introduce myself as an HR person. I usually get the “oh, I better watch my language” or “boy, do I have questions for you.” The questions are usually centered around what policies and processes should be in place. This tells me that we are...
by Kristen Ireland | Mar 11, 2019 | Build Relevant Skills, Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People
So, where do you spend your time? I ask managers and supervisors this question a lot when discussing employees. Do you spend your time with your high performers or your problem employees? The answer I typically get from managers is that they spent more...
