by Kristen Ireland | Jan 21, 2019 | Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People
I was asked a great question the other day. “How do you get values to be more than just a plaque on the wall?” Defined organizational values communicate to your stakeholders, including customers, investors and employees, what your organization finds...
by Kristen Ireland | Jan 16, 2019 | Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People
One of the things I have found most helpful to me and to managers is to have those go-to phrases. Go to phases are the phrases you have in your back pocket so you can quickly and easily share your thoughts. We are going to share our favorites with information about...
by Kristen Ireland | Jan 11, 2019 | Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People
Business Colleagues Working At Desk In Warehouse Engagement is the new buzzword in organizations and in human resources. This is unfortunate because the more a word is used, the less people pay attention to it. In addition, because everyone is talking about the...
by Kristen Ireland | Nov 19, 2018 | Focus Efforts on Business Goals, Hire and Keep the Right People
Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.com I have been asked this question multiple times in the last few weeks. As someone who has worked in Human Resources for at least two decades, the importance of job descriptions has been drilled into my head. And based on the...
by Kristen Ireland | Nov 13, 2018 | Hire and Keep the Right People
Questions You Can (and Should) Ask Questions need to be job related — so you can ask questions that are related to the job for which you are hiring, the experiences of the candidate from previous work, values of the company, etc. In a previous post, we provided...
by Kristen Ireland | Nov 5, 2018 | Hire and Keep the Right People
As business owners, we wear lots of hats. It comes with the territory, doesn’t it? You best know where the business is heading, where you want to grow, and what it takes to get there. It would make sense that you are the best person to make decisions about employee...
