by Kristen Ireland | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Kristen Ireland | Jun 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
“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...
by Kristen Ireland | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Kristen Ireland | May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Kristen Ireland | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Can I give you some feedback? You have an entire room of people in there who want to work with you, but don’t know what you’re offering.” Of all the feedback we’ve been given in the last year as People Spark Consulting, those two sentences are the two that made our...
by Kristen Ireland | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
At every speaking engagement Kristen and I have delivered, and in all of our roles before People Spark, we have coached leaders and managers on giving feedback to employees. Typically before our discussions progress, though, the defensive responses we often hear...
