Mind-Blowing Qualities and Characteristics of Exceptional Employees

March - April, 2022                    Volume 17 -- Issue 94                       What are the mind-blowing qualities and characteristics of exceptional employees? Really think about it. Set company standards. When searching for top talent to join your team, it is crucial to watch for exceptional personal skills and characteristics. Recruiting and hiring top talent is something of a fine art.  Understand what mind-bowing employee characteristics are for your firm to recognize them in candidates. Your recruitment process will become stronger as  employee retention [...]

By |2022-05-05T21:13:01-04:00April 2nd, 2022|Employees, Leadership, Newsletter|

The Future of Business Success – What Comes Next?

January-February 2022                 Volume 18 - Issue 105   Well, we have made it through 2020, 2021 and have begun trying to keep our small businesses afloat and maybe even growing in 2022.  Two full years of pandemic, lockdowns, limited socialization and more are behind us.  The question now is:  what’s next for the future of business success?  Needless to say, so much has already changed that it is a complex issue to grapple with.  Survival is no longer enough, thriving and growth are more ‘necessary’. Traditional systems and biz-think have already been left [...]

Common Small Business Pain Points

If owning and operating a small business successfully was easy, everyone would be doing it.  So many entrepreneurs dive into the small business pool with little or no research or preparation under their belt.  That approach causes some entrepreneurs to sink to the bottom right away, or just tread water.  Either way will leave them in one place with no movement in a positive direction.  Somehow, they think they can do it – often alone - then find themselves struggling to survive.  Small business pain points can take you down if not addressed. Without pre-planning and setting up business processes, [...]

Hire Quality Employees to Move Your Business to the Next Level

When trying to grow your business and take it to the next level, one important thing to consider expanding is your staff. You may have settled on the right amount of people working for you to begin with.  But, once you expand your business, the overall workload will increase in more ways than one.  The right person today may not be the right person in your next growth phase.  It goes without saying that you want to hire quality employees to move your business forward. Being able to find the right people and knowing where to find them will help [...]

By |2018-08-24T18:45:20-04:00August 27th, 2018|Employees, Growth|

Hire a Veteran: 5 Unique Skills They Bring to Small Businesses.

Could a Veteran Be Your Next Rock Star Employee? Do you ever dream of hiring rock star talent that is extremely goal-oriented and ready to lead and take responsibility at the same time? You certainly don’t want to think that hiring someone with enough skills will have drawbacks.  No reason to worry about lack of organization and ability to work independently.  That rock star may well be a veteran with military training and experience.  Maybe the time has come for your firm to hire a veteran.  Hiring ex-military personnel is a rising trend.  Giving military veterans professional chances is taking its [...]

By |2019-01-27T01:31:17-05:00April 9th, 2018|Employees|

Show Employees You Care and Value Them: 20 Ways to Get Started

Now that the economy has picked back up in most areas of the US, finding, recruiting and retaining high quality employees is more important than ever. Once your small business acquires and trains high quality staff, they need to keep them. If you don't know how to show employees you care and value them within your company, you can expect them to look elsewhere for positive recognition of their contributions. According to research by OfficeVibe.com, 51% of of workers are looking to leave their current positions.  80% of employees would work more hours if their employers were more empathetic.  60% [...]

By |2017-11-09T01:15:03-05:00November 9th, 2017|Employees|

Employee Recognition Programs Help Recruit and Retain Great Staff

It seems there is never neutral ground when it comes to recruiting and retaining top talent to move companies forward.  On the employee side of the conversation, we hear that there are no good jobs available.  Or, they say that what jobs are available offer pay and benefit packages that are unimpressive.  Attracting and keeping top talent takes time and planning on how you can find, engage, recruit then motivate good employees.   Part of motivation should include an employee recognition program. On the other side, employers complain that there just aren’t enough good workers out there to fill vacancies they [...]

By |2017-08-27T00:22:26-04:00August 28th, 2017|Employees, Systems and Processes|

Grow Your Small Business By Adding and Empowering Employees

'Designing Strategies' eNewsletter Volume 14                     Issue 75   If a typical day at your small business involves staff waiting for you to come into the office so they can get your approval of progress on a project, it's not a good thing. If employees are standing in line to get access to you to answer questions, that's not good either. Odds are your firm is in Stagnant Stalemate mode. Your firm is not growing. It is not expanding. Staff can't accomplish anything because you have a death grip on control [...]

By |2017-01-28T02:49:34-05:00January 28th, 2017|Employees, Growth, Newsletter, Strategy|

An Exceptional Work Place Can Attract Top Talent For Your Small Business

'Designing Strategies' Newsletter March - April 2015                Volume 12 -- Issue 64 What makes for an exceptional work place? The workplace environment you offer is often a major differentiator in getting and keeping talented staff.   Does your company offer an exceptional work place for staff and new job candidates? Perhaps you are in charge of designing workplaces for customers or maybe you are the person making decisions about the environment you will provide for your team. Either way, you have a significant burden on your shoulders. Aon Hewitt, a global insurance broker and [...]

By |2017-01-08T05:56:36-05:00March 15th, 2015|Employees, Newsletter|

Small Business Systems and Processes: Improve Yours Now

'Designing Strategies' Newsletter September – October 2013                                                Volume 10 – Issue 55 I’m not a huge fan of what is marketed today as 'reality' television.  That said, there is a lot to be learned from some of the business‐themed reality shows on cable television channels.  Over the years, as this genre of entertainment has grown in popularity, we've learned there is not a lot of reality involved in most of these shows. Like all entertainment venues, drama, [...]

By |2017-01-08T01:59:50-05:00September 18th, 2013|Employees, Leadership, Newsletter, Strategic Management|
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