EN NEGOCIOS: 5 pasos para mejorar la moral de su equipo

por Edgar R. Olivo

La moral de su equipo es un factor importante que contribuye al desempeño de los empleados. Cuando está formando su equipo, también está cultivando las habilidades que le permiten a su empresa alcanzar sus objetivos. Ayudar a su equipo a alcanzar su máximo potencial es asegurarse de que tengan las herramientas y el apoyo adecuados para hacer su trabajo con éxito. Construir y … [More]

5 Steps to Improve Morale on Your Team

by Edgar R. Olivo

Your team morale is an important factor that contributes to employee performance. When you are building your team, you are also cultivating the skills that allow your company to achieve its goals. Helping your team achieve their full potential is making sure they have the right tools and support to do their jobs successfully. Building and sustaining employee morale starts with … [More]

Difficult Decisions

by Mike Hunter

Countless tools and frameworks claim to make decisions objectively and bias-free. But in reality, the defining decisions that leaders face are complex ones with subjective information sources and conflicting courses of action. That’s why the toughest choices are left to the leaders, and that’s why formulas won’t answer them. In Difficult Decisions: How Leaders Make the Right … [More]

Does Your Recruiting and Culture Meet the New Candidate’s High Expectations?

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“The Great Resignation” in 2021 created a talent shortage and prompted company leaders to re-evaluate their perspective on hiring and culture. Amid job candidates’ shifting demands and higher expectations, some businesses are learning they’ll need to adapt their recruiting strategies to hire the right workers in 2022. But while most leaders understand that a positive work … [More]

What Are the Psychological Effects of Discrimination at Work?

by Phil Cord

When setting about their career path, people envision a future where they come up through the ranks until they achieve their life goals, be it a high position in a company or a comfortable life. Though a few bumps along the way are expected, some might face adversity from an unexpected source. It would seem that working in the same space calls for mutual respect, yet some … [More]

Growth within Arizona’s Job Market and Economy

by Brianna Pacelli

Despite the highs and lows of the Arizona job market — mostly caused by the Great Resignation and a pandemic — officials say the state’s economy and workforce pipeline continue to flourish. “Job growth has been huge. We’ve attracted a number of different companies to the market and so job growth continues moving forward,” said Jennifer Mellor, chief innovation officer for … [More]

Three Reasons Why Hiring Salespeople ‘Just Doesn’t Work Like That’

by Sara Wesche

Finding talent right now is hard, and those difficulties are well documented. But when it comes to hiring sellers, some companies are making it even harder on themselves. The problem? Hiring sellers is simply a completely different — and unique — challenge from any other position in your organization. There are three obstacles that exist only in the selling role that get in … [More]

Workplace Progress: Who is stepping up diversity? 

by RaeAnne Marsh

Interest in diversity, equity and inclusion is arguably a universal in business these days. But there is no universal one-size-fits-all DEI program.Businesses may be tempted to apply to their own operations programs they’ve seen be effective in other organizations. But, as Joel (JP) Martin, Ph.D., emphasizes, “Each program is organic.” Speaking from her two decades’ experience … [More]

Don’t Let Metrics Myopia Drive Away Your Talent

by Rick Grimaldi

“Employee engagement” has been a boardroom buzzword for quite some time. We’ve long known engagement matters. Still, the unspoken “but” has always been that metrics — especially those of the performance and financial ilk — matter more. Now, with the talent shortage at a 10-year high, according to a 2010 survey by ManpowerGroup, the time is right for a major shift in this … [More]

Dr. Joel (JP) Martin, Positively Powerful™ Triad West, Inc. 

from Dr. Joel (JP) Martin

DEI. And an additional initial: B. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are in the forefront of business operations these days — whether it’s because consumers are evidencing concern for supporting it through their spending habits, or because younger generations are making it a point of their choice of where to work, or because business leadership has decided it’s the … [More]

Feedback: February 2022

by Scott Gruwell, Percy Kirk, Lauri Leadley

Question: “Over this past year, what has been the most significant or successful action your company has taken in regard to DEI?”  Scott Gruwell  President and CEO Courtesy Automotive Group Sector: Retail Since 1955, Courtesy Automotive Group has grown as a family-owned business, digging deep into the communities we serve, hiring and promoting employees from nearby … [More]

You Can Be Yourself Here

by Mike Hunter

Does your company or organization have trouble attracting and retaining people from diverse and underrepresented communities? Does your organizational culture suffer from low morale, exclusive cliques, or microaggressions you don’t know how to address? You Can Be Yourself Here lays out the deep psychology of our need to belong, its critical impact on workplace performance, and … [More]

Cultures of Belonging

by Mike Hunter

This book shows how to bypass the faulty processes and communication styles that make change impossible in so many organizations. Filled with actionable advice Alida Miranda-Wolff learned through her own struggles being an outsider in a work culture that did not value inclusion, and from her work since with more than 60 organizations to prioritize diversity, equity and … [More]

Reinventing the Way We Work

by Tanya Muñiz and Laura Kaiser

The ongoing pandemic has created a wave of change of epic proportions that has led to the great employment “reset” that the country, and the world, is now experiencing. Workers across various business sectors and age and ethnic groups are rethinking where and when they want to work, or if they want to stay in the workforce at all. Many employees are experiencing a radical … [More]

Employee Retention Should Be Top Concern for Business Owners in 2022 

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As business analysts nationwide predict a continuation of the Great Resignation in 2022, employee recruitment will be one of the most costly – and preventable – business expenses for many companies this year, according to the turnaround management specialists at Resolute Commercial Services. “The best way to favorably impact your bottom line in 2022 is to prioritize employee … [More]

How Franchisees Can Recruit Successfully and Retain Top Employees

by Chris Buitron

Finding good employees and retaining them are major challenges facing many companies in various industries. The “Great Resignation” has seen millions of workers leave their jobs in recent months – over 4 million in September alone. Meanwhile, there’s a pronounced labor shortage in most states. For franchisees, attracting, hiring and keeping people who help the business … [More]

Does Your Recruiting and Culture Meet the New Candidate’s High Expectations?

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“The Great Resignation” in 2021 created a talent shortage and prompted company leaders to re-evaluate their perspective on hiring and culture. Amid job candidates’ shifting demands and higher expectations, some businesses are learning they’ll need to adapt their recruiting strategies to hire the right workers in 2022. But while most leaders understand that a positive work … [More]

Boomerang Employees: What Both Sides Should Consider before Working Together Again 

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After months of the “Great Resignation,” another workforce trend is developing – ”boomerang” employees, or those who are returning to companies they left. In some cases, businesses are pursuing former employees to rejoin them; in others, ex-employees, either unsatisfied with a new job or having been on the sidelines a while, are seeking a return to their old workplace. The … [More]

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