07/09/2010
Do you have your ‘dream team’ working happily and productively in your business or your department? Perhaps you feel there’s still room for improvement. Below are five questions to help you identify the gaps in your team’s effectiveness, with ‘best practice tips’ for your consideration.
01/09/2010
We often talk about finding the right employee as if it’s more about good luck than good management. Imagine if we spoke about other major business ‘purchases’ in the same way: “I had a gut feeling we should invest $20,000 in new software” or “It just felt like we should restructure now”.
When you get a headache, you know it’s a symptom caused by something else, right? It could be stress or caffeine withdrawal that is the root cause. We can take a tablet to cure the symptom, but unless we attack the underlying problem, relief is only temporary.
Have you ever had the experience of employing someone who you “just loved” when you interviewed them, only to face future disappointment when they turned out not to be the person you thought they were?