Motivating Employees Through Fair and Transparent Compensation Practices

Diana Turnbough September 10, 2024

Summary: Aligning compensation with performance goals isn’t just beneficial—it’s essential for creating a dynamic and motivated workforce. By defining clear expectations, customizing incentives, and fostering transparency, you can build a performance-driven culture that propels your organization toward its long-term objectives. This strategic alignment makes your organization more agile, focused, and ultimately more successful. As a

Achieving Strategic Business Goals: The Power of Having the Right People in Place

Alicia Parr May 13, 2024

Achieving strategic goals and objectives requires more than just setting targets and objectives. While having a clear strategy is crucial, success often hinges on having the right people in place and ensuring that your team is operating at its maximum potential. Here are some actionable ways to get the most out of your workforce to

employee termination can be handled ethically to produce a better result for both parties.

Employee Termination Best Practices

Alicia Parr February 7, 2023

Practical Employee Termination Best Practices You can’t be prepared for every situation, but if you follow these simple steps, it will make this process go smoother for both sides. Something to review before the meeting This article is a good overview on Employee Termination Best Practices. Here are the tips for a quick reminder, but if

Tips to Improve Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion For Your Small Businesses

Alicia Parr November 22, 2022

Most small businesses feel like the only way to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace is through hiring. This means small businesses may not have as many chances to recognize DEI—but that’s not necessarily the case. Smaller companies can also promote DEI among their existing workforce. DE&I cannot feel like or be communicated

Recruitment Fraud, and How to Protect Yourself (And Your Brand)

Ginger Miley March 26, 2022

Yes people do scam to get you to give information as they try to get you to apply for a fake job. Buyer Beware.

We’re Called People, People.

Alicia Parr November 12, 2016

Not too long ago, I was at an HR event with HR speakers. It was a good event, well attended, but there was something that really bothered me. It kept showing up in the fine lines between the big ideas. It showed up shod in steel-toed boots with pointy heels, when comfortable shoes would have

Leader-Under-Pressure. What to do?

Alicia Parr September 21, 2016

CEOs and founders, I’m talking to you. Think about your leadership team. These are people that went through the gauntlet with you through growth, change, and general travails. You’ve committed to them, you’ve invested in them and they’ve committed to and invested in the business. The bonds are deep because you’ve waded across the Rubicon

Most Companies Stink at Candidate Experience

Alicia Parr January 11, 2016

It’s useful to play the part of a candidate on other companies’ careers sites every now and then. And on your own careers site. You learn some things.

We’re All Prejudiced

Alicia Parr December 31, 2015

We are social animals, we humans. We survive by associating with our tribe and distancing ourselves from not-our-tribe. It’s deeply wired in. No matter how much we want to, there is no known way to completely eliminate our tendency to prize the characteristics common to our in-group, whether that’s our gender, race, sexual orientation, favorite

Not Everyone is Cut Out for Leadership

Alicia Parr December 14, 2015

Nope. Not even most people and maybe not even you. Not even if everyone gets trained in the latest, most coolest leadership capability model you or your CEO have read a book about. Not even then. The most effective leaders are born with baseline talents AND they do the work of building skills, knowledge, and

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Motivating Employees Through Fair and Transparent Compensation Practices

Achieving Strategic Business Goals: The Power of Having the Right People in Place

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Tips to Improve Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion For Your Small Businesses

Recruitment Fraud, and How to Protect Yourself (And Your Brand)

We’re Called People, People.

Leader-Under-Pressure. What to do?

Most Companies Stink at Candidate Experience

We’re All Prejudiced

Not Everyone is Cut Out for Leadership

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