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Professional Acumen – Know Their Stuff
In my last post, we talked about developing your professional expertise – knowing your stuff without becoming a know-it-all. Next step? Know their stuff. What, exactly, does that mean? It means that you can demonstrate a working knowledge of and some expertise in the...
Know Your Stuff, But Don’t Be A Know-It-All
Everyone appreciates an expert, but nobody likes a know-it-all. Right? Maybe you’re struggling to gain professional traction. Maybe you’re tired of being passed over for promotion. Maybe you’re feeling limited in your current role. Where can you begin to become a...
Smart, Strategic HR Management: We all need help sometimes.
Is it difficult for you to accept help? Maybe it’s just me, but I think small business owners and entrepreneurs tend to have a more difficult time asking for and receiving help. We tend to want to handle it all! Control all the things! Do it better than anyone else!...
The direct impact of HR on ROI
Recruiting and retaining a workforce of excellence is the challenge of every company out there. It’s a critical challenge because of the direct impact your human resources have on your ROI. Without a team committed to your company’s success, your ROI will suffer. So...
EEOC claims are on the rise: Are you prepared?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports receiving more than 73,000 new discrimination claims in their fiscal year 2022—nearly a 20% increase over FY 2021. They also handled 18% more calls and 32% more emails from the public than FY 2021. 1 Whoa. Those are...
Turn Off the PING!
One of the best things I’ve ever done for myself (and HR Resolutions) was to turn off my darned notifications—texts, Slack, Teams, email…you name it, it doesn’t ping me. You know why? Because I’m like Pavlov’s dogs with that dang ping. ALL my attention is immediately...
