NOTE: As I told my newsletter subscribers, I decided to focus my blogs and social media in August on personal growth since it has been my topic du jour this summer. Are you comfortable? Hopefully the answer is YES if you are curled up on the couch reading a good book. But if you are… Read more »
No matter what size your organization, how you manage your hiring process plays an important role filling open positions. Included in this should be how your organization handles communication and follow up with job candidates. With low unemployment and lots of open positions, one would think that the keeping job candidates in the loop on… Read more »
It’s a tough job market out there for employers. Full employment. Lack of skilled candidates. Socioeconomic factors starting to keep potential job seekers in their current role. Finding the right candidate can be tough. To make it worse, many potential job candidates enter the mayhem of hiring unprepared, unpracticed, or unable to handle the basics of… Read more »
Have you heard the expression that everyone has baggage? While we cannot see people’s baggage, we know that their past experiences and current situations fill these suitcases and impact how they act or respond to situations. Usually the “contents” of these suitcases are negative experiences that are heavy. And on some days, they suitcases have… Read more »
“Let me be part of the narrative in the story they will write someday.”- Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton, An American Musical Spring often means starting new and growth. And for me as a consultant, I took this opportunity to redefine what I do and why I am doing it. Read my narrative and see where… Read more »
With the rise of the gig economy has come the creation and growth of coworking spaces. Whatever definition you use, the definition of coworking has some common characteristics: Shared workspace Where people from different organizations, career-levels, and roles Work independently Meeting in groups may be membership based with many having fees According to a Harvard… Read more »
This is a follow up to our last blog on lack of respect in the workplace. Since much of what we hear every day is negative, I wanted to share a positive employee respect story. If you have your own story of how your co-workers show workplace respect and dedication, email us. The introduction Ricky… Read more »
Even as an outsider, you can learn a lot about an organization when you simply engage in normal conversations with employees and listen. Recently, I was quite surprised by what I heard in some conversations. The lack of respect co-workers had for each other was quite scary. Does the lack of co-worker respect drive employees… Read more »
My local paper recently published an article titled “Make 2018 the Year of the Nonprofit.” The piece described how organizations can participate in their communities by volunteering and gave suggestions of some local volunteer opportunities. The article also discussed about joining a network or training group to strengthen the nonprofit community. Great ideas. It made… Read more »
Looking back to move forward, here are Cued Forward’s top five Blogs of 2017. Two are focused on employee development. Two are about how to overcome communication challenges in organizations. And our number one blog from last year – it’s about being thankful for work which warms my heart during these cold winter days. Thankful… Read more »