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Advice I Wish I’d Known at the Start of My Career
If I knew then what I know now… Sometimes we forget that every homerun and hiccup in our career brought us where we are today—hopefully somewhere great! But it never hurts to reflect on the journey to see what we might have done differently, to achieve better, quicker, or totally different results. You never know […]
How to Leave Your Workday in Your Home Office
Even if the kids have gone back to in-person school at least part time, many of us are still working from home full time. One good thing about the kids going back to school: no more technology help-mes or endless snack requests. Another good thing? The kids now have a set place for their papers, […]
3 Etiquette Tips for More Productive Zoom Meetings
We waste a lot of time in meetings. When it used to be that half of all business meetings were considered a waste of time, it’s hard to say we’ve gotten any better in this age of video conferencing. The most common complaints about meetings: they don’t yield definitive results, the attendees are poorly prepared, […]
How to Budget Your Time in 2020
Hey 2020—what the heck! We’d love it if you held your own beer and stopped one-upping your crazy. We already see that partying like it’s 1999 has got nothing on you. It’s just getting a bit hard to navigate one mess after another when we only have 24 precious hours to complete all our daily […]
Repair Your Professional Reputation From Home
It’s a great shakeup to suddenly be away from the office and isolated from your coworkers. But if you’ve been living under the cloud of reputation-harming mistakes, this distance is also an opportunity to step back, reinvent yourself, and work to repair your professional image. If you’ve been passed up for projects or promotions, maybe […]
Elevate Your One-On-Ones With Your Boss
If you’re lucky, working from home means you’re getting more one-on-one time with your boss. (And if you’re not having regular meetings, why not ask for them?) This is your chance to keep each other abreast of your work, to flesh out new ideas, and to ask important questions. The key is to go in […]
What Really Makes Your Employees Tick
You may think it’s the paycheck, profit-sharing, or the annual holiday party at Chili’s that motivates your employees, but wait! Those perks are actually long-term motivators—they don’t motivate anyone to log in to Zoom on Monday morning. So what really motivates your employees day in, day out? Turns out, an inspiring work environment will push […]
Build a High-Performance Project Team in 5 Steps
If your company is like most, up to 80 percent of your employees’ work time is spent collaborating in a team. And teamwork is so important—it blends diversity and experience to create faster, more innovative problem-solving than one employee might achieve on their own. A team built on a strong foundation builds trust and respect, […]
Is Work-Life Balance a Circus?
August 2020’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! Your Human Resources Solution article, which shares how to take control of the ring when work-life becomes a circus. When Work-Life Balance Is a Circus, Be the Ringmaster Just like that, life became a juggling act on a burning tightrope over an alligator pit in a […]
Career Advice for the Modern Professional
As the world around us changes, it’s time to acknowledge something about the workforce: not all traditional job advice and practices have stayed the course. Whether you’re a young professional seeking mentorship or a seasoned pro offering advice, learn this new set of rules for the modern workforce; you may find you’re still following the […]
5 Interview Questions to Ask Candidates During COVID-19
This isn’t the working world we left in February! Many of our work operations have suddenly shifted online, in everything from collaborating at meetings, to sharing project documentation, to building relationships with colleagues. This new way of working isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, so we should aim to hire employees who can thrive in the […]
Small Management Gestures to Make You a Memorable Boss
We all remember that one really amazing boss who made a difference in our lives—who showed strong leadership, support, and compassion. (You have had one of these bosses, right?) When it’s your turn to lead, it’s awesome to think you can be this boss your employees remember with fondness.
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The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
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