Do you allow the people who work for you to surf the web, visit Facebook, or play games during working hours?

Congress

House Minority Leader, pictured standing far right, speaks while colleagues play solitaire as the House convened to vote on a new budget. The guy sitting in the row in front of these two is on Facebook and the person behind Hennessy is checking out … [Read more...]

Training Tips

I love articles written in list form. They read quickly and pack a lot of information in a simple to understand and apply format. An article by Stephen M. Paskoff, entitled “11 Commandments to Influence Behavior” is a good example. If … [Read more...]

Why do people get paid for bad advice?

Below is a list of recommended places to find great salespeople written by someone who claims to be an expert and who charges a lot of money for his program on hiring the best salespeople. 1. Paid Internet Job Boards (CareerBuilder, Monster, … [Read more...]

Social Media Is No Panacea

Today, I had a long discussion with a meeting planner about potential programs for their next annual meeting. The major take-away from our conversation was, if you want people to show up at a session, you need to have the words “SOCIAL MEDIA” in … [Read more...]

Employee Selection

On a scale of 1 - 5, where 5 is "Very Important," how do you rate the following factors when evaluating a job candidate? Availability                                       1     2     3     … [Read more...]

Today’s Workforce

Workers aged 55+ aren’t leaving the workforce. In fact, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, many of them have gone back to work. The number of workers older than 55 has risen by 3.1 million or 12% since the beginning of the recession in … [Read more...]

The first step is always the hardest…

Unstoppable

(Could you use another good chuckle? Take a look at part of Mel’s fun, pre-presentation slide show.) … [Read more...]

Thought for the day…

“If the grass is greener on the other side, maybe it’s because you’re not taking good care of your grass.” – Author Unknown (For a complimentary copy of our special report, Why the Wrong People Get Hired, visit The Humetrics' Free … [Read more...]

Q: What if all the best employees you ever had never left?

A: Your business would be extraordinarily successful! Still, most experienced managers believe that, at some time, some of those great people are going to go elsewhere. That’s “the nature of the beast” and the origin of that old saying, … [Read more...]

Sight Reading

The following is a repost from Seth Godin’s blog. If you don’t already follow him, it would be worth your while to check him out: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ “When I played clarinet in high school, I never practiced. I blamed it on my … [Read more...]