As promised, today I’m going to talk about situations I’ve seen in companies where employees were taken care of and where they werent’ and the consequences of those actions.
My first thought turns to a company I worked with some years ago where the employees were all treated as family. No, everyone didn’t make as much [...]
My son had a baby the other day (actually it was his wife who had the baby, he just did the cheerleader thing.) That night his wife called him to say they had received flowers and a teddy bear from someone she didn’t know. It turns out it was from a company my son had [...]
Everything we do in life requires some type of communication. We communicate at work. We communicate at home. We communicate when we recreate. In fact, the only time we're not communicating is when we're sleeping. Most of us, I'd say, are expert communicators by the time we're in junior high. We've had years of experience [...]
How much does it cost you to find a new employee — especially a key employee? If you use a recruiter, you know your costs (and they can be brutal.) But then, of course, after you've paid the recruiter there are the costs associated with spinning up the new employee so she's working at full [...]
For the last 15 years I have been a huge fan of “work from home”
programs. They are good for the employee, good for the employer and
good for business. I remember the first time I really considered
having / letting employees work from home. Our business was growing
like a weed, and we were cramped for office space. [...]
Have you ever heard anyone say, “I’ll be happy when I get get out of
school (or when I get a job or a promotion, or a when I get a new car,
house, etc. or when the kids are out of diapers, or when when the kids
are grown and gone and it’s just my wife and [...]
I’ve been thinking today of a small business owner I know who, by
almost any standard of measure, would be considered successful. He
knows little about marketing, advertising, finance and most of the
other disciplines you would associate with being successful in
business. What he is, is a good, honest, likable person who is an
incredibly hard worker. He’s works [...]
Yesterday I commented that I’d rather hire a person who’s a hard
worker over a person who’s very talented and less hard working. I
still stand by that remark, but it set me thinking about what it is I
really want when I hire a new employee. Then I came across this post by Seth Godin at Seth’s [...]
Over the years I’ve had countless employees sit down with me and ask
for more money. Some of those people got raises and some didn’t.
Often, the difference was the attitude (which influences the work
ethic) and the paradigm of the person. My dad always used to say if
you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the [...]
I have been watching the news channels all day with their discussion
of the work of Dr. Martin Luther king. I have to say I respect anyone
who’s willing to give their life for what they believe. MLK worked
tirelessly for years in a cause he believed in his heart was right (and
history has proven what he believed [...]
Recent Comments
- Ed Martin on The Best Price Is Not Always The Best Deal
- Robert J. Starr on Welcome Back My Friends
- Adam Sessions on No Lack Of Opportunity
- Adam Sessions on No Lack Of Opportunity
- Brian on Profit Is Not A Dirty Word