Human Resources

Paying Equitably

2022-04-01T21:25:27-05:00March 29th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

Some employers are beginning to pay people less if they move to a community with a lower cost of living, even though the work being produced is the same. Other employers are hiring great talent in Midwestern cities by paying them West Coast wages.  Paying employees equitably has become complicated.   Jesus told a parable about hiring workers throughout the day ...

A Blended Team

2022-03-31T20:37:48-05:00March 16th, 2022|Tags: , , |

Kathy and I recently enjoyed the Kansas City Symphony as they performed “Star Wars.” Dozens of professional musicians worked together to make an incredible blended sound.  In contrast, I remembered joining a rock and roll band as a teenager. We each played the songs without respecting the other instruments. We sounded terrible!   My respect for the symphony grew when I ...

5 Questions to Retain Employees: Part V

2022-03-30T19:47:11-05:00March 10th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

In Harvard Business Review, Susan Peppercorn highlighted five questions to help you retain your employees. Her final question is, “Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?”  Talented people can perform different types of functions effectively. However, each person has skills that they love doing.   By asking about what they do best and exploring how ...

5 Questions to Retain Employees: Part IV

2022-03-28T14:53:01-05:00March 10th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

In Harvard Business Review, Susan Peppercorn highlighted five questions to help you retain your employees. Today I want to talk about her fourth question, “What are we currently not doing as a company that you feel we should do?”  When you can make this question specific, for instance, asking, “What are we not doing in our marketing efforts?” it will ...

5 Questions to Retain Employees: Part III

2022-03-28T14:50:38-05:00March 9th, 2022|Tags: , , |

In Harvard Business Review, Susan Peppercorn highlighted five questions to help you retain your employees. Today I want to talk about her third question, “What do you need from me to do your best work?  Employees need to know that you are there to serve them. By giving your employee the opportunity to share what is hindering their progress, you ...

5 Questions to Retain Employees: Part II

2022-03-28T14:48:21-05:00March 8th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

In Harvard Business Review, Susan Peppercorn highlighted five questions to help you retain your employees. Today I want to talk about the second question, “Do you feel a sense of purpose in your job?’   Many employees do serve meaningful roles in your company. But if they don’t know how to connect their work to your mission, work likely feels like ...

5 Questions to Retain Employees: Part I

2022-03-28T14:45:50-05:00March 7th, 2022|Tags: , , |

With inflation increasing wages, and employers struggling to find new employees, employee retention has become critical. Executive coach and speaker, Susan Peppercorn, developed a list of five key questions to help you retain key employees.  The first question is “How would you like to grow within this organization?”   Two-thirds of people leave jobs due to a lack of career development ...

Changing Loyalties

2022-03-21T11:40:44-05:00February 23rd, 2022|Tags: , , |

As I’ve reviewed dozens of job applications lately, it’s not uncommon to see applicants with five jobs in just a three-to-five-year period. Brevity of time on a job reflects in part our cultural changes to loyalty. There was a time when loyalty was valued by both the employer and the employee. My father was loyal to General Motors for his ...

The Source of Strife

2022-03-19T18:11:37-05:00February 16th, 2022|Tags: , , |

My son lives in a residential home with five young men who all have some form of special needs. The young men get along great most of the time, but occasionally, the parents are a different story. For a while there was a parent who constantly complained and gossiped about the staff or other parents. It made for an unhealthy ...

Paying in Pennies

2022-03-18T13:22:47-05:00February 2nd, 2022|Tags: , , |

Miles Walker owns an auto repair store in Georgia. Mr. Walker refused to pay his employee, Andreas Flaten, his final paycheck, until forced to by the Department of Labor. When Walker learned Flaten had called the government, Mr. Walker retaliated. Mr. Walker retaliated by paying Flaten with pennies! Walker dumped over $900 worth of oil covered pennies in Mr. Flaten’s ...

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