How Georgette Blau promoted herself from Struggling Entrepreneur to Executive

This interview with Georgette Blau highlights one of the messages that Kathy and I deliver with almost fanactical emphasis. To grow your business you must put an infrastructure in place with documented processes and procedures and job descriptions. Now I know many of you are saying yeah yeah but here is an entrepreneur describing her journey from struggling entrepreneur to executive. Worth the read folks.

12 Ways to Keep your Employees Motivated, Engaged and Unified

This article is by Arte Nathan, a veteran Hr professional with more than 30 years experience. It is a good reminder of why motivated engaged employees improve your bottom line. I know you are saying yeah yeah I know all that but in the day to day rush we all get side tracked from the strategic to the immediate. I know I sure did in my days in corporate America. So take a few minutes to take a breath and read this article to reenforce what you may already know and then do one thing today to further engage your employes in the mission.

Best Practices for Social Media Polices and Guidelines

I have recently heard or read about a number of instances where a company has been embarrassed by employees posting comments on the company's blog. In our current environment it has become essential for companies to draft polices and guidelines for their employees social media activity as it relates to the company. This is a good article on this topic and includes 25 best practices. Good food for thought regardless of the size of the company.

5 ways to motivate millennials

I came across this article from Business Week and thought it was worth posting. Many of our clients struggle with understanding and motivating younger employees. Not a new topic is it? This article nets out five approaches that might help. If you have additional thoughts let us hear from you.

Should You Hire an Overqualified Candidate?

This is a very relevant article in this talent marketplace from Harvard Business Reviews Amy Gallo. There are many talented people out there looking for positions who are being rejected as being over qualified. This article cites a study that shows that over qualified employees perform better than others. Take a look.

Don't Let the IRS Reclassify Your Business as a Hobby

I ran across this article and thought it might be of interest to some of you. It seems the IRS is after businesses that aren't making a profit. Here are some things to look at that will boost your argument that you are a serious business owner.

Why Every Leader Needs a Vulcan Sidekick

Hey this is Joy here. As many of my associates know I am a Star Trek fan and have been so since my teens. The thought has crossed my mind many times that Captain Kirk would not have been so successful a captain without Spock and though very different personalities over time they came to appreciate and seek their diversity of thought as input on decision making.

Apparently I'm not the only one who had this thought. Click on the headline to read an interesting article by Mike Figliuolo, a featured contributor for SmartBrief on Leadership who explains this further and talks about his own Spock.

It's worth the read and if you are scratching your head and asking who are Kirk and Spock check out the newest Star Trek movie, even non Trekker's are enjoying it.