When I help a client build a robust hiring process to get the best candidates and reduce failed hires, it usually has at least 12 steps and takes 2-3 months to go from start to a body at the keyboard. We all want that to happen faster! I wish I could skip a step. But…
As business starts picking up again, my clients are planning to do some hiring. I’ve signed 3 new recruiting assignments in the last month! If you are in that boat, too, there’s one thing I want you to do before you even start your process. Get your head straight before you hire By the time…
If you want to make more money, OR if you want to earn the same money but take more time off, there’s only one thing you need to do. You need to increase the value of your work to the level where people will pay you more for it. That’s it, that’s the secret. What…
Are you emerging from the last year feeling less confident than you were in 2019? Maybe you feel uncertain or have made a big change to what you are doing or how you do it. You know that showing up with confidence and clear direction is critical to success, but you don’t feel all that…
I’m great at starting things. I love going through a strategic planning exercise and seeing the possibilities in the future. Identifying new things that offer great promise. It took me years to recognize that I’m bad at stopping things, at giving up and killing things off. So year after year I’d start new things, while…
When listening to business owners, I often hear them talking about feeling overwhelmed. It can feel like you are juggling a million balls a once, client calls, employee needs, cash flow, business development… But it’s not just business stuff; your son’s birthday is coming up, your car needs an oil change, you haven’t been on…
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~ Japanese Proverb Spring has sprung in the Northern Hemisphere! Flowers are blooming, and businesses are starting to think about a “post-COVID” era. Are you feeling the need to make some changes in your business to accommodate this new season? Have your…
When I was 21, I was driving through Nevada and stopped in a gas station. I walked in to pay for the gas, and I found a slot machine. Someone had fed coins into the slot machine but never pulled the handle, so I gave it a pull. Much to my surprise, about $5 worth…
“The reason most people don’t recognize an opportunity when they meet it is because it usually goes around wearing overalls and looking like Hard Work.” Carlos had a small training and consulting firm that was doing all right. He had 6 consultants on staff and another 4–5 that were part-timers, but he hadn’t seen growth…
“A man must shape himself to a new mark directly [once] the old one goes into the ground.” ~Ernest Shackleton I love the story of Ernest Shackleton. An Antarctic explorer who never made it to the South Pole. He returned from a failed quest only to see someone else make it to the pole 3…