United States tariffs are increased on countries worldwide and then decreased! Stock markets and bond markets go up and down and up again! Industries go on hiring binges and then do wholesale layoffs. The technology industry, for example, has done this numerous times. They escalate salaries and have “hiring wars,” only to have wholesale layoffs and year or so later. We all have specific examples of how our world has turned uncertain.
read more…
There are many different types of teams; executive teams, administrative teams, project teams, taskforce teams, sales teams… Teams can be from many different types of organizations; for-profit, not-for-profit, community service, even family. There is one thing that ALL teams experience; pressure points. How a team identifies and deals with stressors, conflicts, personality
clashes, and other dynamics often spells the difference between success and failure.
Situation:
A particular office had a history of repeatedly hiring poor performing administrative assistants. We did a DISC behavior team report on the entire administrative staff; ownership, management, administrative assistant, and a few other staff. We also looked at the individual DISC of past administrative assistants who also performed poorly.
The biggest misunderstanding of why people leave is that money will solve the problem. It’s a myth that paying people more is THE answer to retaining staff. It is true that certain people are driven by the need for money and the security money brings. They will leave for more money. If their primary and only motive is money, it won’t take much for them to leave and they will eventually leave no matter how much more money they receive from you. My advice is “let them go.” It’s just a matter of time before they will leave anyway. By meeting their demands for more money you risk causing compensation inequity related to others within your organization and significant negative impacts on profitability.
read more…
Everywhere we look, in the media and at work, we hear “teams.” Microsoft has even developed an entire teams platform and has an intense advertising campaign telling us the importance of teams. So, why are teams the rage? Why is everyone talking about and interested in having a team? There is one primary reason and five secondary reasons why teams work.
read more…Search
Recent posts
Categories
