“So, you’re a professional employee?” accompanied by a few chuckles and knee smacks is often what I hear after speaking with most business owners about my “career”. Often these conversations are relaxed, but many times end with an odd tension built through misunderstanding and mixed emotions, leaving me as the employee discouraged. I’m writing this simple blog to help both sides of the aisle understand why hiring/being a Professional Employees is indispensable.
Balancing HR Compliance with Performance in 2021
HR can be a balancing act, and particularly so, when we’re balancing compliance (what the government says we have to do) with performance (what makes for a better working team), and, added into that, the challenges of what may be a less pro-employer administration in the midst of Covid. To help you more effectively navigate…
HR Jumpstart Event
Join us to discuss our HR Jumpstart Event! Executive Advantage, a Columbia, Missouri, human resources consulting firm, is holding a special morning workshop designed to help your organization’s HR person become more effective in their tough job. In Collin’s “oldie but goody” book titled Good to Great, he encourages those who work with the people side…
Could Management Be Improved?
Did you know that an estimated 80% of the turnover in organizations is caused by poor management. That is a staggering figure when you stand back and contemplate it. This is also an expensive matter, if you believe the DOL’s estimate that the cost of turnover is 1.5 times the annual salary of the person leaving the…
Interviewing for Success
One of the most important roles and responsibilities a leader has is to build a strong leadership team. As important as recruiting is to the success of an organization it is frequently one of the poorest leader skills. Statistics indicate that the success rate for quality hires is about 48%. Not great. In previous blog…