Onboarding integrates and assimilates new employees into the organization and provides them with the tools, resources, and knowledge to become successful and productive. What onboarding is not is that one or two day “fill out these forms and watch these videos” event that many companies use. That event, while mostly necessary, is not focused on …
Strategizing and being strategic is a catch-all phrase for a lot of people. We want to be strategic; we develop a strategy. More often than not, our strategy is poorly defined or not even a strategy; it is simply a goal. Your strategy doesn’t tell you what you are going to do; it just tells …
Time is your friend. Time is your enemy. There is not enough time. I don’t have enough time. I’m too busy. Do those words sound familiar? How often have you heard them or, how often have you used them? Time can be a burden when we look at it as an excuse. Time can be …
We have heard it over and over. “We have to work on establishing a more engaged workforce.” “We have to get our employees more engaged” What does that mean? Let’s define Employee Engagement. Employee Engagement is nothing more than the extent the individual chooses to apply their knowledge, skills, and abilities toward an effort. I …
Our fifth installment of Developing a Workforce Plan involves Challenges. Businesses do not just decide to have a Workforce Plan, discuss it, and it happens. There are unique and expected Challenges of Workforce Planning that you will face when establishing a workforce plan that adds value. These challenges, if not addressed and overcome fully in …
