3 Lessons on Talent Acquisition
As an entrepreneur, hiring the right people was a concern that occupied my mind often. I’ve gathered various lessons through each of the three technology companies I’ve been involved with building up.
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In this final chapter of Back To The Cottage, John focuses on the art of leadership: who are the leaders? What exactly do they do? How are they developed?
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In this chapter of Back To The Cottage, John Sipple describes how the Foley pulp mill organization demonstrated their resilience after Procter and Gamble’s unexpected sale of the mill.
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In this chapter, John tells 5 stories of how the principles dictated by the employees and leadership of the Foley pulp mill began to play out in reality.
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In this chapter of Back To The Cottage, John Sipple gathers his newly formed teams together to redesign and reimplement the foundational principles and organization of the entire Foley plant. Along the way they give Foley employees a stronger sense of ownership of their work, and change the leadership model from a “straw boss” style to a coaching model. They also rework the way skills are developed with the organization.
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Is health and wellness a business issue?
Health and wellness is a huge business issue and poor company health can incur costs in absenteeism, disability, and productivity. We interviewed Coach Don Nava to learn more about what it means to have total fitness.
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Juli Ann Reynolds, CEO and President of the Tom Peters Company (Peters is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his classic In Search of Excellence), asks if retirement (and, we presume, death) is the new downsizing.
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And Those Who Came Before Them
Jim Hancock illuminates the positive differentiating factors between today’s upcoming workforce and the employees that came before them.
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And How You Can Avoid Them
This is a book that has been in my personal library for twenty years. And though the advice given seems so basic in a universe of over-hyped business books, I am amazed that the same errors are still being made. I guess Coach John Wooden was right when he said that “excellence is the superlative […]
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Is this how you beat the competition & motivate people?
A profanity laced corporate pep rally that tries to fire up the troops backfires. How corporate leaders speak to their employees directly impacts how they treat customers and compete in the marketplace.
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What Does it Take to Romance Good Employees?
"If you want to keep people, you will have to have a business love affair with them. That requires seduction, dating, paying attention to the relationship."
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The supervisor's impact on health and well-being of employees
Published in Work and Stress, and reported in Psychology Today a study shows the adverse impact of bad boss on employee well being. Dan Wooldridge explains four types of bad bosses.
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How Long Could You Get By on $5.15 an Hour?
Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) spends 30 days living like America’s working poor. You’ll want to look away. Don’t.
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Rating Our On-Stage Performance
How is the retail experience being shaped by the quality of the performance of the cast members who are "on-stage"? What can your organization do to shape this performance?
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