From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, admire with me the slight upward trending of the blue line. Layoffs and dismissals are down and quits are up. Ahhh. It feels so good. This is good news for you the employee but not for you the employer. Your good employees have the best chances to move on [...]
Is stepping up the professionalism in your workplace at the top of your list this year? It is at a lot of companies I talk to. Companies have standards. You have standards. How do you get those across to your employees? To start the conversation you’re welcome to use this one-page survey I developed in [...]
I have a new vehicle and now I’m noticing all the CR-V’s there are on the road. My goodness, everyone in Grand Junction has gone out bought one too. Hmmm. How odd. Oh ya. It’s the “new car phenomenon. The number of CR-V’s hasn’t changed but my awareness of them changed. What we notice tells [...]
The Leadership Seminar, Wednesday, October 5. Who Should Attend? Managers, supervisors, team leaders, prospective managers and anyone who deals with people. How You Will Benefit Learn your strengths for leading and managing and how to leverage them. Approach conflict with confidence. Become the leader, motivator and coach you want to be. What We Will Cover [...]
Do you love your job? Not a lot of people do right now, it turns out. In an article about surveys done by the Conference Board and career-intelligence.com, 83 percent of respondents said they were considering a job change with 61 percent stating they would definitely seek a new position when the economy improves. The little girls snuggling up to Mrs. Lynch [...]
It’s a good question to ask of an almost 3-week in Europe traveler: “What were the highlights?” It’s hard to answer, but I’m going to try. Links to pictures are below. 1. Of deepest, soul-searching, thoughtful impact to me were two museums we visited. I wouldn’t expect museum visits would be a highlight at all, [...]
Go, go, go, our favorite phrase since I last wrote. We’re up and gone and out until all hours. No time to write but a lot of fun. Now Gisela and Jenny have returned to their homes to go back to work and Lynn and I are finishing out the last two days in Prague. I [...]
