Our guest blog post is from Bert Holeton, President of The Mastermind Group (www.the-mastermind-group.com). ————————– When it comes to choosing the right individual to join your organization, or the right individual to promote into a key position, or the right combination of individuals to form a team – it’s all about performance and fit. To... View Article
Our guest blog post comes from Julia Robinson, Managing Partner of Steller Solutions, a Seattle-area consultancy that helps clients implement changes that produce rapid bottom line results, allowing their business to beat out the competition while using fewer resources. “People don’t leave companies, they leave managers,” a colleague and mentor recently shared with me. The more I... View Article
Business owners know the value of hiring and developing a strong workforce – a workforce that can accomplish the business’ goals efficiently and effectively. Yet much of the hiring that’s done is informal. The process of selecting the employee typically includes interviews focused on whether we “like” the person and the person’s hands-on experience, more... View Article
Our guest blog post comes from Julia Robinson, Managing Partner at Steller Solutions, a consultancy that partners with organizations to improve profitability, lower operating costs, and develop loyal customers. ——————— What’s the link between sales, profitability targets and capacity planning? How do you grow your sales, optimize capacity and maintain the level of quality and... View Article
My experience with the operations side of business was fairly limited prior to business school, so I found my Operations 101 class to be eye-opening. I specifically remember reading the book “The Goal” by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, where business operations are compared to a line of boy scouts moving through the woods. The analogy is unbelievably simple, yet it creates a very clear... View Article
Our guest blogger is Ron Kranz, Thought Provoker with Beyond the Benchmark and Founder/Partner for the re-conceptualization business at Advantage Consortium. Ron is our guest presenter at our October’ 27 Equinox Focus Event “Beyond Recovery: How to reconceptualize business for sustainable value creation.” ———————– The world has changed. The economy has changed. Our business has changed. It always... View Article
As companies are becoming more and more dependent on the knowledge, experience and creativity of the people in their businesses, they must begin to think more strategically about their “intellectual assets.” At Equinox, we regularly receive calls from individuals starting a business and wondering if the contract they signed with their employers limits their ability... View Article
Catherine Dovey is the founder of Compensation Works LLC and offers this guest blog with insights as to how and when to communicate with employees about compensation. ————————————- Several surveys show that up to 70% of employees are planning to look for new opportunities after the economy recovers. Most of us assume that we need... View Article
Scott Verrette of Resourceful HR offers us our guest blog post this month on how to create value in employment relationships. Scott will be one of our guest speakers at the Equinox Focus Event: Creating Value Through Employer-Employee Relationships on July 28. Resourceful HR helps companies grow through increased employee efficiency. You can also sign up for... View Article