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Updated: Five Monkeys in a Cage (And One Important Business Lesson)
The American economy is absolutely roaring.
Q1 2021 GDP growth was a better-than-expected 6.4% while adding 916,000 jobs. Who could’ve guessed last summer that a legitimate risk to American businesses in 2021 was being unprepared for a revenue surge?
For many organizations, there will likely never be a greater chance of leaving money on the table than right now. I…Read More -
Employers: Ready or Not, Marijuana Legalization is Here
On July 1, 2021, marijuana becomes legal for adults (21 or older) in Virginia to use and possess, albeit with some important restrictions. The new rules also make Virginia the 13th state to extend employment protections to medical marijuana cardholders.
Virginia employers will have to address what they can do if an employee is suspected of being impaired at…Read More -
5 FACETs to Digital Payments That Can Grow Your Business
Digital payments and accounting have served as a lifeline for many small businesses during the pandemic, allowing them to receive and send money without relying on checks, cash or credit card machines. This era will serve as a turning point in digital adoption among SMBs, from restaurants and breweries, to boutique clothing stores and even property management businesses.
Digital payment…Read More -
Go Beyond a Job Description to Attract Top Talent
The red-hot job market puts job seekers in the driver’s seat, a sudden role reversal that has whiplashed employers into a new reality.
Gone are the days when a sunny job description was enough to bring top candidates into the hiring process. Today, with tier one talent often evaluating several offers, employers need to show more of their cards up…Read More -
How to Navigate a Post-COVID Business World With Change Management
When a company implements new software, brings on new leadership, or goes through a merger or acquisition, management typically has a playbook on how to manage the change. In the past 15 months, the business world saw change it had never seen before – and most playbooks became only partially relevant. Workplace changes brought on by COVID-19 were abrupt, monumental,…Read More -
Why Your Talent Strategy Should Embrace Remote Working
The first digital nomad I met was outside of Phuket, Thailand, in 2016.
I had never heard the term but fell in love with the concept and fervently wished it had been around earlier in my career. To be a digital nomad, all you needed was a laptop and a decent network connection. In more than 15 developing countries that…Read More -
Entrepreneurs: Get Your Financials Ready to Scale Your Business
As an entrepreneur, you wear multiple hats. You’re tasked with understanding the basic financial aspects of your business, especially in the early days. In fact, when starting a company, many owners manage their own books out of necessity. Sound familiar?
Unfortunately that only works for a while.
As your business grows, things can get out of hand — quickly.
To…Read More -
How to Succeed as a One-Person HR Department
Being an HR department of one comes with a lot of responsibility and a lot of different, sometimes conflicting, priorities. Manual processes and paper documentation can mean simply keeping up with the day-to-day and can take up all your time and energy.
Here are 3 ways to improve your day-to-day while continuing to move the company forward at the same…Read More -
5 Steps To Control Wage Compression While Managing Minimum Wage Increases
While many workers have petitioned for an increase in the federal minimum wage, the federal rate has held steady at $7.25 since 2009. The federal government has otherwise deferred to states on any additional increases or adjustments. Some states were early movers in a minimum wage increase – such as California. Others were, much to the chagrin of minimum wage…Read More -
How to Create An Impactful Employee Handbook
Creating and maintaining a legally compliant Employee Handbook can be a daunting task for any employer. Have you considered what your Employee Handbook says about your company?
Employee Handbooks tend to be cumbersome to read filled with legal jargon. Though they are a vital repository of information, many employees don’t take the time to read them. They may only dig…Read More -
How to Retain Your Talent Post-Pandemic
In the course of human history, there have been few events which have collectively impacted the entire world. The COVID-19 global pandemic is one of those few. One of the interesting outputs of the pandemic is akin to the common phenomena after a near-death experience: the epiphany that clarifies that which is most important to us.
For many people, their…Read More
Aligning Compensation Strategies With Business Transformation: Where to Begin?
Wednesday, August 13
2:00–3:00 PM EST
Virtual
Whether your organization is scaling, restructuring, or evolving its workforce, this webinar will help you turn pay practices into a lever for organizational advancement.