by admin | Oct 16, 2014 | Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
The workforce landscape is changing drastically. New generations are stepping in to replace the droves of retiring Baby Boomers, women are high-tailing it out of the corporate world to start their own businesses, the demographic makeup of the workforce is shifting the...
by admin | Oct 9, 2014 | Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
One of the four major workforce trends headed our way is the rise in freelance workers. In fact, the freelance workforce is already 53 million strong, and growing*. To prepare for the workforce of the future, it’s time managers take a close look at how managing...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Future of Work, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
The US freelance workforce is currently 53 million strong, and growing fast*. In fact, right now freelancers make up 34% of our national workforce. Sarah Harowitz, executive director of Freelancers Union says, “This is an economic shift on par with the industrial...
by admin | Sep 12, 2014 | Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
Let’s talk about muffins – blueberry muffins, banana nut muffins, apple muffins – and the thud they make as they hit the compost bin, since these particular muffins are rock hard. I should back up. I left the Ivy League for culinary school years ago to...
by admin | Feb 27, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Leadership Development, Management Tips
Sometimes merely focusing on communicating with your team isn’t enough. Why? Because the intention you set forth is often misunderstood by your audience. The gap between what you mean to communicate and what is actually communicated is known as the Perception Gap. In...
