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Talent Acquisition Best Practices for Startups
As business starts building up again to pre-pandemic levels, companies are investing more and more in talent. According to the US Dept of Labor, the cost of bad or wrong hiring is 30% of salary, which can quickly add up with employee turnover. It is more essential...
The Modern Day HR Leader is More
"HR" today encompasses strategy, technology, operations, finance, AND the complexity of people, all in one. People and culture? Who cares? You're in the business of making money. Yeah well, so am I. I’m not some idealist with my head in the clouds. Come on man, as...
What is My Company’s Culture? A Quick Company Culture Assessment
Our team often get asked two questions: 1. How do I know what my company culture is? and 2. How do you change it? Well, you could say these are both “loaded questions"! #2 is something that if we had a formula or recipe for, we...
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Management Styles: Fixing Vs. Collaborating
Recently, I had my first baby with my husband. As prepared as we thought we were for this new darling person in our lives 24-7, we found out quickly that we were mistaken. Many days, our newborn cries for 3-4 hours almost inconsolably, despite being well-fed, diaper...
Top 5 Reasons to Get a Career Coach ASAP
As a career coach in Irvine and Orange County, I have found clients often come to me when they are already fed up and frustrated. They have tried things on their own already: spending hours applying to jobs online, perfecting their resumes, reaching out to people on...
Why You Probably Don’t Have Your Company Culture Figured Out
Imagine this: One of your best team members has been acting erratically for the past week. Missing meetings, late for client calls, distracted and making more mistakes than usual. When you ask about it, you get an apology and a vague answer. You try to ignore it at...
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Tips for Managing Remote Employees
There is no better indication that the world is in major flux and we are quickly ushering in the “Future of Work,” than looking at our global situation as it stands today. For many businesses, this change has meant a giant, forced upheaval of “the way they do...
How to Improve Organizational Culture
For many companies, COVID-19 has accentuated and brought to light problems in organizational culture. Do you need to look at changing your organizational culture? If you're not sure, here is a checklist that might help you answer that question, and might surprise...