by Bill Bliss | Jan 1, 2018 | Employee Hiring & Retention
Hiring a new employee is always a risk. No matter how much you try to learn about someone through interviews, references, and other traditional methods before making a job offer, you can’t be certain the candidate will succeed. To reduce that risk, many organizations...
by Bill Bliss | Dec 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week, I was visiting with several partners in a successful, professional services organization. As we met, they discussed their desire to achieve better results in the coming year. Fortunately for them, in their twenty years of business, they have learned to not...
by Bill Bliss | Dec 18, 2017 | Employee Hiring & Retention
In conversation with a coaching client, he was lamenting about a particular team member who had recently resigned. This action had come as a surprise to my client. But as we discussed this situation, it became clear to me how the environment my client had created for...
by Bill Bliss | Dec 11, 2017 | Employee Hiring & Retention, Uncategorized
As we approach the new year, many leaders are thinking intently about driving substantive and meaningful progress into the performance of their organization and teams. The cornerstone of these efforts is typically a few training experiences they hope will breathe life...
by Bill Bliss | Dec 4, 2017 | Leadership
As we approach the end of the year, some of the leaders I work with on a regular basis are happy to report they will meet their annual goals, while others will have missed a few. Before you read on, this is not a post about effective goal setting. An article in a...