by Dr. Rick Goodman | Jun 18, 2018 | Human Resources, Leadership
Do you struggle with a lot of employee churn at your company? With employees who come and then go, not quite as able or as culturally aligned as you’d first hoped? If that’s the case, then there’s a good chance you’re simply not hiring the best people in the first...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | May 7, 2018 | Human Resources, Leadership, Team Building
Let me start by saying that there’s a time and a place to let people go. When you have an employee who’s simply not aligned with your culture, and whose toxicity is bringing the entire team down, your best option, frankly, may be to fire that employee. Yet firing an...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Apr 30, 2018 | Hiring and Retention, Human Resources, Leadership, Workplace Culture
To build an effective team, you’ve got to do more than just hire the right people. You’ve also got to create an environment in which they can do their best work—an environment where your team members feel motivated and missional. And sometimes, that’s going to require...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Mar 22, 2018 | Hiring and Retention, Human Resources, Leadership
More and more leaders are rethinking the conventional wisdom about time management and workplace productivity. Instead of time management, they’re focusing on attention management—and not without reason. I’m not opposed to time management, but it has its limitations....
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Feb 27, 2018 | Human Resources, Leadership
There’s no such thing as a product that sells itself. To move inventory—and to bring in revenues—you’ll need to have a sales team in place. And if you want your sales team to generate real success for the business, it’s important to nurture them; to help them work...
by Dr. Rick Goodman | Feb 12, 2018 | Human Resources, Leadership, Team Building
There’s something to be said for hiring recent college graduates. While they may not have much in the way of experience, there are other qualities that they bring to the table: New grads are hungry for achievement, bursting with ideas, and full of creative energy....
