by Dave Clough | Jul 3, 2018 | Assessments, Best Practices, Hiring, Talent Management
When a star employee resigns, it can often bring a department – or the whole company, depending on size – to an unexpected halt. Their duties are shuffled off onto others, their expertise is lost, morale of other employees goes down, and your business loses time and...
by Dave Clough | Apr 27, 2017 | Best Practices
Owners, presidents, or CEOs of small businesses might have the toughest job. They feel they have to do everything to keep their businesses going (and growing) and financially support employees and their families. But there are times when it just seems too hard. These...
by Dave Clough | Aug 4, 2016 | Best Practices, Blog
Communication is at the core of all that we do as human beings. While verbal interaction may seem to come naturally, it is a rich and complex process. Communication requires us to be aware of and tuned into thousands of data points from nonverbal cues to gestures, and...
by Dave Clough | Jul 13, 2016 | Best Practices, Blog
Raise your hand if you like performance reviews. No? No one likes the annual performance review: The employee doesn’t like to write a self-review The manager doesn’t want to write about the employee’s performance The face to face conversation on the past year’s...
by Dave Clough | Jun 3, 2016 | Best Practices, Blog
Fast Company recently posted an article about “New Unconventional Leadership Styles.” The author makes the case that these styles are intentional, but I think it's difficult to learn a particular style if you don’t already have a natural leaning that way. Director of...
by Dave Clough | Jan 27, 2016 | Best Practices, Blog
Everyone could be or has been a manager of a project, but some people are more natural PMs than others, and different projects require different skills and behaviors. I recently experienced a stressful situation that was resolved though good project management. My son...
