Recent conversations with colleagues have led me to uncover and share a focus on connections: in this case, connections between my passions for both scuba diving and for the work I do to serve business clients. In this brief booklet, I will highlight some HR issues to watch as the New Year 2020 approaches and … Continue reading Diving Into the New Year: HR 2020
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In the top right quadrant of the Johari Window is the area labeled, “blind spot.” The concept may be useful when considering colleague (and potential colleague) behavior. It ties into some of what co-author Jody Foster presents in her book, The Schmuck in My Office: How to Deal Effectively With Difficult People at Work. … Continue reading Blind Spots
Most often, I think of both/and opportunities when it comes to dessert. Who doesn’t like pie and ice cream or cake and fruit topping? Since 2017, small businesses have had a both/and opportunity about which many leaders remain unaware. The opportunity is a Qualified Small Business Health Reimbursement Arrangement: a QSEHRA. To put … Continue reading A Benefit Solution for Both the Business And the Employees
In Kingdom of the Blind, author Louise Penny has her lead character observe: “…that our lives are like an aboriginal longhouse. Just one huge room. …if we thought we could compartmentalize things, we were deluding ourselves. Everyone we meet, every word we speak, every action taken or not taken lives in our longhouse. With us. … Continue reading Your Longhouse
