Why It’s Important to Laugh at Work

When I was just starting out in my career, it was frowned upon to laugh at work. Work was serious business! And it still is but sometimes, work can get a little too serious. According to a 2007 study performed by University of Missouri-Columbia researcher Chris Robert, humor “has meaningful impact on cohesiveness in the workplace and communication quality among workers.…

Can You Get and Keep Joe?

In his article originally published on page 36 of the October issue of the BATC-MN Housing First Digest, Jerry Olson talks about an issue most of us can currently relate to, employee retention. In today's full employment economy, good employees have lots of options. So, what can you do to ensure they'll choose to work for you?

People Strategies in a Full Employment Economy

How One Company Achieved a Nearly-Full Employee Capacity During a Full Employment Economy Like many businesses, an RFB client was having a difficult time hiring for a few key positions that pay well but are hard to fill. As a small business, having 12 open positions was severely affecting their productivity. Fast forward one year and they have achieved and…

RFB Case Study – a CEO’s Journey

Mark Poss, CEO of Big Fish Works, chose Resultants For Business to help him and his team identify and execute strategies as they navigated their disrupted media industry. Beyond top and bottom line concerns, they are working to change the culture, attract and retain the right people and engage their customers in new and different ways. I talked with him…

Recruitment Culture

Step One to Creating a High Performing Sales Organization...  Most of my clients are leaders and/or managers in small to medium sized businesses. Some of them have come from a sales background, others from a technical or entrepreneurial path. All of them manage multiple priorities on any given day including leading and managing people. For those that manage sales teams,…

Recruiting Great Salespeople

“Great salespeople are born, not made.”               This is an assertion made by the good people of the Gallup Organization, leaders in the areas of strengths based management and employee engagement. Gallup's research found that great salespeople (about 25% of the sales population) possess certain innate strengths that when matched with the right role…

Don’t Depend on Your Gut! Hire Great People-II

Many hiring managers depend heavily on their gut feelings in the hiring process. When asked, “what are you looking for in a top candidate?” they may respond, “Just bring in some candidates and I’ll know it when I see it.” In the selection process, you should cringe every time you hear, “I’m a good judge of people.” Likely what is…