Employees are “taking” PTO while secretly still working. It burns people out, wrecks morale when behaviors and expectations vary within the organization, and creates genuine legal liability. What is the use of “PTO” culture at your organization? This is not what is stated, of course, but it’s the reality for you and your team? We...
We have all seen it: an HR rep sitting silently through a weekly team status meeting —or missing entirely from a major restructuring talk where they were actually needed. Treating HR as a “just in case” security blanket does not reduce risk. It dilutes their judgment, lets managers avoid building their own skills, and can...
10 Signs It’s Time for an HR Best Practices Review While we frequently hear that employees are our greatest asset, anyone in a leadership role knows that directing them can often feel like herding cats. Maintaining HR compliance and building a healthy workplace culture are essential, even if injecting a little humor makes dealing with...
Today is June 30. For many local governments, nonprofits, and all the service providers that support them, business owners, today represents a monumental finish line. It is the close of the fiscal year—a day of balancing ledgers, finalizing reports, and celebrating the massive effort it took to cross the mid-year threshold. But as we wrap...
The term “fractional” is becoming increasingly more common across business platforms, appearing in titles ranging from Fractional CFOs to Fractional CTOs. This trend has rapidly gained traction among small and mid-sized enterprises for several compelling reasons. Defining the Fractional Model Fundamentally, this approach centers on securing an experienced leader or technical expert for a recurring,...
Welcome to my new company, CKW Advantage, LLC. We are a professional services consulting firm that provides human resources, labor relations, technology, business services, operations, best-practice audits, and compliance advisory services to its clients. We bring a distinctive combination of legal, human resources, technology, business services, and expertise in both the private and public sectors. The...
The “Pretend Time Off” Trap
HR At Every Meeting? 
Time for a Best Practice Review?
Celebrating the Hard WorkUnderstanding Fractional Hiring
