Did you know August is Wellness Month? Some organizations throw a step challenge, hand out a stress ball, and call it a year. Then it is back to business as usual until next August rolls around. Maybe it makes sense, though. August has that “new beginnings” energy. Kids are heading back to school, summer is...
We’ve all heard the complaints: the meeting that could have been an email, the email no one replies to (please don’t reply all), the chat thread that never ends. Communication is one of the biggest challenges every workplace faces. We used to call it “going paper blind” when too many flyers on a bulletin board...
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,...
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