Talent Management
Jim Chakires, President & CEO, Apex CPAs & Consultants, Inc.
Nicole sat down with Jim Chakires, President & CEO of Apex CPAs & Consultants, to discuss their innovative culture and how they use specialized technical experience to help businesses grow. This forward thinking accounting firm places top priority on identifying opportunities and implementing a comprehensive strategy that gives businesses a serious edge over their competition. Learn…
Read MoreThe TeamFireball, Inc. Fit Crawl Experience!
By Alila Hollander, SPHR, SHRM-SCPHR Consultant | HRBOOST®, LLC.™ As an HR professional, I’ve set up multiple wellness-related programs and personally participated in team building activities as well. Last Thursday, I had an opportunity to (for once!) participate in my employer’s team building challenge through Team Fireball, Inc. Debbie Pickus, owner and founder of Team Fireball, and…
Read MoreHR Assessments Can Improve the Bottom Line
There are over 80,000 assessments in the market today, but how many are measuring cognitive abilities? In my experience, I find business owners spend a great deal of time molding and shaping their organization to focus on business goals. But sometimes one of the most challenging aspects of operating a business is the employees.…
Read MoreCulture Shock!
“Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.” ~Bo Olson, worked in books marketing at Amazon After reading about Amazon’s workplace habits, you will go into culture shock. Would you want to work for an organization where nearly every person cried at their desk? According to Olson, a former…
Read MoreHRBOOST® Announces BoostU
GIVE YOUR LEADERSHIP A BOOST: INTRODUCING BoostU AND OUR NEWLeadership Boost Program! HRBOOST® is excited to announce our NEW FIVE PART COURSEspecifically developed for NEW LEADERS AND MANAGERS! It’s the small business quandary. As your business grows you need to place people in management decisions. You want to promote from within. After all, these are the people who…
Read MoreDNA-7 – Changing the Way We See HR Technology
I had the pleasure of meeting CEO of DNA-7, Eyal Steiner and not only is he globe trotter bringing something very valuable to us in the United States, the technology from DNA-7 provides a whole new way to analyze how information flows through an organization. With communication breakdowns being behind most barriers to performance…
Read MoreA Different Way to Think About Retreats
Leading the transformational retreat A new leader we’ll call Audrey took on a challenging new role. She would need to dial up the rigor, energy, commitment and effectiveness of her team if she was to succeed in a marketplace that had been changing profoundly. She also realized she had to make some tough personnel calls…
Read MorePlaying for the Same Team, by Jacob the Intern
The recent weeks were very exciting in the field of HR here in Chicago. The 65th annual SHRM Conference, held at McCormick Place in the city is a great opportunity to network with other businesses and learn about what HR challenges they are facing and the solutions they are finding to overcome these challenges. But,…
Read MoreGet Your Employees Hands On!
I had the pleasure of meeting two wonderful women (Patty Neuswanger & Rachel Orlowski) representing HandsOn Suburban Chicago’s Business to Community Initiative-Get Your Employees Hands On! Looking for a great way to develop or expand your business’ community initiative, but don’t have the time or connections? HandsOn Suburban Chicago (HOSC) is a nonprofit volunteer center…
Read MoreHow do you kill a talent pipeline?
How do you kill a talent pipeline? Interviewing quantity or quality, there is one process improvement every company can make if they have not incorporated it already. The first rule to building a solid talent pipeline is writing letters to rejected or disqualified job applicants AND sending them. It often is overlooked, especially in a…
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