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Taking It to a Hire Level
Issue: September/October 2010
Author(s): Pat Perry
Finding the best employees is an art. Before you advertise that new position, consider these strategies to help you compete. |
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Pop Quiz
Issue: July/August 2010
Author(s): Pat Perry
Does your management team act like grade-schoolers when confronted with the tough questions? Here’s a study guide. (No cheating!) |
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Do You Recognize Me?
Issue: May/June 2010
Author(s): Pat Perry
Showing appreciation to your employees should be more than cosmetic — it needs to be part of your makeup. |
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Hit and Myths
Issue: March/April 2010
Author(s): Pat Perry
Think you can play the low-cost heath insurance shuffle and keep two steps ahead of the game? There’s a lot more to consider than price when evaluating your health benefits. |
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Corporate Challenge
Issue: October 2009
Author(s): Pat Perry
If you are a student of business, the past 18 months have been an incredible learning experience. The recession prompted unprecedented reactions from the business community regionally, nationally and globally. Many say business as we knew it will never be the same. In some instances, thank goodness. Our economy, once based on the fundamentals of supply and demand, had morphed into one based on greed, corruption and fear. Now, too many people have lost their jobs, and they’re coldly characterized a... |
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Motion Sickness
Issue: August 2009
Author(s): Pat Perry
A wise person once said, “If you go through the motions, you will end up going nowhere.” It seems like we are doing a lot of wheel-spinning these days, waiting and hoping for better days to arrive. But since hope has never been a very good business strategy, we need action, a few heroes and new approaches to move us forward. The best place to start is with your organization’s top performers. These risk takers who believe, know and love what they are doing have historically driven resul... |
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Graduate Guidance
Issue: June 2009
Author(s): Pat Perry
Congratulations to all of you parents out there who have a son or daughter graduating high school, vocational school or college this year. Great job! Now you can stop reading this article and hand it over to your recent grads, because the rest of this column is for them. Congratulations, graduate! Hopefully you just completed a wonderful experience and are getting ready for higher education or the working world. In either case, here are a few pointers about businesses and people. If someone had told me ... |
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Cut the Cuts
Issue: April 2009
Author(s): By Pat Perry
It has been fascinating to watch America’s workplaces adjust to the recession. Some organizations reacted without much thought and started slicing jobs back in October. Others laid off workers after seeing drops in their business. There are even profitable organizations cutting jobs, using the economy as an excuse to “clean house.” Layoffs make the news, but what often goes unreported are the other approaches good organizations use to reduce costs and improve productivity in goodandbad... |
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Pedal to the Metal
Issue: August 2008 Issue
Author(s): Pat Perry
Gas prices are up. The economy is down. And many businesses are fearful as their needle inches toward “E”: They are dragging out hiring decisions, making purchases based on price versus quality and cutting costs perceived to be expendable. Yet reactionary, short-term cost reductions can be like putting off replacing that worn-out oil filter on your car — it starts to erode performance at every mile. Any good mechanic will tell you that now is exactly the time for a tune-up. So consider... |
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The Question is the Answer
Issue: June 2008 Issue
Author(s): Pat Perry
At your next management retreat, begin by asking your leadership the following question:What question must we answer correctly to significantly increase our odds for dramatic business success? Give them about five minutes to write down their question. Ask each manager to present her question to the group and the reasons for choosing the question. The questions you receive will provide insight into your individual leader’s psyche and a baseline for some interesting conversation for the remainder of... |
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