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2014-04-14

Six strategies to hire right the first time

By Drake Editorial Team

he skill of a person drives the will of a person. A person who has all of the skills but lacks the will to push and perform at peak levels is just not the right fit...

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2014-04-14

Motivating a multigenerational workforce

By Drake Editorial Team

Companies are struggling with the challenges of managing a more diverse workforce. These challenges often relate to mere variation in perspective and goals as a result of generational differences. 

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2014-03-26

Your team-building exercises may not be creating a team

By Drake Editorial Team

Team leaders have a perennial dilemma: How can they educate, engage, and develop our group in a substantial way that helps the team become better?

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2014-03-26

Reduce employee turnover in the first 90 days

By Joel Garfinkle

Don’t spend all that money training new hires just to see them leave for your competition. When you follow these five steps, you can reduce turnover in the first 90 days and retain your valuable employees for years to come...

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2014-03-26

Get more from your employees

By Drake Editorial Team

If you accept average performance from your employees, you're doing your company a huge disservice. So why do so many of us mutely accept mediocre performance?..

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2014-03-19

Leading teams: how to choose your leadership approach

By Drake Editorial Team

The challenge is to know which leadership approach to use. In general, you want to provide low direction if team members perform effectively, high direction if team members perform ineffectively...

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