Org Development

The Great Recession brought many changes to workforce management, but it was really just a wake-up call for what was going to happen in the future. What’s next? It’s hard to say, but I can give you a few good reasons why you must rethink your workforce strategies right now.

I just returned from a hurried flight to New York due to a family medical emergency. I flew out of Tampa on Delta on a typical plane leaving the airport non-stop. Coming back we flew on US Airways and expected the same type of aircraft. When I arrived at the airport yesterday morning I found that the first leg of the trip to Florida was on a plane run by Air Wisconsin. It was a plane with four seats across and 14 rows and the typical carry on luggage did not fit in the overhead racks. The last leg was on a "normal" plane.

In my previous article I shared a few recruiting contract language changes that might help you consider your placements “closed” and “due for payment” upon acceptance of the offer, rather than the industry-perpetuated “start date”.

By making your fee payable upon “candidate acceptance” or “resignation” or “completion of background checks” you could issue your invoice 3-4 weeks sooner than having to wait for the actual start date, and then another month to collect.

This time of year resignation periods can take two or even three weeks or more as placed candidates push forward start dates to fall behind holidays or even after year-end bonuses are paid.

Whether your start date delay is caused to the November Thanksgiving-through-Christmas holiday period, or delayed by bonus distribution mandating someone is on the job the 1^st of the next calendar year … delays in resignation periods usually lead to delays in getting paid your fee.

 Lack of Internal Controls

There are several elements of existence that heighten the failure rate of a small business. The first condition is the lack of understanding and utilization of proper accounting methodologies, and the second condition is poor utilization of internal controls. In this article we will cover how and why a small business owner needs to monitor the internal “heart beat” of an operation for maximum profitability, and the consequences of negating the process due to a myriad of reasons.

Question: What do yoga, Romeo and Juliet, and your thumb have to do with managing your company?  Answer: Dynamic Opposition

“Dynamic opposition” refers to the way opposing forces can be brought together in a positive integration of effort to foster dramatic energy. Adopting a mindset of dynamic opposition will help you strategize better, market better and hire better. You will manage your company more efficiently, more creatively, and bring more of your natural abilities to your leadership role every day, simply by recognizing the dynamic opposition in everything you do.