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Back In The Saddle Again
When I was a little girl, I attended a summer camp in the backwoods of Texas along the Guadalupe River. I learned how to ride horses at that camp, because that is what good Texas girls do! During one of my very first times on a horse, I quickly turned around to talk...
How to Manage Remote Workers
When I bought my restaurant, the first problem I had to solve was how to manage workers that worked opposite hours from me. By the time my night staff left the bar at 3:30-4:00 a.m. my janitorial staff was usually arriving to get the place clean for the next day. This...
How To Lead Well When You Are Afraid
I have had a few conversations over the past weeks from clients who really want to do right by their people. They are justifiably stressed and concerned. As one person asked me “How do I lead people through fear when I am afraid too?” Here is the plan that we created:...
From Crisis Comes Opportunity
In 2006, I had just gotten out of the restaurant business, and I took a year off to figure out what I wanted to do next. Katy, my daughter, had just started kindergarten, and I had this “free time”. I was totally stressed out. I needed to make money, I was afraid of...
Hiring in Uncertain Times
Last week, I got a call from a client who said to me “Beth, it seems ridiculous to be hiring during all of this uncertainty, but I still need this position filled, and I need it filled with the right fit. Let’s keep going.” Like some of you, I have owned my businesses...
How You Evaluate A Freudian Slip?
There is so much pressure in a job interview: the employer wants to fill a position, and the potential employee wants a job! Because of this high intensity, people are prone to saying the oddest things. If you are the person doing the hiring, how do you objectively...
Do You Know What Your Candidates Want More Than Anything?
My daughter Katy is in her second semester of her freshmen year at the University of Miami, and recently she decided to go through rush for a sorority. Each sorority had a sales pitch, goodie bags and t-shirts to offer, in addition to scholarship and job opportunities...
Are Your Employees Disengaged? Do This.
If you are frustrated with employees who are disengaged and not producing at a high level, you are not alone. There have been several studies recently about the number of disengaged employees at work and how much distraction it causes, like this one:...
Why Your Outbound Recruiting Efforts Don’t Work
A few weeks ago, I attended the Indeed.com Academy to become a better recruiter, and boy, did I learn a ton! First the basics - there are two different types of recruiting; inbound and outbound. Inbound is when an employer places an ad on Indeed.com and the...
If You Just Fired Someone, DON’T Do This
Firing someone, even if it is the best thing for all parties is awful. It feels terrible. Even if you knew it was coming, and even if it wasn’t a surprise to your employee, it still feels totally horrendous. You have a pit in your stomach, and your overall feeling is...