Why do Good Employees Leave?

by Teri Beckman | Apr 8, 2018 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team

  Some of the hardest conversations I have with non-profit CEOs are just after a valued employee has decided to leave. Employees become your most valuable asset after they have been with you for a while.  They know your systems, they understand your business and...

Does hiring feel like a high-stakes gamble?

by Teri Beckman | Mar 20, 2018 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team

How hard can it be? Write a job description or just find the old one.  Make sure to put “Other duties as required” at the end… just in case. Advertise on Indeed.com or craigslist. Sort through the resumes. Interview. Check references. Pick the person you connect with...

The high cost of a wrong hire

by Teri Beckman | Feb 13, 2018 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team

  Have you ever hired the wrong person? If you answered ‘yes’, you are not alone. A survey from CareerBuilders shows 74% of employers have hired the wrong person. Besides the HUGE headache it creates for you and your organization, there is real monetary cost to failed...

Do you have a Team of Experts?

by Teri Beckman | Aug 15, 2017 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team

This is the third in a series of posts exploring the success of Senior Services of Forsyth County and the recently retired Executive Director behind this success, Richard Gottlieb. A Team of Experts Developing a strong internal team  is necessary to build a strong,...

Learn from Mattel – Wake Up to Your Business in 2015

by Teri Beckman | Jan 7, 2015 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team

The Mattel Corporation, home of Barbie and Hot Wheels, is struggling with shrinking revenues and declining market share (similar to Coke, McDonalds, Hewlitt-Packard…). As an executive or owner trying to create and maintain a sustainable business, what can you...

4 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Your Team

by Teri Beckman | Jun 30, 2014 | Hiring, Developing and Retaining the Best Team

I read with interest the New York Times article “Why You Hate Work”.  It is a bit of a manifesto on disengagement and lack of motivation at work. Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath define engagement (per a number of studies) as “involvement, commitment, passion,...