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Kindness should spill over to workplace
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: Kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” — Mother Teresa Why is it so hard for some people to be kind to others? In...
Human Capital — Taking Care of Your Employees
Yep! Earned my OSHA Construction Safety and Health Card a little over a year ago. Am I proud of it? Probably — just a little. If you sit through several days of training on what you should and should not do on a ladder or in a ditch on a construction site, you...
The Garden: Where Your Recruitment Efforts Ripen
At my house, there are presently Tiny Tim tomatoes growing in nutrient enriched water. My teenage son is into hydroponics with a passion. We’ve been growing these tomatoes for almost 120 days. As I watch the plants bloom, I realize that this is about how long...
The Joy of Noise
Attending a Women’s Business Conference Breakfast in DC, I will always remember a scene, as if played in a movie. It was a simple moment, but spoke so clearly to me about humans and our need for face-to-face communication. 5 tables away from me there was...
Big Tech in the Small Business Context
Big tech does play a part in your small business, maybe more than what you think. On July 29, members of the U.S. House of Representatives questioned four major tech heads on concerns of monopolistic and privacy-invasive behavior. Questions from every direction...
What’s in a Resume Anyway?
Sifting through job applicants is a tricky and often overlooked portion of work. I know because this is part of what my business does on a daily basis. It’s a mix of inferences about how someone will perform, how their resume reflects their suitability and a...