What’s the Story That You Want Told?
People are telling a story about what it’s like to work at your practice. Whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not, people are telling that story. What is the story you want them to tell?
Don’t Let the Squeaky Wheel Get the Grease
Consistently weak performers drain your time, poison company culture, and demotivate strong players. Don’t neglect top talent. They need—and deserve—just as much time and attention as employees [...]
Test for Technical Competence? Sure You Can!
Before you send a report to a client, you take a careful look. You test your assumptions. If you don’t do that same testing of your candidate’s technical skills, your assumptions can lead to a [...]
What Do You Do When the Honeymoon Ends?
Given the craziness we’re in, it’s hard to think more than two or three steps ahead. Smart practice leaders are stretching their vision. They are thinking not only about getting back into the [...]
1st Quarter 2020 Introduction
It’s a new year. And, for many practices, it’s “busy season.” Busy or not, you still have to focus on managing your practice and the staff that help make it run. That’s why you have your Business [...]
Always Be Hiring – The “ABC” for Candidates
One of your top analysts just left, and you face a sudden increase in new projects. Do you scramble to make a last-minute hire from a tiny pool of applicants in hopes you can fill this frantic need?
Can You Hit the Candidate Trifecta?
Hitting the trifecta at Churchill Downs (or any track) is tricky enough. Hitting the candidate trifecta is an even tougher challenge. How can you manage your bet so that you win?
Hiring Tool for the Inexperienced Analyst
Adding an Analyst at the low end of the experience hierarchy can sometimes be the right move for your practice. Doing it successfully, though, requires finding a different way to assess your [...]
Not Everyone Gets A Trophy
Managing Millennials is a challenge that every practice leader faces. Bruce Tulgan’s book offers some of the best perspectives and advice we have seen anywhere. We were able to button-hole the [...]
4th Quarter 2019 Introduction
We have only just started the fourth quarter of the year but sooner or later those year-end deadlines will cause work to pile up. In the meantime, you may also need to focus on budgets for 2020. [...]
Are You Paying Too Much?
Take a breath. No, you’re probably not paying your people too much. But you would still like to know how much you should be paying them. Why is that question so hard to answer?
What Is ‘Pay’ Anyway?
Sounds like a silly question, doesn’t it? But the answer could be more complex than you think, and more important to employee retention than you imagined.
