You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
You’re busy. You’re pressured by deadlines. Besides, things seem fine where you are. Why would you set aside time to talk to a recruiter?
The Surprising Benefit of Being Disagreeable at Work
Are you super agreeable at work? Cheerful, helpful, eager to please? Believe it or not, too much of this behavior can be detrimental to your long-term career goals.
Use A Stay Interview. Avoid the Exit Interview.
Don’t wait for your staff to leave and then use an Exit Interview to ask what caused them to look for another job. Use a Stay Interview to ask what makes them want to keep working for you now – [...]
Delegating Is Not Abdicating
Delegation is a critical skill. You know it’s important to do and you know it will save you time and help others develop new skills. So why aren't you doing it?
Evaluating Work Ethic: Five Interview Questions You Should be Asking
Entitled, lazy, selfish. Ask just about any BV firm leader and they’ll likely grumble about “poor work ethic” in describing the emerging workforce. Instead of lamenting the loss of work ethic [...]
Developing Proficient Problem-Solvers
Many of my clients complain that colleges are not producing graduates who can solve problems and connect the dots on complex issues. Fortunately, critical thinking is a skill that can be learned!
How to Fill the Soft Skills Gap
What should a firm leader do with employees lacking in “soft skills”? Fire them? Just put up with them?
All Dentists Know How to Fill Cavities
Aside from their technical skills, how do you decide which dentist to go to… the one who is pleasant and takes time to answer your questions? Or the one who treats you like a number in a long [...]
Doing Less Gets You More
You’re fast, you’re efficient, and you do high-quality work. In a word, you are a doer. In the beginning, there was just you (and maybe your partners). You did every job, including emptying the [...]
