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With the Majority of Employees Expressing a Major Concern About Communication, Why Aren’t More Employers Responding?
For years employees have voiced a strong concern about “poor communication” in their organizations. I’ve even had many company management echoing this concern, and yet companies and organizations do NOT seek out or hire experts to address this topic. “COMMUNICATION” touches all industries (businesses, non-profits, educational venues, skilled labor, etc.), as well as different departments, …
Continue Reading >WHAT WILL COMPANIES HAVE TO DO TO GROW AND THRIVE IN THE FUTURE
Too many companies are avoiding the serious efforts needed to strengthen and grow their businesses. Instead, they keep hoping for a quick, less expensive resolution. However, that almost never works out. In order to have a strong, creative and diligent workforce, who are innovative and hard-working, many companies try to use quick and aggressive efforts …
Continue Reading >How Did Existing Execs “Learn the Ropes” vs How The New Generation Expects to Learn
When the existing Execs were “learning how to be a Leader” years ago, the hope was to have an existing Leader who was gifted at teaching, training, and developing the younger generation on how to be an Effective Leader. That was true with my husband, Bill Crigger. He was first exposed to a very sharp, …
Continue Reading >COMPASS CAREER CELEBRATES 25 YEARS!
April 1994 – April 2019 Happy 25th Anniversary Many people have “turning points” in their lives. Bill and I came to our crossroads in the fall of 1988. After working for The Kroger Co. for 20+ years and managing the closing of the Kroger Carolina District, Bill experienced a five-year journey involving three jobs. He …
Continue Reading >LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY SHOULD GO HAND IN HAND
You cannot turn on the news or read a newspaper without hearing someone discussing poor integrity or ethics. If you are wondering “what is the big deal”, you may be of a younger generation or oblivious of the consequences. Decades in the past, parents, teachers, coaches, etc. would all stress the importance of a person’s …
Continue Reading >How Have the Skills of our Workforce Changed and Continues to Change
With each generation, skills and personality traits change. There has been a lot of discussion about the differences for instance in Baby Boomers verses Millenials. For instance, the Boomers are usually willing to work long hours verses the Millenials prefer working their specific work hours and clock out. In addition, Boomers take pride in their …
Continue Reading >Many Young Adults Are Unclear About Ethics and Integrity – Is It Any Wonder?
Before becoming a Business Owner, we worked for some medium to large firms, who had their fair share of poor business integrity. Several of the business leaders, executives, and owners exhibited very poor ethics and morals. Today many refer to themselves as “professionals”, but even that term doesn’t resemble the level of quality or dignity …
Continue Reading >The Importance of Strategic Planning when Preparing for Future Growth
Having moved to Charlotte in the fall of 1980, I can tell you that many of the city planners didn’t have a good understanding of what people wanted who moved here at that time. The Raintree subdivision (residential) was in its early stages, and we were being told by realtors that the city really didn’t …
Continue Reading >As More Executives Exit, Are Companies Investing a Stronger Initiative to Train New Leaders?
After 25 years in business, and having been fortunate to have met so many excellent and successful business leaders during that time, I have noticed the past 2-3 years that more and more of those executives are exiting to enjoy their Retirement. However, the ratio of new leaders being trained for senior positions are much …
Continue Reading >Is Your Company a Supportive Community Partner
One important aspect of any company is to have “good public relations” with their community. Companies that hire a larger number of community citizens should feel that public relations is a very important factor. Hopefully, that employer compensates the employees well and provides valuable benefits and resources. The relationship and management that employers have with …
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