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6 Tips to Stop Brain Drain
By Ira S Wolfe Appeared in Business2Business, June 2008 The alarm that has been ringing in the ears of senior managers and business owners lately has become louder and more painful as they see retirements and job-hopping drain their organizational “brain power.” It...
Why Even Small Business Owners Must Recruit 24/7
If a job applicant can book a flight, deposit a check into his bank, or purchase insurance online 24/7, his expectation is that he can search for jobs and apply anytime that is convenient - from office, home, or mobile. In addition, applying for a job online should be...
From Resume Lies to Employee Theft – Is Honesty on Hiatus?
When a grandmother recently admitted to stealing $280,000 from her employer, she told police she just didn't have enough money to pay all her credit card bills...and she needed to buy her grandkids some gifts. Her only mistake...."I said things I shouldn't have said...
Lessons from M.A.S.H: Make Good Hiring Decisions, Reduce Turnover
Corporal Radar O'Reilly from the incredibly successful television series M.A.S.H. could hear a chopper coming before anyone else. Radar also knew exactly what Col. Blake wanted even before the colonel knew himself. Now I know what many of you thinking. Where can we...
How Motivated Employees Acquire Work Deficiency Syndrome
Typically new hires are motivated employees. They arrive at the workplace with a positive attitude and lots of energy and ambition. But even the most skilled employee lacks some competence while he or she learns new systems and attempts to integrate into company...
It’s Performance Review Season! Can You Feel The Tension?
Managers and employees are buzzing about the annual performance review. Unfortunately the anticipation isn’t necessarily positive. Let’s be honest. The review meeting has become little more than a song-and-dance ritual. If it wasn’t for HR’s mandate that every...
Local Consultants Hosts AM Radio Show for Small Business
As printed in the Central Penn Business Journal, August, 3, 2001 Through the magic of radio, Ira Wolfe works in two places at once every Friday morning. Wolfe is president of Success Performance Solutions, a work-force consulting firm in Lancaster County. On July 27,...
Borrowing Options to Lower Risk for Small Business
By Kate Raulhauser-Smith, contributing writer It is the goal of most business owners to grow their business from one year to the next. They want to have larger facilities, greater productivity, and higher profits. The catch? Growth requires capital. “ A soft economy...
Aging Population Increases Service Demand
Supply and demand is how Sean Harper accounts for the growth of certain industries in Central Pennsylvania. Harper, a statistician and information officer for the state Department of Labor & Industry's Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, uses this...
When Susan Can’t Sell
She interviewed well. Had a hot track record. Now she doesn't perform. What happened? What happens next? You can lead some people to sales training, but you can't force them to sell. It is unlikely that you would purchase a new machine that you knew couldn't produce...
