by Ira Wolfe | Jul 11, 2003 | DISC, HR Articles, In The News
Higher stress creates greater need for team building By Christina Olenchek, staff writer In late June, the employees of a Mechanicsburg technology firm used items such as rubber duckies, eight-track tapes and candy canes to build a greater sense of teamwork. Several...
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 29, 2002 | Employment Testing, In The News
by Jim T. Ryan Contributing Writer Cleo Weaver faced a tough decision this year: maintain the status quo at his business, Triangle Refrigeration Co., or go for growth. Weaver said his company has posted solid revenue, but it hasn’t undertaken a significant...
by Ira Wolfe | Aug 16, 2002 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing, In The News, Leadership
by Dennis Reardon (staff writer) Fred Engle knows all too well the importance of cross training workers. While running a carpet and rug business in Lancaster County in the 1980s, one of Engle’s most valuable employees decided to quit. The company struggled to...
by Ira Wolfe | May 5, 2002 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
As accounting was to Enron, selecting and hiring employees is to many companies. Decisions are biased and mistakes buried. The gap between what you would like people to do and what they actually do can be quite frustrating. But ultimately getting people to do what...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 1, 2002 | Employment Testing
Shhh! Let’s listen to a conversation between Glenn, Michelle and Bob during their weekly sales meeting. Glenn, the sales manager, is struggling with weak sales and what he feels is a sales force lacking ……… Glenn: We are barely holding our own. Sales are flat....
by Ira Wolfe | Sep 16, 2001 | Employee Performance Management, Employment Testing
Today’s manager is really the conductor of his own orchestra. Like an orchestra, no matter how good you are, you sometimes need to stop and re-sync. Were the violins too loud? Could you hear the flutes? How did the composer mean for the music to be played? Top...
