Fact: When people hear info, they'll typically remember only 10% of it three days later. Add one or more images to a presentation though, and most folks will remember about 65% of the info they hear, even a few weeks…
Staff management
As talented as your C-suite team is, that lineup won't stay intact forever. If your organization hasn't addressed its future with an executive succession plan, or an update of the existing plan, now's the time. It's inevitable - there will…
Because your A/P staff is so good at keeping important bills paid, it unfortunately makes them a prime target for payment fraud email campaigns. Official-looking notices can arrive in their inboxes warning that you’re about to lose customers because your…
A big reason employers are still allowing hybrid work is business benefits like reduced operating costs. But it's also harder to ensure employment laws are being followed by your entire team. Compliance missteps with federal employment laws are especially costly…
When dealing with an employee who people complain is odd or just don’t get along with, many managers will eventually let that person go. But firing a "high-maintenance" staffer may not always be the best course of action. Case in…
CFOs hate to hear about poor financial literacy among workers, especially the folks they count as friends. The latest economic news on that front isn't good (though it may be great news for some employers. More on that later.) Just…
Have you ever asked an employee to do something and didn't get the results you wanted? Most of us had that experience at one time or another. Sometimes you ask for one thing and they hear something completely different! How…
Nobody really wants to dock an employee's pay. But sometimes, it's the only step you can take for the sake of your company's bottom line - and in many cases, the person's continued employment. When it comes to docking an…
Because of inflation and economic uncertainty, marketing spend is dropping back closer to pre-COVID levels, according to new data from The CMO Survey, a biannual poll conducted by the American Marketing Association, Deloitte and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.…
The more things change, the more they stay the same! The youngest generation of workers entering the workforce isn't earning high marks from the older generations, to put it mildly. Generation Z aka the Zoomers are the "most challenging" age…
Small business CEOs and CFOs are as worried about inflation, tight credit, banks going under and a looming recession just as bigger companies' leaders are. One of the widest differences in opinion is staffing. Large companies in a range of…
Holding managers and staffers accountable for the work they do is a day-in, day-out job. Leaders in any organization may be tempted to let some folks off the hook for a minor mistake or communication breakdown sometimes. But letting an…
