by EdKrow | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
I started my career at UPS and worked there for many years. Back then, they had a big promote-from-within culture (and they still do). One day, I was a driver. The next day, I walked in wearing a suit and tie. My first operations assignment was overseeing other...
by EdKrow | Apr 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I first started consulting 19 years ago, I worked from a home office and people told me it was seen as a detriment. People told me I wouldn’t be taken seriously without a brick-and-mortar office. Fast forward to 19 years later and we’ve come pretty...
by EdKrow | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Offering your employees well-being initiatives that they can use to their benefit may seem like a solid idea. It provides your employees a way to de-stress and improve their personal and professional life. But, are you giving your employees the well-being benefits...
by EdKrow | Apr 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve been reading a lot of articles recently, including an interview with Jeff Bezos, touting the new concept of work-life integration. When I hear “integration,” I think blending two things together — in this case, so that work is part of life. In fact,...
by EdKrow | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Writing a formal business plan is an important step for any new venture. This document is meant to outline everything from the founding team to your financial projections and target customer base. No two business plans will be exactly alike, but there are a few...
by EdKrow | Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Think of a parallelogram split from the top left corner to the bottom right. You’re left with two triangles. The triangle on the right, standing on its tip, is the employee triangle. When you bring an employee into your organization, if you don’t take care of...
by EdKrow | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the challenges to being a consultant is working on your own self-development. Remember that old saying that oftentimes it’s the cobbler’s kids that have no shoes? That can certainly be true of consultants, too. For me, I realized it was becoming true because I...
by EdKrow | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
There are plenty of articles circulating about 2018 human resources trends. But I don’t view these trends as prognostications. They’re already here. What we will see in the coming years is more of an upswell. For all of these trends, HR professionals need to be the...
by EdKrow | Apr 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
What is a true leader? As an HR consultant for the past 17 years and partner at my company, a firm dedicated to providing more management horsepower for businesses, I’ve seen many different kinds of leaders, some highly effective and some less so. I think one of the...
by EdKrow | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Leadership is not about the title. It’s about whether someone is following you. Leadership is about who you’re being, rather than what you’re doing. What does it take to be a real leader? Being a leader forces us to make tough decisions every day. We’ll be crippled if...
