11 Oct Found the Right Candidate? Ask These 8 Interview Questions First

Posted at 14:31h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Your job description is specific and clear. You involved all the relevant staff and managers in the selection process. You screened out unqualified candidates. You completed dozens of interviews. You asked excellent interview questions. Sure, you have a gut feeling, but guts have been known to...

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04 Oct Are You Even Listening to Me? How to Be a Better Listener

Posted at 13:40h in Coaching, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

You can blame smart phones, social media, the internet, TV or every technology ever invented in the last 100 years. Or you can blame our high-speed, high-stress world where manic multitasking is the norm. Whatever is at fault, the result is the same –- these...

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14 Sep The True Cost of a Bad Hire

Posted at 01:14h in Coaching, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Quick question: How much does your organization spend to recruit, interview and on-board new employees? How much do you think it costs when a hiring mistake is made? If you think the front-end expenses are high, consider the massive cost over time of a bad hire. HR...

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08 Sep Back to School – What do you need to learn?

Posted at 01:31h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

The leaves are nowhere near falling, but all over the country kids are slowly coming to terms with heading back to school. Well, at least mine are. Pretty sure it was shopping for school supplies that brought it home for them. All kidding aside, this is...

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31 Aug What Do the Eclipse and Leadership Have in Common? A Lot.

Posted at 16:13h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

OK, I admit it – I was completely caught up in ‘Eclipse-mania’ last week. I am proud to say that my family and I were among the thousands who packed up the car and road-tripped to a zone of eclipse totality, in our case it was...

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17 Aug How Empathetic Are You at Work?

Posted at 02:07h in Coaching, Engagement, Leadership, Recognition, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

How Empathetic are You? Take this Quiz and Find Out Empathy is defined as the quality of recognizing and understanding another person’s desires, beliefs, needs and emotions. It’s an extremely important skill in the workplace – and one that’s often in short supply. How adept are you...

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03 Aug The Future is Now: Essential Skills for Tomorrow’s Leader

Posted at 01:26h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Let’s take a minute to gaze into a crystal ball to see what the future holds for leaders. But before we can know what skills leaders need, we must first look at the changes coming that will impact organizations. As you are experiencing every day,...

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27 Jul Avoid Culture Meltdown: 7 Ways to Live Your Values Everyday

Posted at 19:59h in Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Fast growth, rapid expansion, money flowing in and a culture of extreme competitiveness and aggressive risk taking. What could possibly go wrong? When a company is in hyper-growth mode, leaders can be blind to problems buried deep in the organization and become willing to look the...

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13 Jul Team-Building Nightmares – Share Your Stories!

Posted at 00:58h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Team Trust by Tara Powers 0 Comments

In an earlier blog post, I defended team-building activities and shared a few best practices that I have learned over the years. Obviously, I am a BIG believer in team building. Despite its reputation for being a waste of time, team building is the most...

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06 Jul What I Did on Summer Vacation

Posted at 03:05h in Engagement, Leadership, Strategy by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Yes, summer is the time for relaxing, vacations and family. Many of us take time off work and we at Powers Resource Center fully support that! But for the days when you are at work – and your colleagues are taking much-needed vacation – use your...

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