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The Importance of Thank You Notes

November 17, 2021

Our client had told us that the candidate had hit it out of the park during her interview – she checked off all the boxes, save one. Unfortunately, they did not receive a post-interview thank-you note (via email), so they went with another candidate. The other candidate had similar qualifications, although slightly less stellar in the interview. However, he had taken the time to send a thank-you email to express his interest in the position,

Starting A Great Retention

September 22, 2021

Strategies for Keeping and Attracting the Best and Brightest Talent Vast numbers of employees reporting burnout and wishing to leave, record-level quit rates, and millions of unfilled positions have led to concerning new terms, such as “The Great Resignation” or “The Great Reshuffle” and for Baby Boomer employees who’ve had enough – “The Great Retirement.” However, for most business leaders, it is becoming a “Great Headache.” We live in a time of “greats,” and they

The Missing Employees

August 2, 2021

Are you missing employees? Where did they go? I just got off the phone with a restaurant owner who temporarily closed one of his locations so that he could redistribute the staff to the other three. I’ve also heard or seen in the last week: A Starbucks closing at 4:00 PM for lack of staff. A director in a large accounting firm reporting that two pay raises in 9 months (for remote employees) are being

Exit Planning: You Need to Grieve it to Leave it

June 21, 2021

Strategies for the Emotional Side of Exit Planning and Career Transition It was just a few minutes into our phone call, and our clients started to cry. Working on their business exit planning and reviewing the financial and transactional aspects of selling their nursery operation, it suddenly hit them as they looked over a beautiful array of plants in their greenhouse. Their nursery business was their “baby” that they had spent over 30 years growing

Rethinking Hiring in Horticulture

June 15, 2021

Effective Strategies for Post-Pandemic Hiring in the Horticulture Industry By Benjamin Molenda & Harrison Downing, Human Capital Advisors at BEST Human Capital & Advisory Group Are you excited at the prospect of increased demand in the Horticulture Industry over the next few years? But, on the other hand, are you concerned that you will struggle to supply material to meet consumer demand? You are not alone in these thought processes. Most companies are identifying areas

Employee Pay in Focus: Transactional vs Strategic Pay Practices

May 11, 2021

Differences abound between transactional and strategic human resources, but even if the distinctions are clear to HR generalists, these terms get a little fuzzy when it comes to employee pay matters. Nonetheless, it’s important to understand the distinctions as these can be important to establishing the right pay practices and policies to keep your organization market-competitive. Let’s look at some critical differences between transactional and strategic approaches to employee pay, and answer some frequently asked

Rethinking Age in Hiring

March 31, 2021

We recently sent an email to our BEST BRIEFS newsletter subscribers on the topic of ageism, and it definitely touched a nerve. Here is the original email content, followed by some of the comments we received on the subject. Our Original Message On January 20th, President Biden was sworn in and is now officially the oldest President the U.S. has ever had at 78 years old. A few weeks later, a 43-year-old Quarterback, with a 68-year-old

Internal Leaders Affect the Value of Your Business

March 17, 2021

Internal leaders may not be obvious. They may not even have a “leadership” title. Make no mistake, however; internal leaders are critical to value and attractiveness when it comes to selling your business. In Super Bowl 55 we saw the impact of an internal leader. Tom Brady has the highest winning percentage of any single athlete in major professional sports. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have (or at least did up until this season,) the worst win/loss record over their entire existence

To Be Strategic or Transactional? That is the Question

March 3, 2021

The Case for Human Resources in Strategic Planning Ask most business leaders and professionals, and they will describe human resources in transactional terms. “They are the department that hires people, fires people, manages our benefit plans, and tells us how much we can pay people.” A lot to unpack there for sure, but that perception misses the mark entirely. While it is true that human resources has a lot of transactional components, it is no

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