“What’s going on with HR?” you ask. Well, frankly, a LOT. Human Resources is a diverse collection of disciplines. We all love a succinct answer. In short, Human Resources includes anything that impacts the people working in and around the business and may even impact the vendors, clients, customers, and consultants to the company. But […]
Insights into Preparing for the Business Transition and Transaction of Your Life The phone call was a jolt and shook us to our core. Tragically, we received news that a grower we had met during our Succession/Exit Planning Seminar at Cultivate ’21 in July was killed in a car accident. He was a good man, […]
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 […]
Join BEST Human Capital & Advisory Group in Charlotte for the GROW Executive Summit on December 7-8th The Horticulture Industry is not getting any younger, and according to recent surveys, 80% of business owners have no business transition plan or have not documented or even communicated a succession plan. It gets even more complicated when […]
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.” […]
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. […]
