by msynk | Dec 3, 2019 | Company Culture, Core Values, Execution, Growth, Management, OnBoarding, Strategy, Uncategorized
Recently, I spent some time with the president of a manufacturing company in St. Louis. I wasn’t there to solicit their business or coach them; I was there to learn from them. A client of mine in Memphis recommended that I get to know them, because my coaching...
by msynk | Sep 4, 2018 | Company Culture, Excellence, Growth, Hiring, OnBoarding, People, Uncategorized
My clients that have the strongest benches, or work on building a strong bench, are usually my most confident decision makers. I see this confidence in all of their decisions not just the staffing ones. That’s because they know they aren’t stuck if someone...
by msynk | Jan 4, 2013 | Leadership, Meetings, OnBoarding
Final Post about OnBoarding. I was OnBoarded very successfully in my very first job in the business world, as a Sales Rep for Kelly Temporary Services way back in the summer of 1981. My boss, Carol Beagle, created a great list of tasks to accomplish to learn the...
by msynk | Jan 3, 2013 | OnBoarding, Uncategorized
Third post in this series of posts on OnBoarding. It has to be more than, “Here’s your seat, here’s the employee manual and benefit forms, now go figure it out.” Hope you are doing more than this. Here is a punch list on what what should be...
by msynk | Jan 2, 2013 | Alignment, Coaching, Leadership, OnBoarding, People, Strategy
I mean it. No matter what kind of mess you step into as a leader, something good in going on in that mess. There’s a pony in there somewhere. And that good thing is the starting point. For you as a leader, or for that key employee promoted/brought in to...
by msynk | Dec 31, 2012 | Leadership, OnBoarding, People, Performance, Strategy
It was the best advice had ever I ever received. 1987, Albany NY. I had just been promoted to Branch Manager of the Albany Offices of Kelly Services. Sales were flat and the long term manager had just left the company to start her own temporary help firm. I was...
