by Joanie Connell | Jan 30, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
21 Management Experts Share the Biggest Mistake Companies Make When Managing Multiple Contractors and Consultants When it comes to the biggest mistakes companies make when managing multiple contractors, what it all comes down to is… Failing to integrate...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 28, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
Experts Share the Smartest Moves for Building a Career Boosting Reputation When you exceed someone’s expectations by being a high quality person to work with, they will recommend you to others and your reputation will reach out on its own.
by Joanie Connell | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog
How meaningful is your work? How meaningful do you want it to be? In a recent Gallup poll, 70% of people said their work was not meaningful. On the one hand, that number is alarming. Seventy percent of workers spend half of their waking hours doing something that...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Careers, Hiring, Leadership, Life Change, Parenting for the Workplace
One day, I was called in to give feedback to a company’s leaders on one of their directors who had been through our assessment center. The meeting was curious to begin with, since exceptionally high-level people were there. The meeting was called unexpectedly after...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 13, 2015 | Blog, Careers, Leadership, REAL Life Skills
A college education is important, but learning from real life experiences is more. Fifty executives at a large pharmaceutical company went through an assessment center to help the company develop its talent pipeline. They were assessed on sixteen competencies, or...