Over the past few months, my Outside the Box articles have covered what I call my "Three Guiding Principles" of Open and Honest Communication , Mutual Respect and Hard Results. These articles have been written in the scope of how you should treat your current employees, but treatment of prospective and active candidates during the hiring process should take the same … Continue reading Volume 19: Principled Hiring →

Introduction: For the past few months, I've been trying to drive home the points of Open and Honest Communication and Mutual Respect as pillars to raise your companies and personal lives on. Mutual Respect between management and the employees that work for them is crucial to maintaining a safe, and productive work environment. Open and Honest Communication is … Continue reading Volume 18: Hard Results →

In today's world, that has companies stretching as far as they can (and then some) to be politically correct, you'd think Mutual Respect would be a pretty standard thing around the average work environment. Unfortunately, this isn't the case. Employees tend to treat management with respect; you don't bite the hand that feeds you, after … Continue reading Volume 17: Mutual Respect →

Open and Honest Communication is the foundation of every meaningful relationship, professional or personal, and that is why it is the first of my Three Guiding Principles that we will discuss. Former IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr. said it best: "It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know … Continue reading Volume 16: Open and Honest Communication →

So far in 2015, my Outside the Box pieces have touched on topics surrounding the idea of work-life balance. We've discussed why that balance is so important, as well as the best ways to both create time when you can and manage what little time we all have. All of these changes to tilt one's … Continue reading Volume 15: Three Principles for My Business →