Lessons in Leadership
How an Atlanta Company Used ‘Sherpas’ to Facilitate Onboarding
Every year, thousands of companies apply for awards that recognize great workplaces. And the companies that typically top the winners’ lists have three things in common: They value their human capital, they benefit from a highly engaged workforce and they have the...
Managing the Unmanageable: The 6 Most Common Types of Difficult Employees
As an entrepreneur, you may have thought you escaped from difficult people in the workplace, i.e., coworkers, by striking out on your own. But these folks have a way of showing up everywhere -- even at the workplace you've created. As you likely already know,...
5 Ways Entrepreneurs Screw up the Hiring Process
Entrepreneurial teams -- if they’ve done their jobs well -- will eventually need to start hiring a team. This period of initial expansion is full of growing pains, and there are some common pitfalls that young companies face when hiring their first employees. If your...
How Office Politics Can Tank Your Small Company
Workplace conflicts affect more than just productivity and morale. A few years ago the publishers of the Myer-Briggs Assessment published a study on workplace conflict that attempted to quantify just how expensive conflict can be. According to the report, employees in...
Skirt Roadblocks to Succession Planning
Over the next five to 10 years, scores of small businesses will be sold or closed. If you have not identified your successor (internally or externally) at least three years before you want to exit, you're at risk of not being able to retire at the age you had wished....
It’s Not Too Late to Start Thinking About Your Business Legacy
Hundreds of thousands of business leaders work in the corporate world today, but few of those leaders will be remembered after their last day on the job. Indeed many effective leaders complete their journeys and then vanish without a trace being left at their...
Beth Armknecht Miller’s passion for learning and dedication to bringing out the best in others are strands woven throughout her career and are found in her work with Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm.