At the beginning of April, Dan Price, founder and CEO of Gravity Payments in Seattle, announced that he was raising the minimum salary at his 120-person payment processing company to $70,000. Most of the money for these raises will come from cutting Dan’s salary from $1 million to $70,000 per year as well. The rest will come out of the $2.2 million the company expects to earn in profit this year.Read More
Culture shifts and conflict management training bring about $100K savings for TCL program participant
Superior Farms has been an employee-owned company through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan for years, and recently engaged in new efforts to continue to enhance its culture of true ownership and teamwork.Read More
Most senior executives and HR leaders understand the need for creating a culture that attracts and retains talent – typically organized around an employee engagement strategy. But what does “engagement” really mean? How does it become a business habit for leaders? How do you make it a permanent part of an organization’s culture? Read More
Most senior executives and HR leaders understand the need for creating a culture that attracts and retains talent – typically organized around an employee engagement strategy. But what does “engagement” really mean? How does it become a business habit for leaders?Read More
By Stacy Ennis: An Interview with Kristel Patton, attorney and partner at Silverman Patton, PLLC
At age 17, Kristel Patton started a job as a file clerk at a local law firm. Her very first day of work, the most senior partner in the firm walked over and handed her a keychain with a single key on it—a key to the office.Read More
The Thinker’s 50 is the leading independent authority in management ideas. In this video interview, Whit Mitchell presents his “Big Idea” and asks us to try to understand the impact and intent of executive behavior on employee morale. What questions do executives need to ask in order to build trust with their team?Read More
“Cultural Transformation” is a big deal in the business world right now. Chalk it up to several factors: a) An aging executive and middle-management base 2) the continued compressed economy and 3) a massive influx of technology that empowers buyers. All three factors are causing companies to re-think their business models, their marketing plans – and their internal culture.Read More