Your Organization is Made of Positions
You’ve heard it said over and over again: People are your most important asset. If you want to build...
What is Your Turnover Rate Telling You?
Overcoming today’s turnover challenges requires efficient, well-informed retention efforts. Keeping...
Are You Wasting Time and Money on Hiring Efforts?
In today’s job market, the case for internal recruitment is easy to make. In the US, job openings...
Stop Scrambling—Start Filling Open Positions Efficiently
The need for strategic staffing solutions has never been more urgent than today. Job openings remain...
Scenario Planning: A Proactive Imperative for Modern Leaders
Effective scenario planning can mean the difference between an organizational culture that is reactive
What is Position Management (AKA Position Control)?
With all of the turnover happening as part of the Great Resignation/Reshuffling/Whatever, your organization...
Identify your Critical Positions with 6 Key Questions
Creating a sustainable organization requires understanding which positions you need today and in the...
How to Create an Org Chart
As organizations grow in size, they often grow in complexity as well. When an organization is small...
Positions Come First in a Strategic Framework
We sat down with CEO and founder of Built for Teams, Brett Derricott, to understand how position management...
How a Finance Giant, Football Club, and Tech Company Approached Succession Planning
Developing succession plans for your organization can feel like starting a race with no end in sight...
Combating Turnover - Getting in the Minds of Employees
In the era of the Great Resignation, employee retention is a concern for many organizations. The...
Scenario Planning for Organizational Sustainability
Whether your organization is experiencing rapid change or things seem calm for the moment, the future...
Facing Demand for Greater Flexibility, Organizations Extend Remote Options
As businesses reopen to allow in-person work, our team was curious how our customers were adapting...
Innovative Ways to Onboard and Connect Remote Employees
The pandemic forced organizations to adapt to a constantly changing environment. With each month that...
5 Tips for Post-Pandemic Hiring
Many organizations came to a hiring stand-still during the pandemic. As the economy improves and we...
Eliminate the Headaches Caused by Overlapping Vacation Requests
As summer rapidly approaches, don’t wait to streamline your process for handling overlapping time...
Shifting Your Mindset Around Utilizing PTO
One year ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of people around the world, many organizations...
Strengthening Relationships with Your Direct Reports
Working in the corporate world and becoming a people leader, it doesn’t take long to realize there...
Facing Demand for Greater Flexibility, Organizations Extend Remote Options
People work better together when they get to know their team members on a deeper level. When you establish...
8 Ways to Adapt Your Leadership Strategy for a Virtual Workforce
Quickly adjusting strategy has helped many leaders keep their businesses afloat and retain employees...
Keeping Your Remote Workforce Connected
As organizations ride the rollercoaster of 2020 and discover new methods for operating virtually,...
Fears About Returning to the Office
We recently surveyed thousands of U.S. workers to find out how they are feeling about their jobs due...
5 Reasons You Need a Better Org Chart for Workforce Planning
Given all of the uncertainty in the world today, effective workforce planning has never been more...
Your Staff May Be Leaving You
With millions unemployed around the world, your employees are grateful to have a job and wouldn’t...
FFCR Act (FFCRA) Documentation and Tracking
Businesses across the country are scrambling to understand the new Families First Coronavirus Response...
The Tools for Fixing Modern Management
Every year, millions of Americans start new jobs—in October alone, the U.S. economy added roughly...
Benefits of an Online Org Chart
Organizational charts have been around a long, long time. The first org charts were reportedly created...
Limited versus Unlimited PTO – Which one is Right for your Business?
Unlimited paid time off sounds too good to be true to some, but there are many companies out there...
Understanding the California Sick Leave Law
Over the last few years an increasing number of states have created or updated their sick leave laws...
What is PTO - A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Paid Time Off
What does PTO stand for? PTO stands for paid time off. Businesses may use this term instead of vacation...
Questions to Ask During a PTO Software Demo
Before you choose a PTO tracking system, you’re likely to research several different options in the...
Choosing a PTO Tracking System
It’s now 2019 and for a lot of companies that means the beginning of a new PTO year. With the new...
How to Apply for a Job Confidently, Without Being Obnoxious
I remember being in a college class where one of our assignments was to create a resume and a cover...
4 Common Resume Mistakes You Should Avoid
I review quite a few resumes. So far this year I’ve reviewed 268 resumes (I know this because of the...
How to Track PTO as a Growing Company
A lot of small companies track paid time off using paper forms, emails, or spreadsheets. As these...
How to Terminate an Employee and Not Feel Terrible Afterwards
No one wants to terminate an employee. It’s unpleasant for everyone involved! I feel fortunate that...
PTO Accruals - Yearly Lump Sum or Per Pay Period?
Transitioning from a manual PTO tracking process to using an online, automated PTO tracking system...
Ditch Your PTO Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets are great for a lot of scenarios within a business, especially those dealing with numbers...
Death to 360-Degree Performance Reviews
Please prove me wrong on this. I want to buy into the 360-degree performance review process, I really...
How to Manually Manage PTO
As the person responsible for overseeing your organization’s time off, yours is a big job! If you...
Should the PTO Year Begin on January 1?
With the help of modern software, designing and managing your PTO policies is easier than ever. Many...
Advantages of Offering PTO Rollover
Over the past few years as I’ve interacted with people searching for an online PTO tracking system...
Finding Dedicated Employees - Four Questions You Don’t Ask, But Should
Finding hardworking, dedicated employees is challenging. You collect resumes, perform screening interviews...
Three Ways to Ensure a Smooth Transition During Senior Management Changes
When upper management transitions occur, you want the process to be painless. This isn’t always easy...
Five Benefits of Allowing Your Employees to Work from Home
Have you considered making the switch from a traditional office atmosphere to allowing your employees...
Creating a Company Culture – Get Started in Four Simple Steps
Company culture. Remember that? It’s that topic you covered in chapter II of your employee handbook...