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Six years ago, the oldest members of the Baby Boomer generation began reaching the traditional retirement age of 65. Due to many factors, people have been choosing to defer their retirement, but now, in 2017, an estimated 10,000 Boomers are retiring every day. Millennials have largely made their way through…
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The entrepreneurial spirit is an admirable thing: small business leaders are adaptive, they’re fast on their feet, open to innovation, and think critically. But even when they’re passionate about their businesses and what they do, some aspects of small business ownership can be spirit-crushing. With so much to do in…
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Small business growth is every entrepreneur’s dream, but with all the extra work to put in and logistics to consider, it can feel like a nightmare. When a company reaches a stage of rapid growth, it’s important not only to make the current expansion as smooth as possible, but also…
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To say that this past year has been interesting for the field of human resources would be vastly understating it. For people working in HR, the events of 2017 have caused both headache and important introspection, and this need for change is going to continue into 2018. Here are some…
Read MoreThe best way to prevent harassment from happening in your organization is by understanding, leading, and asking.
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Leadership changes can be frightening and stressful times for any organization, but for nonprofits, finding a new executive director can be especially difficult. With different budgets and governance structures than for-profit companies, a nonprofit search process is filled with challenges that just aren’t present in other circumstances. Here are three…
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Mergers and acquisitions can generate very strong and very mixed feelings for everyone in a company. Excitement, anxiety, resistance, and enthusiasm are all valid, and could be felt to varying degrees by everyone at different stages. As the people-people of the company, it is the job of HR professionals to…
Read MoreManaging the Leader’s Transition Picture this. You’ve just been appointed the Board Chair for a respected and beloved non-profit organization in your community. You’ve envisioned a year worth of comfortable meetings to discuss how to improve and grow your great services. And then, one day you receive a call from…
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Human Resources sometimes gets a bad rap for being the people who say “no.” True, part of HR’s responsibility in a company is to make sure that employees and management are complying with regulations and policies, but long-term trends have shown that HR professionals are becoming more and more strategic.…
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For businesses, it’s a good time to be in Grand Rapids. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Grand Rapids metropolitan area was the fastest growing economy in the United States in 2016, at a 4.4% increase in total workforce by the end of the year.…
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