The “science of happiness” tells us that gratitude is not only an emotional experience but a pragmatic tool.  Practicing gratitude can help us sleep better, lower stress, develop positive relationships, and generally lead healthier lives.

Obviously, it’s easy to be grateful for what we already enjoy in life. However, it’s a lot harder to find gratitude…

Boomerang employees – those who have left your organization and are re-hired – are becoming more common today. In the current environment of low unemployment rates and long-time-to-fill cycles on jobs, it might be a strategy that you want to be thoughtful about as you source viable candidates.

Consider these pros to re-hiring good former employees:

1.…

Have you ever faced having a difficult conversation with someone - a co-worker, a friend, a family member, a subordinate? You put if off, and put it off, and put it off?

The thoughts racing through your mind are things like:

    How do I say what I need to say?

    She will take…

Now more than ever, companies are facing pressure to save money at all costs. This means layoffs and scaling back on resources that were once offered to staff.

The remaining employees – also impacted by the Great Resignation - bear the burden of extra work with less…

We cannot find top talent!

If you and your colleagues are experiencing the same, you are not alone.  Welcome to “the candidate’s market." 

In real estate, a buyer’s market is when there is a high inventory of homes for sale, prices are lower and buyers have an advantage over sellers.  The same holds true in the…

In the post-pandemic world, the most crucial human resources areas to focus on are retention, recruitment, and diversity within the workplace. Voluntary turnover rates are at an all-time high, while attracting fresh, qualified talent feels harder than ever.

And the difficulties don’t stop there. Once the roles have been filled and hierarchies established, the road…

A silver lining of the COVID pandemic was shattering the mentality that companies cannot change, even radically, unless they are “ready” to.  In the corporate environment, the most pressing priority became the expeditious broad-scale adoption of remote working.  We can imagine that those companies who already embedded some level of remote working infrastructure and virtual…

Over the last four decades, the topic of DEI has evolved tremendously and this will continue.  The evolution of this critical component in our lives is one that needs to be “living and breathing” and not be stagnant.  

In my own experience,…

Human resource courageous authenticity blog NJ... 

When thinking of courageously authentic leadership it is easy to romanticize about fearlessness, valor, and spirit; however, in reality it is truly about extreme vulnerability and heartfulness. 

Courageous authenticity is not a cushy or weak business platitude. Rather it is an ever-present source of strength and wisdom leaders use to author…

Successful organizations know there is value in looking back at business performance to recognize what’s working and take corrective action in the short and long term.

Every quarter, one client spends a full week on the business financials: five people are involved for over 20 hours, resulting in 100 hours of dedicated time looking at lagging…

Now more than ever, companies are facing pressure to save money at all costs. This means layoffs and scaling back on resources that were once offered to staff. The remaining employees bear the burden of extra work with less support, all while navigating their current work from home, return to the office or hybrid schedule.…

November is upon us, 2021 quickly coming to an end.  November offers time to pause before the last month of this very year. A month to focus on giving thanks. Gratitude, which in my professional and personal opinion, is the most life changing, positivity-bringing, easiest way of immediately improving your life.

It requires no money, no…

Strategic workforce planning is created by designing a process within your organization that proactively anticipates current and future hiring needs. This will ensure your organization has the resources needed to meet its business goals.

A hybrid environment offers its own set of challenges, thereby stimulating the need for creative organizational solutions. To stabilize staffing levels across…

As we head into the 4th quarter of another unique year, the Crothers team reached out to over 100 CEOs and senior executives in the tri-state for our quarterly Crothers Pulse Report to uncover the HR issues facing leaders today.

Not surprisingly, 86% of those surveyed are concerned about the impending ‘great resignation’ and are…

This week, several conversations are taking me right back to the 90’s war for talent.  Here are just a few of the comments I’ve heard from leaders I’ve been speaking to the last few weeks:

“My son just graduated from college in May with a BS. He was made an offer and before he even started…