The Great Resignation – Finding the Silver Lining
By: Susan Walsh, SHRM-SCP One of my favorite movies is “Silver Linings Playbook” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. It’s a worthy combination of comedy and drama that takes a …
Strategies to Combat Common Causes of Scope Creep
By: Amy Baugh Change is inevitable. As a project manager, I can’t think of a single project whose final deliverables are perfectly aligned with the initial intent and understanding. Every …
Moving the Needle: Driving Meaningful Conversation with Stakeholders
By: Amy Baugh All projects have one or more curveballs where things don’t go as planned. When you have bad news to share with stakeholders, or perhaps a necessary change …
Tips for Writing a Rejection Letter
By: Susan Walsh, SHRM-SCP Americans say they tell an average of nine people about good experiences, and nearly twice as many (16 people) about poor ones – making every individual …
Continuous Improvement Cycle
By: Ronette Kersting Everyone wants to improve but change is hard. Implementing changes is even more difficult…many fall short. Bureaucracy, organizational structure, and even culture can block progress and stall …
Everyday Lean…Continuous Flow
By: Ronette Kersting A pet peeve…WAITING (particularly in traffic)! Waiting is considered one of the “8 Wastes of Lean”. Lean thinking aims to remove waste. What is “waste” you may …
Learning To See…Value Stream Mapping
By: Ronette Kersting WHAT IS VALUE STREAM MAPPING? A visual lean tool that helps analyze and optimize an entire process. It is a method …
What Tools Are In Your Toolbox?
By: Ronette Kersting Lean tools are utilized across many industries—from manufacturing to engineering to business resources. Whether you are building a physical product or creating a Lean culture, these tools …
A Deep Dive into Candidate Personas
By: Susan Walsh, SHRM-SCP What is a candidate persona? A candidate persona is a profile of an ideal candidate that is based on data gathered from the job description, key …
Best Practices in Employment Branding
By: Susan Walsh, SHRM-SCP While employment branding may be a reflection of company brand or loosely related to product brand, they are not the same thing. Employment branding includes messaging …
