Mitzi Branvold

Everyone at your workplace deserves respect, no matter the position held. Respect creates a healthy work environment and promotes teamwork, leading to increased productivity.  Every staff member feels valued and becomes more motivated to work. Respect promotes the company culture and makes each employee stay loyal to their work and the organization. Here are ways […]

Let’s face it. Between the pandemic and economic dislocation, we can sometimes find it hard to maintain a positive attitude. However, with a few simple tricks, you can feel a degree of contentment even in the worst of times. The first thing you should do is to count your blessings. The advice seems to be

The pandemic caused many distractions in the business world as several companies closed down temporarily while others could no longer get back to work. Fortunately, things are getting better each day.  If you’re planning to resume operations, you need to prepare effectively. It may not be easy to catch up from where you left. However,

In general, when you’re managing employees, it’s always a good idea to give them a certain degree of recognition. You want to praise them for the things they do well so that they’ll continue doing more and more of those things. And you want to offer constructive criticism in other cases, so that they know

It’s difficult to define exactly what respect means, but one thing is for sure: you always know when someone respects you and when they don’t! In fact, many people feel that respect is even more important than other human emotions like love and affection. If someone loves/likes you without respecting you, you’ll always feel like

You have adjusted to working with millennials. Now, get ready for Generation Z. Young people who were born in 1997 or later are entering the workplace. Their experiences and attitudes are somewhat different from those of their slightly older counterparts. Compared to millennials and Generation X, they are more racially and ethnically diverse, more are immigrants, and

After being interviewed multiple times, you will find it much different being the one asking the questions. You need to be prepared with a list of questions that will give the right inside into a potential employee so you can make an informed decision. While coming up with the questions, you need to be careful.

Have you tried lately to orchestrate achievement of an important goal? Is there trouble getting everyone on board?  Implementing a strategy that involves large teams is not easy. The more people involved, the more complicated it is to communicate the goals(s) and cast a vision for success. Whether trying to achieve personal goals or goals

When you decide to bring someone into your business to help, you shouldn’t take it lightly. In fact, you really need to find the right person for the job. Otherwise, you could find yourself looking for another employee before you ever imagined.  Here are some more tips to help you hire the right employee for

Dreams give our lives purpose, and help us look forward to the days to come. Everyone has a dream or dreams just waiting to be realized.  Maybe you want to be debt free, or travel to another country. Maybe your dream is to help an orphan child find good parents or maybe it’s to find