Mitzi Branvold

Deciding to hire an employee isn’t something that you should take lightly. When you decide to bring people in to help you grow your business, the truth is that you need to choose the right person for the job.  Here are some tips to help you hire the right employee for your job.  First, you […]

Building a successful team is a challenge that will affect every organization looking to grow a successful business. Whether you are an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, manager, employee, teamwork, and team building are a part of your work life. Typically, when we think about this topic, we put it in the hands of managers in each department.

Getting it right with your human resources goes beyond what can be termed as reliable empowerment and leadership without force. Getting the most out of your employees is a multi-faceted aspect of organizational leadership. First, you will need to create a working environment founded on mutual trust. That immensely helps in identifying and working on

Fulfillment is an intangible thing which no one can define completely. And yet, you know when you are fulfilled because you get, very literally, a feeling of being “fully filled.” Often, people who haven’t achieved what they want to achieve have a hollow type of feeling, as though something is missing. The feeling of fulfillment

It can be quite difficult to focus on work when you’re working in a messy area. And yet, a lot of us find it very difficult to keep our work area organized. Papers seem to pile up around us and they’re not in any organized piles either. They just seem to be lying any which

Many people believe that in order to get ahead, you have to be competitive. This means proving to your customers that your product or service is better than your competitor’s. At times, people even go so far as to take certain steps that will harm their competitors, such as targeting their customers, buying up the

When you ask many great people how they achieved what they achieved, they’ll tell you that they believed in what they did. What exactly does this mean? And how do you do it? Is it possible to suddenly start believing in what you do? Or is belief reserved for special things—the things that you really

We’ve all had days when we were simmering inside our heads because of some seemingly innocent comment that one of our coworkers made. Maybe they said something about what a great weekend they just had. But you know that they only had a great weekend because they passed on their work to you, which meant

One of the worst things that we do nowadays is saving things up without using them. Everyone is guilty of this to a certain extent. Maybe you made an impulse purchase, but it stays in your closet for months or even years before you use it. A great example of this can be seen in

We have all experienced a toxic workplace. Have you worked for a caring boss that ran a weak business that was crumbling? Maybe you have worked for a thriving business with a boss with poor empathy and compassion towards its employees. Either situation is not ideal. There are steps you can take to maintain a