Professional Leadership: The Short Words Are Best

May 31, 2011

“The short words are best, and the old words are best of all.” -Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill has been quoted by many. President Obama shared one of Churchill’s quotes this week while toasting the Queen of England. Churchill is well known for his inspirational speeches and selection of words. His famous speeches have been retold [...]

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Learning About Engines Of Innovation: Takeaways From Holden Thorpe’s Talk

March 18, 2011

I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Holden Thorpe, Chancellor of UNC, speak recently about his new book, Engines of Innovation:  The Entrepreneurial University in the Twenty-First Century.  University allegiances aside, I had more than a fair share of relevant takeaways that can be applied to any entrepreneurial organization: First, learn to drink coffee. Chancellor [...]

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Five Reasons Start Ups Should Use a Recruiting Firm Like Greene Resources

February 18, 2011

For start up companies, the recruiting process is an essential and important step toward a successful business. Start ups can fall prey to the idea that recruiting is a process that doesn’t require much energy, especially in the current economy when jobs are scarce and unemployed workers are constantly on the job search. On the [...]

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Employee Retention: A Tale of Two Companies

January 18, 2011

Google and Zappos, two cultures of which have been well-documented examples of “best practices” within the technology vertical, incorporate very different approaches toward employee retention.  Both companies have seen remarkable success thus far in attracting and retaining talent; however, time will tell how each company fares in the long-term.  Google utilizes the tried-and-true retention strategy [...]

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Our Staffing Resolution: See The “New” From Every Angle

January 17, 2011

Sunday was my son’s first birthday. I spent most of the day reminiscing about how much he had grown.  It wasn’t long before I was caught up in the memories.  His first smile. His first laugh. His first words.  The pictures. The slide show. “Where did the time go?” I thought. “Has it really been [...]

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Business Development Is Booming Across The Triangle

November 8, 2010

Last week our team attended Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Awards. The Fast 50 is a prestigious acknowledgment that has been given out by TBJ for the last 18 years and has become a reliable staple and benchmark of growth and success among private businesses in the region.  For the 7th consecutive year, Greene Resources [...]

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How A Staffing Services Agency Can Reduce The Risk of Independent Contractor Misclassification

October 21, 2010

According to an article in Entrepreneur magazine, there is pending legislation that will make it more difficult for organizations to hire and employ independent contractors. The “Employee Misclassification Prevention Act” aims to increase fines for employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors. If passed, it will encourage additional government scrutiny into how employers are classifying [...]

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Managing Talent in a Recessionary Economy

October 18, 2010

In ongoing conversations with Executives and Business Owners, there are a number of pressing issues ranking at the top of the list – growing sales, customer service, product/service fulfillment, cost containment, and the list goes on. When the conversation switches from short term strategies to long term strategies, managing talent is generally not high on [...]

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Greene Resources: Staffing Solutions that are Elastic and Virtualized

September 22, 2010

This week kicks off Oracle Open World.  An impressive weeklong conference of awards, recognitions, innovation and discussions centered around the latest and greatest technology.  Although I will not be in attendance, a number of our clients are Oracle customers and will be.  I look forward to following their “tech tweets” as the week unfolds. One [...]

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Is a Temporary Employment Agency the Solution to Your Staffing Needs?

September 9, 2010

While the recovering economy is still in the “good news, bad news” state, there are definite signs that it is recovering. We’re seeing uneven job growth as the most recent Department of Labor report attests. The issue for many managers is how they can fill an influx of orders without increasing their permanent head count. [...]

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