B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

 
Time management is all about production and efficiency. We often make decisions on tasks to optimize both while meeting our goals. Our tasks can fall into the categories of important and urgent. Important tasks are ones such as developing a strategy or doing research. These are critical to a company’s success, but have no well-defined deadline. Urgent tasks, however, have a well-defined deadline and are usually used by others to judge production and value for your company. Examples of urgent tasks include reports, meetings, and emergencies.

Pendulums make for pretty good employment cycle analogies because they both have a recognizable arc, apex, and return path. Regardless the size, pendulums typically aren’t dangerous unless you turn your back on them. That’s when you don’t see “it” coming until…..Wwhhhaaack!

Getting caught flat-footed because your top candidate accepts a role elsewhere (or worse, a better offer from one of your competitors) can be sobering, leaving you with quite a headache.

I recently returned from a two week vacation on the beach. While some may look forward to vacations with anticipation, I tend to see them as bittersweet. Taking vacations has always been difficult for me because thoughts of work piling up haunt me while I’m away. I also don’t like the idea of others doing work in my stead. I learned from reading this article that I was not unlike many Americans in this respect.

As a small business active for more than 20 years, Remedi understands the value of employee morale and retention. While our business and workforce has grown, we have seen the need to find dependable, long-term employees.  In our experience, by treating employees like extended family, we have been able to sustain high morale and retain valuable employees. The investments made have since paid major dividends. Some of Remedi’s longest tenured consultants have been with the company for more than 17 years.