Articles by Ken Okel

Aug, 10 2020

Do You Have Effective Goals?

By |2020-08-10T18:39:55+00:00August 10th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Do You Have Effective Goals?

Especially when things may be hectic at work, it’s important to have effective goals. Otherwise essential changes may stall. Right now, can you grab a piece of paper and write [...]

Aug, 3 2020

Negative Feedback Loop: Resetting Team Culture

By |2020-08-05T14:05:04+00:00August 3rd, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Negative Feedback Loop: Resetting Team Culture

During challenging times it’s important for leaders to focus on resetting team culture. All of the challenges from COVID-19 may have you and your employees stuck in a loop of [...]

Jul, 27 2020

Employee Productivity: Leading Through Anxiety

By |2020-07-27T18:25:57+00:00July 27th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Employee Productivity: Leading Through Anxiety

Right now a lot of business owners find themselves leading through anxiety. It appears disruption from COVID-19 will be ongoing. As you look to get through the rest of 2020, [...]

Jul, 20 2020

Hiring Process Tip: Beware of Stunt Doubles

By |2020-07-20T16:08:07+00:00July 20th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , |Comments Off on Hiring Process Tip: Beware of Stunt Doubles

Over time, good employees will leave your organization and before you replace them, you should consider a simple hiring process tip. Because if you’re not careful, you could end up [...]

Jul, 13 2020

Hiring More Employees during COVID19

By |2020-07-13T18:43:20+00:00July 13th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Hiring More Employees during COVID19

New customer service or safety needs may have you hiring more employees during COVID19. While bringing in additional people, or seasonal employees, is usually a good thing, the strategy can [...]

Jul, 6 2020

Barry Backroom: How Big Ideas Can Fail

By |2020-07-06T18:11:34+00:00July 6th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Barry Backroom: How Big Ideas Can Fail

Some leaders, who are considering making charges to their businesses, need to understand how big ideas can fail. COVID-19 has created a lot of new business challenges and you may [...]

Jun, 22 2020

The Coronavirus Demands Flexible Business Leadership

By |2020-07-06T15:43:55+00:00June 22nd, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on The Coronavirus Demands Flexible Business Leadership

Flexible business leadership is required at a time when it may feel like the coronavirus is changing the rules of the game on a daily basis. Right now, there are [...]

Jun, 15 2020

Is Your COVID19 Employee Communication Missing Something?

By |2020-07-06T15:44:25+00:00June 15th, 2020|Categories: Articles by Ken Okel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Is Your COVID19 Employee Communication Missing Something?

During the disruption of a global pandemic, some leaders may want to rethink their COVID19 employee communication. Updates and changes will likely need to be shared quickly. It’s important to [...]

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