Myths abound in the workplace regarding the availability, motivations, and desires of today’s employee.  Here are four dangerous workforce myths that need to be forever buried and replaced by new realities. Myth #1: You just can’t find good people these days. New Reality #1: There are millions of great employees in the workplace. To achieve great results, […]

Overwhelmed. Confused. Aggravated. Unproductive. Disorganized. Frustrated. Ever felt that way at work? I did this morning. Three hours of false starts and wasted time over how much I have to do, how little time I have to do it, how little resources I have available, and on and on and on. You get the picture. […]

Placements are heating up for Ropella this Summer! As new retainers pour in, successful hires for Ropella’s clients are a regular occurrence. Some of the most recent success stories include: Bill Throndset, Senior Staff Scientist for Microbial Physiology at Novozymes Erica Gibson, R&D Chemist at Wörwag Coatings

Develop a clear game plan for each hire. Failing to prepare not only wastes the time of your new hire, it also negatively impacts members of his team who are waiting for the new hire to get settled in and down to work. Before any newly appointed executive starts, take time to review the individual’s duties […]

In its simplest form, succession planning is the strategy for finding suitable people to replace important executives in an organization when current executives leave or retire.  To fulfill this definition, it seems all a company needs to do is wait until a vacancy occurs, and then go out and find a suitable substitute to fill […]

There is much discussion today over the concept of raising the minimum wage in America to over $10.00 an hour. This post is NOT an economic or political dissection of the good, bad, or ugly of this concept. This post is to point our eyes to a higher level of truth. The parable of the […]