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Take a breath. No, you’re probably not paying your people too much. But you would still like to know how much you should be paying them. Why is that question so hard to answer?

Sounds like a silly question, doesn’t it? But the answer could be more complex than you think, and more important to employee retention than you imagined.

Maybe you think this means paying more money. There are lots of ways to make your staff feel more valued that can cost you little or nothing. Interested?

Compensation tells the story to your employees about how you value them. That makes it uncomfortable talking with employees about their pay because there are so many ways those conversations can [...]

No one starts the hiring process expecting to fall into the Goldilocks Trap. But people can—and do—just the same. How do you avoid it?

You can read yourself to sleep at night with all the material about how to do your BVFLS work. But, how to build a practice that actually gets the work? That’s different. And Rod Burkert has some [...]

Millennials expect promotions and raises to come early and often. You knew that, of course. How do you satisfy their desire for career progression and still make it work to your firm’s benefit?

When clients come to you, uncertain about who will run their business next, you may be tempted to think, “If only they had started sooner.” However, that same sentiment could apply to you.

The only thing harder than deciding to fire someone is delivering the news. What do you say? When and how do you say it? It’s not easy. But, there’s help.

Don’t wait for your staff to leave and then use an Exit Interview to ask what caused them to look for another job. Use a Stay Interview to ask what makes them want to keep working for you now – [...]