Business Values Affect a Business's Priorities
R. Bruce Moore, Idaho Business Review
September 15, 2008
Acres of Diamonds at Work
Ron Price
Feel like you're playing employee roulette? Stop hoping for the best and start hiring people who will excel.
New Workers Must Hit the Ground Running
Ron Price, Investor's Business Daily, Managing for Success
May 12, 2008
Office Politics: Entrepreneurial Hiring
Ron Price, Special to the Daily Business Journal
The Nova Scotia Business Journal
Owner/managers
sometimes view hiring, supervising and managing as a means to an end,
rather than a critical part of fulfilling their entrepreneurial dreams.
How they understand the job and the candidate may be one of the most
important factors in their future success. Read Ron Price's article, Entrepreneurial Hiring for three steps every owner/manager should take before bringing a candidate onboard. Read More....
Warning to Owners: Hold on to Your Top Performers
Ron Price
I recently heard a business owner say, "We don't have to worry about retention as much because the employment market has softened, and there isn't as much demand for workers." True, it may be a little easier to find candidates for some positions these days, but this owner completely missed the more important point: There is always a demand for top performers, and your top performers know it. Read More....
Talent Management: The Future of Every Business
Ron Price
Business is changing! The talent pool is shrinking as Baby Boomers retire. Huge changes are not on the horizon, they are upon us. For organizations which embrace the "new world," tremendous, sustained growth is our future.
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Reflections on Strategic Planning
Ron Price
Strategy is the second most important and highest risk activity of an organization's leadership. I have spent over 25 years watching and participating in strategic planning. I have experienced every role in the process in almost every kind of organization. I have seen strategic planning at its best and worst, both in design and impact. From these experiences, I offer the following reflections. Read More...
Under the joint sponsorship of the Idaho Health Care Association and Price Associates, a group of health care executives and leaders gathered in the fall of 2005 to create a job benchmark for the Director of Nursing Services position. This position was chosen because the executives identified this position as having a significant level of turnover, both in their respective organizations and industry-wide (anywhere from 30% - 50% annually). Read More...