Mike Gibbons

The 7 essential human resources policies you should proactively develop for your new employee handbook, plus four you should absolutely avoid.

This ten-step checklist is written to help get your new team members started quickly and efficiently, from making a job offer, to their first day of work.

Four simple steps you can take to figure out the sort of assistant you need, what they’ll do, and how much they should be paid.

Independent contractor vs. employee? Which should you hire to help you shoulder that steadily growing mountain of work and responsibilities as you grow your business? You…

I’m not an employment lawyer, tax accountant, payroll specialist, or recruiter. (Yes, according to my mom I could have been any of these, but I went a different path.) That said,…

These questions are meant to be hard. These questions can be asked of anyone, by anyone. Whoever you are, the goal of asking these questions is to get a feel for how aligned…

It's not a bad thing to be a culture assassin. But unlike their ninja counterparts they don't wield swords, nunchakus, or throwing stars. Instead, a really good culture assassin…

KPIs, metrics, and feelings are good indicators of workplace culture health. But what happens under stress or during hard times? How does the organization adapt to change? This is…

In early 2016 the founders of the company I worked for decided it was time to sell the business. When I consider the craziness of that year, I remember the mixed feelings of…

What are the best books out there related to developing a healthy, high-performing workplace culture? This fantastic list of ten books comes courtesy of my friend Lorie Corcuera…