July 23rd, 2012 
Mary Hladio 
Are you extraordinary?
The best managers have a fundamentally different understanding of workplace, company, and team dynamics. According to Geoffrey James with Inc. Magazine, “best of the best” CEO’s in the world tend to share the following eight core beliefs.
1. Business is an ecosystem, not a battlefield.
Average bosses…
July 9th, 2012 Mary Hladio 
LinkedIn is good for business
Most business owners use social networking sites in some capacity or another–but many experts says they’re making a lot of mistakes, especially with LinkedIn. Today, LinkedIn is the No. 1 social media platform for professionals and business owners. Estimates of professional and small business owner …
March 2nd, 2012 Mary Hladio Today is National Employee Appreciate Day. A day that is an opportunity for employers and companies to give thanks to their staff. Although not a nationally recognized holiday, many companies and small businesses have recently begun participating in Employee Appreciation Day which falls on the first Friday of March.
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Leadership 
Tags: business, Employment, Small business 
12 Comments » January 30th, 2012 Mary Hladio 
Performance Evaluation
As most HR professionals know, an employee review is an essential part of building an effective organization. Just like smart recruiting helps you get the best possible talent, a well-developed employee review process allows you to develop that talent. Conducting reviews takes experience to finesse, but is worth …
Posted in Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Goal Setting, Leadership, Management Skills Tags: business, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Goal Setting, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Management Skills, Organization, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance appraisal, Review, Small business, Talent 29 Comments » January 9th, 2012 Mary Hladio 
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The degrees of separation between any one of Facebook’s 800 million users is close to 4, on average—much less than the “six degrees of separation” notion people throw around.
Within the same country, the degrees of separation between any two users declines to nearly 3.
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, FUEL, Globalization, Innovation Tags: business, Company Culture, EmberCarriers, FUEL, Global, Innovation, Organizational culture, Productivity, Vision 12 Comments » December 12th, 2011 Mary Hladio 
Invest in your workforce
Small businesses tend to regard training as an optional expenditure. The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) has found that companies with fewer than 500 employees typically allocate fewer training hours per employee compared with larger companies but also end up spending more per employee.…
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Goal Setting, Knowledge Worker, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: business, Company Culture, Education and Training, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Employment, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Talent Development, Training 12 Comments »
