20% OF MY REVENUE Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A startled business owner from Virigina called the other day to tell me his biggest customer has decided to end their business relationship. […]
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AI TOOK MY JOB Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Florida called me the other day to discuss his Company’s employee lay off process. Like most forward-thinking organizations, the […]
MEDIATION Steven Cesare, Ph.D. Another disenchanted business owner from California called me the other day to discuss a recent employee legal issue. Apparently one of the business owner’s Maintenance Laborers […]
VETS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Wisconsin called me the other day to discuss last week’s Tuesdays with Steve post on calculating a Year End Bonus. The business […]
YEAR END BONUS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Illinois called me the other day to discuss myriad compensation issues, especially wage and salary scales, bonus programs, and commission […]
PROMOTE ME Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Colorado called me the other day to talk about her Construction Manager who just offered a proposal that he could add […]
STOP TALKING Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from California called me the other day requesting advice on how to address a performance issue he is having with his Human […]
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER Steven Cesare, Ph.D. An executive from North Carolina called me the other day with an update on the new CEO recently hired by his employer. […]
STAFFING PROGRAM KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Mississippi called me the other day to discuss his company’s staffing program as the 2026 landscape season is […]
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AUDIT DOCUMENTS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. In follow-up from last week’s posting about the Massachusetts business owner who was visited by the Department of Labor as part of […]
$300,000 TO START Steven Cesare, Ph.D. An apprehensive business owner from Massachusetts called me the other day to inform me that his company was just visited by the Department of […]
CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER ON-BOARDING Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A very successful business owner from Florida called me the other day to talk about his new Client Services Manager. Being new to […]
HAVE THEIR BACK Steven Cesare, Ph.D. An aggressive business owner from Illinois called me the other day to talk about a situation she was having with one of her clients. […]
EXECUTIVE PRIORITIES Steven Cesare, Ph.D. An enterprising business owner from Massachusetts called me the other day to express frustration with the volume of work he is doing. Unfortunately, the topic […]
YOU’VE LOST YOUR EDGE Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from what’s left of the state of California called me the other day to talk about various human resources issues […]
FACEBOOK Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Michigan called me the other day to talk about designing and implementing a legal termination process for one of his longtime management […]
SHORING Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A frantic business owner from Washington state called me the other day to talk about a recent OSHA investigation conducted on one of her company job […]
LOOKING FORWARD Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A very successful business owner from Maryland called me the other day to talk about his field operation. His field team is exemplary. He has […]
FIELD PRIORITIES Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Illinois called me the other day to discuss the process for developing his company’s list of key initiatives for achieving identified […]
WHAT’S ON THE MEETING AGENDA? Steven Cesare, Ph.D. In response to last week’s Tuesdays with Steve posting, a business owner from the Lone Star State of Texas called me to […]
WHEN IS THE MEETING? Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A deliberate business owner from Virginia called me the other day to share his thoughts about increasing the frequency, detail, and value of […]
WHAT’S THE GOAL? Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Florida called me the other day to talk about his upcoming strategic planning meeting. Riding the wave of several consecutive […]
AN EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN FRAMEWORK Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Illinois called me the other day to talk about his proposed employee bonus plans for 2026. Building upon […]
OWNERS’ ALIGNMENT Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Tennessee called me the other day to talk about his company’s 2026 Strategic Plan. Rapt with excitement to formalize the company’s […]
WHAT IS YOUR PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT? Steven Cesare, Ph.D. An efficient business owner from Michigan called me the other day to provide me with an update on his ongoing staffing […]