by James Harwood | May 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
You can’t fix what you can’t see. And when employees quietly disengage, showing up but checking out, most leaders don’t realize there’s a problem until turnover spikes or performance tanks. That’s where employee engagement survey vendors...
by James Harwood | May 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Running HR, IT, and finance across disconnected tools creates exactly the kind of mess that slows growing companies down. Duplicate data entry, manual workarounds, and the inevitable "which system is the source of truth?" debate. That’s where Rippling...
by James Harwood | May 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Hiring someone at the wrong salary costs you twice, overpay and you blow your budget, underpay and you lose them to a competitor within the year. Either way, guessing isn’t a strategy. That’s where LinkedIn salary insights come in. LinkedIn offers built-in...
by James Harwood | May 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you’ve ever searched for DOL FMLA forms and ended up clicking through a maze of government links, you’re not alone. The Department of Labor provides a specific set of forms that employers must use, or may use, when managing FMLA leave requests, and...
by James Harwood | May 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most business owners and managers use the terms performance management vs performance appraisal interchangeably, and that confusion quietly creates real problems. One is a once-a-year event that often feels like a formality. The other is an ongoing system that...
by James Harwood | May 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
You can feel when company culture is off. Turnover spikes, engagement drops, and hiring gets harder, but "it just feels wrong" isn’t something you can bring to a leadership meeting. That’s exactly why knowing how to measure company culture...
by James Harwood | May 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
One employee requests leave to care for a newborn. Another needs time off for surgery. A third wants to support a spouse deployed overseas. Each situation triggers a different set of rules under the same law, and mishandling any of them can expose your company to...
by James Harwood | May 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Hiring someone new is exciting, until you realize how much paperwork, compliance documentation, and coordination goes into getting them set up. If you’re running a growing company with 10 to 250 employees, a messy onboarding process doesn’t just frustrate...
by James Harwood | May 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
When you’re competing for talent, guessing at pay ranges isn’t a strategy, it’s a liability. That’s where compensation surveys come in, and the Radford compensation survey (now part of Aon’s broader McLagan platform) is one of the most...
by James Harwood | May 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Getting compensation right is one of the hardest parts of building a team, and one of the most consequential. Pay too little, and you lose good people. Pay too much without a plan, and you burn through cash. That’s where reliable benchmarking data comes in, and...
