Keep Your Most Competitive Advantage Healthy There’s much in the design in nature that parallels with how we humans are designed. In vegetation, emerging signs of droop or brown leaves signal a lack of water, sun, or nutrients. This is the time to in...

We each must condition ourselves to “See the Good”. Take the time to gather positive feedback from clients, customers and employees, and recognize contributions at team gatherings. Walk through the business and connect with team members by name. With...

As we continue our series on nurturing and growing your business, it’s important that we discuss how that is accomplished through the enrichment of your foundation: your people. To raise the engagement factor (like fertilizing your garden), it’s esse...

Cultivate Growth The HR Professionals at Achilles Group invest time, expertise and resources as we cultivate leadership capabilities within our client businesses.  And, just as in nature, different seasons of business require adjustments in how ...

We don’t hire people to lose them.  If you have an employee who is not performing up to their potential or who has strayed from their usual high standard of work, take a positive approach to focus on respect and getting the employee back on trac...

On National Doctors’ Day we celebrate the many amazing contributions of physicians to our lives and communities. Fun Fact: The first observance was March 28, 1933, in Winder, Georgia, and the date chosen was the anniversary of the first use of genera...

First Year Results  Client: Achilles Group  Member since: 2016  Membership: Primary365 with a level self-funded plan  Achilles Group saved $300 per employee in claims spent in year one.   Achilles Group is a human resources m...

  Navigating the employment guidelines around the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) can be complex and require expert guidance. This is because the specifics of what constitutes a reasonable accommodation can vary depending ...

  Prioritizing goals with focus is essential for achieving your organization’s success. It helps your team use resources wisely, stay motivated, make better decisions, and achieve the most important objectives. Why should you do this? Clarity of...

Today, there are more employers hiring remote workers than ever before.  For context, 4% of jobs were hiring for permanently remote positions before the pandemic.  Now, that number has rapidly grown to 36% by the end of 2022 (Kashyap, 2023)...

On our 21st Anniversary, the Achilles Group Family would like to express our gratitude to our team, our clients, and the Houston business community for another amazing year. We love where we live, we love what we do, and we love who we do it with. In...

The December cold snap left most of us with a lot of soggy stems, mushy ground cover, and sad-looking flower beds.  Now we must clear the debris, let in the sun, water the roots, cultivate the soil, and set in some fresh plants.  Give our p...

A Christmas Story... As a kid my Christmas often came with a 10-hour winter car ride from Oklahoma City to the sandhills of Nebraska. Dad and Mom had to use every cubic inch to load in a family of 7, a dog named Tico, and a weeks’ worth of cold weath...

Choose to see the good, the beauty, the precious moment...   We all have much for which to be thankful. We are free, in a nation of plenty with a heritage of giving thanks to God and of giving a helping hand to those in need. We inherently know ...

Pledge to Remember     Veterans Day…   Dad joined the navy at 17 years old near the end of WW2 stationed in the Philippines.  Years later as a kid I loved wearing his old white service hats or “Dixie Cups” as they were c...

2023 is just around the bend, and it is the time of year when business leaders like you think through opportunities to expand your business.    Even though inflation, the need to find and retain talent, and rising payroll costs challenge yo...

  Client Alert Covered employers must replace the “EEO is the Law” poster with the new “Know your Rights” poster and place it in a conspicuous location in the workplace where notices to applicants and employees are customarily posted.  &nbs...

Starting on November 1, 2022, employers verifying their employees’ identity and employment authorization eligibility must use the new I-9 Form version. Note:  Employers should continue using the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification...

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced plans on October 13, 2022, to make it harder for employers to classify workers as independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Why it’s important for your business: The Facts Misclassifyi...

This Can Puncture Profits 4 Steps to Fortify Your Business   After taking a respite during the peak of the pandemic, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has exploded with new lawsuits on allegations of discrimination in the w...