Tag Archives: Implementing strategy
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How We Back Up Your Front Line
Posted on 02.20.2018
Achilles Group is committed to producing a great market response to your recruiting ads by implementing a well-structured process, a commitment to hire at targeted salary levels, and effective job postings. However, that means our clients must be well-equipped to manage the response pool, conduct interviews, identify top candidates, approve finalist offers, and close the … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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Minimize Your Company’s Risk with a Hands-Free Driving Policy!
Posted on 08.28.2017
Recent studies have shown that drivers who use their cell phones while driving—whether holding the phone or using a hands-free device—have a much higher risk of collision than those who do not. In fact, one-in-five car crashes are now related to driver distraction, and texting while driving makes a car accident 23 times more likely … Continue reading
Posted in HR Risk Mitigation
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Align Your Strategy, Align Your People
Posted on 04.26.2017
An Employee Reflection on the Crest Management Strategy Alignment Success Story This month, we shared a Strategy Alignment Success Story from one of our clients – Crest Management. They found themselves in the familiar predicament of companies experiencing fast growth… everyone was working in the business and no one was working on the business. As … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy Alignment
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3 Simple Terms for Success
Posted on 04.14.2017
A lot of folks throw around the words business strategy or organizational alignment or strategic planning. The reality is that the ability to draft a simple, direct set of plans or objectives based on a few core disciplines, can move your business forward in a positive direction Don’t make it too complex! Keep your team … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy Alignment
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A Client’s Perspective on Strategy Alignment
Posted on 04.12.2017
We don’t just want you to take our word on the importance of Strategy Alignment at your organization, but read below a Success Story from our client, Crest Management. Achilles Group really facilitated our understanding of the need to align all of our people with key company initiatives. Due to our fast growth, everyone was working in … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy Alignment
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The Importance of Strategy Alignment
Posted on 04.05.2017
Leveraging the Right Priorities Fundamentally, leadership is about getting others to go in the direction you set with full competency and commitment. The challenge is that you’re often too busy to sit down to agree upon that direction or to take the time to really lay out the strategies that truly focus on your business … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy Alignment
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The Importance of People Performance
Posted on 03.06.2017
We Don’t Hire People to Lose Them For those that might not be as familiar with our Fractional HR Concept, we’re excited to share that our upcoming posts will be focused on providing you with more in-depth information on each of the four components that make up Fractional HR (People Performance, Strategy Alignment, HR Infrastructure, … Continue reading
Posted in People Performance
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Job Descriptions ≠ Job Ads
Posted on 08.01.2016
Writing a job ad that recruits the right candidates. In order to recruit the right candidates, you need a carefully crafted job advertisement. A job description is a document that describes the responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for a position. Usually, it follows a predetermined format that’s designed to meet internal HR requirements, not to … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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HR Support for a Growing Company
Posted on 06.13.2016
When Mustang Gas Compression first reached out to Achilles Group, they knew they need some HR support, but not enough to require a full-time, in-house HR department. “We needed a stable, consistent HR department and having our own HR department didn’t work for us,” says Mustang Chief Financial Officer, Jay McKeown. “We loved Achilles Group’s … Continue reading
Posted in Other
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Helping Precision Task Group with their ‘Achilles Heel’
Posted on 02.08.2016
Precision Task Group is a mid-size IT solutions firm based in Houston that came to Achilles Group in 2007, at a time when human resources was their “achilles heel,” according to PTG Human Resources Director Vanessa Villarreal. “Human resources tends to be something that companies forget about while they chase things around in the whirlwind … Continue reading
Posted in Other
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How will Texas’ New “Open Carry” Law Affect Business Owners?
Posted on 07.15.2015
House Bill 910, or “open carry”, was recently passed during Texas’ 84th legislative session. Effective January 1, 2016 HB910 permits individuals with a CHL (concealed handgun license) to either openly carry a handgun, or carry a concealed handgun on public property, and, on private property (with a few limited exceptions).
Posted in Compliance, HR Risk Mitigation
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The Four Skills Needed for Strategic HR Management
Posted on 07.15.2014
Just being an up-to-date HR expert won’t make you an all-star HR Manager anymore. These four skills are as important to your success as knowing what FMLA and EEOC stand for. Critical Thinking Skills As an HR strategic leader, you are privy to information and projections pertaining to the entire organization as well as the … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy Alignment