Tag Archives: team
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How Achilles Group Acts as Both Your Teammate and Coach
Posted on 03.06.2018
Fundamentally, leadership is all about getting others to follow the course you set with full competency and commitment. However, the challenge of a leader is that you’re often too busy to sit down and engage your team in a way that allows them to understand your goals and align under the same strategy, so it … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy Alignment
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Is Your Recruiting Strategy Paying Off?
Posted on 02.26.2018
So, if your company works really hard to identify your mission-critical talent needs, produces targeted ads, sorts and screens the responses, selects the top candidates, then extends the offer and closes the deal, you’ll be successful, right? No, not necessarily. In fact, more often than not, management teams fail in their recruiting efforts due to … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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Humility Is the Key to Rewarding Feedback
Posted on 11.03.2017
Seeking feedback from your employees requires both humility and recognizing your own room for growth, your motives are also equally as important. For example, do you really want to be great at what you do, or do you want to be seen as great? That distinction is important because it requires the willingness to give … Continue reading
Posted in People Performance
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How to Prepare Your Company for Inclement Weather
Posted on 08.25.2017
When bad storms occur, your business should be prepared and adapt accordingly. Below are a few tips to help you get ready: 1. Have a plan. What’s your evacuation procedure? How will your employees be informed of office closings? Who’s in charge of shutting everything down? Make sure that everyone receives clear and concise communication … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips
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Spotlight on: Kristen McGullion
Posted on 02.03.2017
Meet Kristen McGullion! Kristen began her journey with Achilles 11 years ago this May as an Employment Coordinator and today serves as Vice President of HR Services and a key multidimensional contributor to our Executive team. Kristen’s first job out of college was here at Achilles Group right after graduating from Texas A&M with a … Continue reading
Posted in The Team
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Welcome to our new website
Posted on 03.24.2016
Our website received a fresh, new look this week. It’s mobile-friendly, easier to navigate and you might even see yourself on the home page! Other key features include: Fractional HR page. The results of our most recent client survey indicated that nearly half of clients thought it was hard to understand what we do just … Continue reading
Posted in Other
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Simple Tips to be Healthier at Work
Posted on 02.01.2016
As we enter the second month of the New Year, it’s the perfect time to focus on a healthy workforce. You don’t have to be in the C-suite to promote a culture of wellness at work. Anyone can implement these small, healthy changes and invite their colleagues to do the same: Take walking breaks. Prolonged sitting … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips
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Small Ways to Boost Employee Morale
Posted on 09.16.2015
Employee morale plays a huge role in the overall success of a company and effects employees’ tenure and company culture. When employees are happy, they are more productive. They want to do a good job which intern improves the company culture. There are several things that employers can do that don’t require a lot of time or … Continue reading
Posted in People Performance
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Corporate Christmas Fun
Posted on 12.17.2014
I had never experienced Secret Santa – as an adult, any way. Last year’s event didn’t disappoint! I happily found a new little gift every day on my desk. What fun to find a new pencil, post-it notes or fist-full of candy canes! My “big” gift was a wooden wall hanging that I display photos … Continue reading
Posted in Other
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Strange Resume Components
Posted on 12.12.2014
This is the truth. No lie. Really. I was hiring security people for my company a while back. An item under one resume’s “Skills for the Position” section read: “I was convicted of murder and that will make me a great Security Officer.” No interview necessary, — Jennifer I think email addresses on resumes … Continue reading
Posted in Other
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How was your latest Team Building Experience?
Posted on 11.14.2014
Yesterday the staff at Achilles Group spent the day at The Houston Zoo. We beared the cold, sang and laughed, saw some truly majestic creatures, talked to the animals, learned the difference between a sea lion and a seal, competed with the other teams and got to know each other a bit better. By the … Continue reading
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