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Posts in Hiring & Firing

Improve Your Hiring Process to Attract Talent

Improve Your Hiring Process to Attract Talent

So many companies have a horrible hiring process, here's some ways to improve it (4 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Work Culture, Hiring & Firing, Interviews, Q + AGalen EmanueleOctober 8, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

A Simple Way to Improve Accountability & Team Culture

A Simple Way to Improve Accountability & Team Culture

It makes so much sense that you'll wonder why you hadn't thought of it before (4 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Professional Development, Team Building, Work CultureGalen EmanueleSeptember 17, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

A List of Accountability Green Flags

A List of Accountability Green Flags

11 traits of people that you want on your team, as leaders, and in your life (5 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Work Culture, Mindset, Team Building, InterviewsGalen EmanueleJune 18, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How to Fire Bad Employees

How to Fire Bad Employees

How to remove bad apples (6 min).

#culturedrop, Accountability, Firing People, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Work CultureGalen EmanueleJune 11, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

How Workplaces Are Like Romantic Relationships

How Workplaces Are Like Romantic Relationships

If it ain't good, you don't owe anyone to stay in it - which goes both ways (3 min).

#culturedrop, Mindset, Being a Better Employee, Work Culture, Career Development, Hiring & FiringGalen EmanueleApril 23, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Three Onboarding Ideas Every Company Should Use

Three Onboarding Ideas Every Company Should Use

Three great onboarding ideas to start every new employee’s experience off right (4 min).

#culturedrop, Work Culture, Hiring & Firing, Innovation, Team BuildingGalen EmanueleMarch 5, 2024Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Hiring for "Culture Fit" is Backwards

Hiring for "Culture Fit" is Backwards

If you’re hiring for “culture fit,” you’re doing it wrong (5 min).

#culturedrop, Hiring & Firing, Work CultureGalen EmanueleSeptember 12, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Toxic Employees Poison Culture: Get Rid of Them

Toxic Employees Poison Culture: Get Rid of Them

Nothing destroys morale & retention more than tolerating toxic behavior (5 min).

#culturedrop, Conflict, Firing People, Hiring & Firing, Accountability, Leadership, Work CultureGalen EmanueleJune 27, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Do's and Don'ts of Remote Work & Culture

Do's and Don'ts of Remote Work & Culture

A smattering of ideas to improve the remote work experience for all (5 min).

#culturedrop, Hiring & Firing, InterviewsGalen EmanueleMarch 7, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Stand Out to Attract Better Talent

Stand Out to Attract Better Talent

A simple tip to stand out amongst a sea of companies hiring right now (3 min).

#culturedrop, Hiring & Firing, InterviewsGalen EmanueleFebruary 14, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Don't Ignore These Job Search Red Flags

Don't Ignore These Job Search Red Flags

What you see is what you’ll get (2 min).

#culturedrop, Interviews, Emotional Intelligence, Work Culture, Hiring & FiringGalen EmanueleJanuary 17, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Obvious (But Hidden) Data to Help You Hire Better

Obvious (But Hidden) Data to Help You Hire Better

Every possible advantage companies can use for better hiring is valuable these days (2 min).

#culturedrop, Feedback, Hiring & Firing, Interviews, Work CultureGalen EmanueleJanuary 3, 2023Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

Companies Not Telling Salary in Interviews: What to Do?

Companies Not Telling Salary in Interviews: What to Do?

Dealing with companies being shady about salary (5 min).

#culturedrop, Leadership, Communication, Hiring & Firing, Professional DevelopmentGalen EmanueleDecember 6, 2022Shift Yes, Galen Emanuele, team culture, teams, eq, Culture Drop, #culturedrop

7 Brilliant Onboarding Ideas for New Hires

7 Brilliant Onboarding Ideas for New Hires

7 ideas for an awesome onboarding experience for new employees. (5 mins).

Attracting & Retaining Talent in 2022

Attracting & Retaining Talent in 2022

The biggest key to attracting & retaining talent in 2022 (5 mins).

My Favorite Interview Question to Ask

My Favorite Interview Question to Ask

Great for measuring EQ, accountability, self awareness, and vulnerability (5 mins).

Onboarding: 7 Ways to Make New Employees Feel Welcome

Onboarding: 7 Ways to Make New Employees Feel Welcome

How to effectively onboard new team members (6 mins).

19 Ways to Retain Great Employees

19 Ways to Retain Great Employees

Become obsessed with employee experience and people will stay, here’s how (4 mins).

The Best Questions to Ask in Job Interviews

The Best Questions to Ask in Job Interviews

A list of great, juicy questions that will make you stand out and help you land the job (6 mins).

Like It Is | EP 4: Should You Fire Them?

Like It Is | EP 4: Should You Fire Them?

How do you know if you should fire an underperforming or toxic employee? (1 min)

Leadership, Hiring & FiringGalen EmanueleJune 22, 2018leadership, firing, employees, performance, culture