It’s that time of the year! Year-end tasks like budgeting, end-of-year reporting, and strategic planning for the upcoming year are in full swing! As you work through your to-do list, it is important to keep Your People as a top priority when strategizing for 2023. The tight labor market, coupled with high inflation and economic volatility, placing focus on your …
HR Thought Leadership
Leath HR Group featured in WILMA Magazine | November 7th, 2022 HR Thought Leadership: From an HR pro herself, Lisa Leath, our Founder, shares how we came to be in 2015. Leath HR Group was created to help provide people strategy support to small and mid-sized businesses that are looking to grow. Since July 2022, Andy Almeter now oversees the …
HR and Cybersecurity – Keep The Conversations Going
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to an end, that doesn’t mean the conversation has to. Cybersecurity should remain an ongoing conversation for all people leaders, especially for those in the growing digital working world. Not only do cyberattacks pose a risk to your people, but they also pose an enormous risk to your business and your clients. In our HR …
Attract the “Fitting” Talent: Crafting Effective Job Descriptions for 2023
News flash! Lengthy, boring job descriptions are OUT, and persona-fit job descriptions are IN. When done right, job descriptions do more than just communicate an opening at your company, they give a glimpse into the culture, and the value proposition and they can ultimately help you attract the right person for the job. Oftentimes we are quick to add a bunch of keywords …
From Conflict to Growth
At some point in your professional career, you will have to deal with conflict. Have you heard the saying “There are no difficult conversations, just uncomfortable ones?” No matter if you chalk them up as difficult or uncomfortable, most of us try to avoid conflict, especially with coworkers we have to face, day in and day out. One of the …
Four Local Companies Team up to Help Beat Cybersecurity Nightmares with WorkTok, An Employee Engagement App
HR and Cybersecurity – Protect your employees and business! Wilmington, NC. You may be asking: “What’s all this Cyber Tok about?” Recognizing many companies lose thousands of dollars to cyberattacks every year, four local companies team up to increase cyber vigilance across businesses and their teams. WorkTok, Atlantic Computer Services, Leath HR Group, and PS Solutions have combined their …
Employee Retention is Key for Business Success
Retention is huge for the growth and success of a company. Improved employee relations, an increase in collaboration, and higher profits are all long-term benefits of retention. Not to mention, you save money on turnover costs. Did you know the cost of turnover is about 33% of your employee’s salary? In today’s talent market that number could be doubled. First things first: …
Win The War On Talent With Your Employer Brand!
Win the War on Talent What is an employer brand? How can you use it to win the war on talent? An employer’s brand is the way you share your entire employee experience internally and externally. This includes your reputation as a whole and relates to your employment value proposition (EVP). If you want to learn more about EVP, check …
Avoiding HR Nightmares: Train Your Supervisors
Avoiding HR Nightmares Budget season is upon us. I’d like to encourage my fellow business owners to add training dollars for supervisors into next year’s budget to avoid HR nightmares. Here’s why. Consider that supervisors are the face of your company to employees. They represent the brand, the CEO, the broader leadership team and the organization as a whole to …
Leath HR Group Growing and Under New Leadership
Leath HR Group is growing, Andy Almeter is now the President of Leath Consulting Group, LLC, the parent company of Leath HR Group! He succeeds Lisa Leath who is transitioning to founder. Leath Consulting Group also announced that the firm acquired majority ownership of a new business, Navstar Health, LLC, a healthcare consulting and patient advocacy firm. Leath Consulting Group …