Life & Work with Tara Bethell of South Phoenix
Check out this article from Voyage Magazine Phoenix. It is a great, quick read on Tara Bethell and Copper Quail Consulting!
Discover Why Waddell Is a Great Place for Your Business
Whether you’re looking to start a business or are thinking about relocating, consider Waddell, Arizona. You’ll benefit from a low crime rate and affordable housing, along with access to adequate business resources to help set you up for success. High Quality of Life Residents of Waddell are genuinely happy, so you’ll benefit from employees who …
Innovative Employee Benefits Your Team Will Love
Your employees are the driving force of your company, ensuring day-to-day operations run smoothly and your customers are happy. Obviously, it’s important that you keep your team satisfied and motivated. While traditional benefits like dental are a big boon, today’s employees have higher expectations when it comes to benefits in the workplace. Read on for …
Annual AZ SHRM Conference Recap
Arizona SHRM successfully concluded its first-ever virtual conference last week. The theme was, “Human Factors in Technology” and what a perfect topic as we embrace working remotely in some fashion more and more the future as well as consider what the future of AI holds for us. What could have been a boring, humdrum, “Zoombie” …
Why Don’t Recruiters Reach Out To Me?
Recently, I’ve been back in recruiting mode to help a new company and while I love connecting with interesting people, there are so many things applicants do that drive me crazy. This experience solidified my thought that I could never be a full-time recruiter. It also inspired me to share a few tips and ideas …
Use Your Darn PTO and Feel Better!
Are you falling prey to the movement right now to not take PTO (paid time off) because you can’t go anywhere exotic this summer? Or you don’t want to “just stay home”? Well, stop that! You’re doing yourself, your family/friends, and your work a disservice. And if you are still finding barriers, I will offer …
4 Ways To Increase Engagement Now
Employee engagement, the emotional connection, excitement and readiness employees should feel each day to tackle their work, can be influenced greatly by the relationship (or lack thereof) they have with their supervisor. If a supervisor, or company leaders in general, feel that engagement is down, there are several ways to gather data and put new …
Do Referral Programs Promote Racism?
“Refer your friends and family to earn a bonus!” We’ve all heard about these programs and I know I’ve used this as a recruitment tool. Does this create Homogeneous Hiring? Does it perpetuate Systemic Racism? It certainly can, but like most things…it depends. I am still a huge fan of having a robust employee referral …
Save the Date – July 27th
Tara Bethell, Founder & CEO, Copper Quail Consulting, will be the featured guest on The Nonprofit Show, presented by the American Nonprofit Academy on Monday, July 27th, 9:30am, via Zoom. We will be discussing employees and PTSD symptoms due to COVID-19. This event is free. Register at: https://americannonprofitacademy.com/thenonprofitshow/
Staff Appreciation – Don’t Blow It
If you missed the AzODN Recognition and Appreciation Zoom Program, you missed a good one! We talked about successful and failed attempts in giving and receiving recognition and appreciation and the lasting impact (positive and negative) those experiences had on us. Here is a list of resources to help get you started (or you can …