management

Krivanek Consulting offers new services for produce executives

DENVER, CO – September 25, 2023 – Julie Krivanek, President & CEO of Krivanek Consulting, the produce industry’s top executive...

2 years ago 3 minute read

PTO: Pluses and minuses

PTO: one of the many acronyms whose meaning I was too embarrassed to ask. Now I know: it stands for...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Nepotism and the produce family business

In following the produce industry, I’ve always been impressed by the large number of family businesses and the commitment that...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Underperforming employees: the all-important question

Rachel Turner, writing in Fast Company, has an article on how to talk to an underperforming employee. It’s good advice,...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Hard work = fair treatment

Here’s a curious statistic: 2.5 billion of the world’s workforce would work harder if their employers treated them better, according...

2 years ago 3 minute read

How to deal with politics in the workplace

Man, said Aristotle, is a political animal. It’s no surprise, then, that politics are seeping into all sorts of discourse—including...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Time to junk the performance review

The words “performance review” tend to evoke a visceral groan from supervisors and employees alike. Or, in the words of...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Portrait of a family business

“I would sincerely like to thank you for showing me what it means to hold onto something too long,” writes...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Why employees quit their managers

I thought this article from Buzzfeed would be amusing, but it wasn’t. It was extremely sad. It’s about things that...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Red flags in job interviews

If you don’t have any hilarious job interview stories, you just haven’t been in the workforce. My favorite is that...

3 years ago 4 minute read

The $423,000 management tip

Is this management tip worth $423,000? You be the judge. The story goes back to the early twentieth century, when...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Of microaggression and heart attacks

Fairness may be more crucial to your bottom line than you think. My father had his first heart attack the...

5 years ago 4 minute read

Be a better business partner

We can all agree the produce industry is a people business built on trust, but we also know there are...

5 years ago 4 minute read

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