talent-development
Expert Editorial: The 90-Day Plan for Effectively Onboarding New Employees So They’ll Stay
Here’s a 90-day onboarding plan designed to make sure employees feel welcome and appreciated. By Neil Solari    When it comes to staffing, hiring someone to fill an empty position is only...
Human resources
Expert Editorial: Where to Find Your Next High-Performing Employee
High-performing employees are few and far between, and it can be hard to determine whether a person will be high performing from a simple interview.  By Neil Solari  When you hire for an open...
Human resources
Employment Update: Finding Good People in the Wine Industry
Job seekers look for more as the pandemic’s curb on jobs lingers.  By Laurie Wachter The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted lives and livelihoods across industries and countries. Across the globe,...
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Expert Editorial: Open Communication Builds Bridges Between Customers and Staff
By Rod Hughes Like every other industry, wineries are facing staffing and supply shortages as well as hard-to-source equipment parts and increased shipping costs. However, customers don’t want excuses...
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Wine Industry Needs to Ramp Up Recruitment in Competitive Job Market
HR experts discuss key techniques to recruiting and maintaining a strong wine business team. —Melanie Young Building a strong workforce is essential for many industries, including wine, especially with...
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As East Coast Wine Industry Grows, So Too Wine Education Programs
New community college programs provide practical training in skills required by local wine industry. —Robin Shreeves The East Coast wine industry is growing—and finding itself increasingly in need of educated...
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Relieving the Pain-Points of Bottling and Cellar Staffing
When launching the business, the management team considered their own frustrations with temporary staffing over the years. They focused on several “pain-points” and developed a new approach...
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Extraordinary Brands Engage the Heart
I came across a great article Extraordinary Brands, Extraordinary Leaders, Extraordinary Frontline Behaviors by a man named Alessandro Donetti, the Managing Partner of CBE, a consulting company. Mr. Donetti...