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Having worked all over the country with workers from all walks of life, I can attest to the fact that not everyone – a large part of the...

Employees in the small town of Warroad, Minnesota were working six days a week, alternating every two weeks from days to nights. With...

When a team member leaves, they take not only their labor skills but also a piece of the company culture away with them. There is a very...

#threecircles #businessneeds #employeedesires #overtime #Workforce #schedules

Three weeks have passed since the beginning of my internship here at Coleman Consulting Group. I am learning the different dynamics of...

In the modern world, most companies are challenged with optimizing an increasingly difficult supply chain with an evolving workforce....

There has been a lot of press lately about Industry 4.0. According to the experts, we are in the midst of the next wave of the industrial...

Now more than ever, there needs to be an emphasis on flexibility for working parents. Not only are they a larger share of today’s...

The number one question I am asked as a workforce management consultant is how to manage millennials. Millennials, those born between...

I’ve been designing and implementing shift schedules for over 20 years. I get excited every time I have the opportunity to design...

My daughter recently dislocated her kneecap during PE and the high school called frantically to let me know she was on her way to the...

The "Three Circles" represent the three key elements required to design the best schedule successfully. These elements also reflect...

At Coleman Consulting Group, we have surveyed thousands of employees across the country and around the world. The health and safety...

That may sound like a strange question. Many people are conditioned to believe that overtime is never good for a business. The reality is...

I love it when we make a real difference for both the employee and the company! This story starts out like so many others in...

Now that the summer is nearly over, many parents are getting ready for school. For many people, this tends to be a high demand period...

Are you one of those companies that has been using overtime to cover the increased demand for your product or service? Or maybe you added...

Over my twenty years of designing and implementing shift schedules, I have stopped a number of companies from going to 7-day operations...