Clay Nelson

Clay Nelson's Posts

• How to Help When an Employee Is Affected by a Death in the Family

  by Clay Nelson

  When one of your employees is dealing with a death in the family, it can affect the whole team.

• Getting your new hires up to speed

  by Clay Nelson

  My company's new project supervisor is struggling to keep jobs on track. I hired him because I thought his learning curve would be fairly low. How can I help him to quickly get up to speed with what my business needs?

• Employee retention pointers

  by Clay Nelson

  What can one do to maintain a skilled workforce in an environment where qualified personnel are rare and emplyee poaching is prevalent?

• Fight boredom by making your company work for you

  by Clay Nelson

  I've owned and operated my own remodeling company for more than 15 years, and while I've been lucky enough to be relatively successful, I'm bored. I wake up most mornings not looking forward to the day ahead. What can I do to turn my thinking around?

• Work + Life: Leader Time

  by Clay Nelson

  I'm struggling with how much time to spend in the office vs. time in the field. Aside from cloning myself, how can I balance what feels like the need to be both places at once?