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Human resources are often faced with a variety of complex challenges. Companies are increasingly implementing mentoring programs to help tackle these issues. When deciding what type of mentoring program is best for your organization and employees it’s important to have a clear understanding of the different types of programs, how they work, and what the benefits are.
Here is a breakdown of the types of mentoring programs.
Career Mentoring
Career mentoring is easily the most common type of men...

Mentoring programs are capable of improving the workplace in incredibly significant ways. The programs can assist employees with their overall work performance, job satisfaction, and goal-setting skills. Furthermore, mentoring is a great way to introduce new employees to the industry and their fellow coworkers. These programs help to build an encouraging and open work environment that promotes employee’s personal and career development.
Over 50 percent of Fortune 500 companies utilize some ty...

The ability to retain top talent is one of the factors that make a successful business. After hiring someone and investing time and effort into their development, it’s important to keep employees satisfied. Many employees initially accept their job positions because of things such as salary, benefits and retirement plans. However, those things are not enough reason to stay employed long term if they’re not happy. Many people will move to a different company if they aren’t satisfied and anothe...

Before your company can be a household name around the world, you must first become a household name within your community. Whatever industry your business is a part of, you probably have competitors right there in your own back yard, so finding a way to stand out from the masses takes both research and effort. One surefire way to make your business stand out within your community is to become a vital part of the community that your business calls home. Over 80% of consumers say that they con...

What do employees really want from the workplace? It’s a question that’s been asked since the start of the modern business era, and one that can have many correct answers. Businesses that want to retain the best and brightest employees need to accommodate their needs and create a positive work environment. Some of the most valued workplace attributes for employees are work/life balance, trust, a sense of purpose, benefits, and investment. All of these elements fall under the broad umbrella of...

Over the course of this series on our core values, we’ve proven time and time again that alliantgroup is a company built on collaboration and passion. To maintain all of these core values, we need to tie them together and draw the final thread of connection between them. This is where our ninth and final core value, transparency, comes into play.
“We are a relatively flat organization allowing for the free exchange of ideas. Management and employees work hand in hand to deliver an exceptional...

Communication—it’s what makes internal and external operations alike run smoothly. Interpersonal, communication-based soft skills are amongst the most sought-after in 2020, and have been for some time. One skill that falls under the larger communication umbrella is collaboration. At alliantgroup, collaboration is of utmost importance; that’s why it’s one of our nine core values.
“We are a team! Our office is an open pod layout. It allows for collaboration and free flowing of ideas. We encoura...

Engaged leaders are respected leaders. Managers and supervisors want to be visible in the workplace. They should be constantly engaging with employees in positive and constructively critical ways, working to create consistency in productivity and workflow. This is one aspect of business on which we at alliantgroup pride ourselves!
To get specific, we’re not talking about micromanaging, but rather a management tool that evaluates employee performance and helps provide feedback on areas that ne...

As Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare” fable once taught us, “slow and steady wins the race.” However, in the fast-paced and competitive world of business, with money and welfare and lives at stake, it’s hard to take things easy and employ the fine-tooth comb at every possible instant. At alliantgroup, we’ve found a way to balance speed efficiency and accuracy by implementing urgency as one of our core values. Here’s how we define it:
“Sense of urgency is big when it comes to what we do. We h...

Positive thinking is a huge benefit to businesses and the individuals who work for them. It’s what helps employees address challenges and rise up after missteps. The ability to acknowledge a misstep and actively work to learn from it falls under one of alliantgroup’s core values, ownership. At alliantgroup, ownership is described as the following:
“alliantgroup is after one goal and that is to help American businesses grow, so owning the work you produce is key. We take ownership for our succ...

On February 6, 2020, the Westin Galleria in Houston, Texas, was the site of a momentous occasion, not just for women in business and science, but for their supporters as well. At the Annual Luncheon and Board Induction for the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce (GHWCC), Houston community members received recognition for their efforts to make the worlds of business, science, technology, and other industries more open and welcoming to women. Among the many recipients of such prestigiou...

Countless organizations, non-profits, and community events have come together to bridge disparity gaps in STEM education and the wider STEM industry. However, these gaps persist, with girls and black and Hispanic students studying and pursuing STEM less frequently than their male and white counterparts. With all of the effort made to encourage diversity in STEM, why, then, has this disparity remained?
Pervasive Stereotypes
Despite studies that have debunked stereotype myths, those myths conti...

As we look at the communities, businesses, and outreach groups that push for participation and representation in STEM, we’re looking at a vision of the future. The elementary school students taking part in STEM field trips and hands-on activities are seeds yet to germinate, seeds that will bloom and form the future phalanx of researchers and engineers and technicians. What exactly are organizations calling for, and what future do young STEM students have to look forward to?
Freedom of Innovat...

alliantgroup, a Houston-based tax consultancy, explores its "Energy and Passion" core value.

alliantgroup, a Houston-based tax consultancy, elaborates on its "Active Not Passive" core value.