Managing Gen Z agency employees (and anyone else with less experience than you)
Agency owners frequently lament to Chip and Gini that their employees don’t have a proper sense of urgency and don’t seem to work hard enough.
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Getting ready to hire your first agency employee
In this episode, Patrick Rogan of Ignition HR talks with Chip Griffin of SAGA about pre-hiring considerations, as well as what you should be doing in terms of the paperwork and other administrivia associated with being an employer.
The agency help shortage
Karen Swim of Solo PR Pro and Chip Griffin of SAGA discuss the shortage of available help for small agencies and solos alike.
Focus on agency employee retention
Gini Dietrich of Spin Sucks and Patrick Rogan of Ignition HR join Chip Griffin of SAGA to talk about how to hold on to your best employees — especially in the age of the Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting
Helping your agency’s new managers
As small agencies grow, individual team members usually begin to take on direct reports — often for the first time in their careers.
Bidding wars for agency talent
How should you handle it when one of your agency’s employees — or prospective new hires — comes to you and asks you to match another offer?
Should your agency hire contractors or employees?
In this episode, Chip and Gini discuss the merits of some of these arguments and explain how agency leaders can think about the right mix of contractors and employees in their own businesses.
Leveraging overseas talent to grow your agency (featuring Noel Andrews)
In this episode of the Chats with Chip Podcast, Noel Andrews of JobRack explains how talent from Eastern Europe and other parts of the world can supplement your workforce.
How the agency workforce’s expectations are changing
It isn’t just about compensation — something that we have discussed previously on the Small Agency Talk Show. In this episode, Patrick Rogan of Ignition HR and Chip Griffin of SAGA discuss some of the non-monetary demands being made and how agency leaders should handle them.
How to think about HR risks in your agency
In this episode of the Small Agency Talk Show, Patrick Rogan of Ignition HR and Chip Griffin of SAGA discuss how concerned agency leaders should be about different kinds of human resources risks common to their workplaces.
Chip Griffin founded the Small Agency Growth Alliance (SAGA) to help PR and marketing agency owners achieve their goals.