Posts Tagged ‘Employees’
How to Read a Paycheck—The Easy Way
When entrepreneur and Muppeteer Jim Henson made his first dollar, he framed it and hung it on his office wall. For everyone, whether you’re the company owner or an employee, earning an income is a source of pride and a primary foundation for economic security. Surprisingly, in spite of how important getting paid actually is, most people…
Read MoreHave You Made the Mistake of Hiring Too Soon?
Well, you may not be alone. Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees—so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. The balance between preparedness and cost Although hiring early does add to overhead…
Read MoreWhy You Should Look to Your Employees During an Influencer Campaign
Influencer campaigns are becoming more and more common, and for good reasons; there are few better ways to reach your target audience with a persuasive messaging campaign than to reach out to them through a popular influencer. Despite the recent uptick in interest surrounding influencer campaigns, however, any entrepreneurs and marketing managers are making simple,…
Read More5 Steps You Must Take to Ensure Your Employees’ Safety
As an employer, you have an obligation to your staff and employees to ensure their safety whilst they are at work. There are certain things that are out of your hands and are the responsibility of the individual but for the most part you have a duty of care towards anyone you employ. There are…
Read MoreThe 18-Month Rule and a Harrowing Tale
Of course, I’ll tell another harrowing story here. But first. An old friend, Dick Tanaka, gets credit for the 18-month rule. He observed that the process we follow to be humane in our handling of under-performing employees, manage the risk of future lawsuit, finally then move to separate the employee, define the open position, recruit…
Read MoreIgnore Toxic Employees at Your Peril
It takes a lot of work and commitment to grow a great team and a great company culture. It doesn’t take much to topple it. Just one toxic employee can have a cascading effect on the camaraderie and goodwill felt within your company. What you have spent months, years even, developing, can be undone in…
Read MoreDon’t Let Personality Trump Performance When Performing Employee Evaluations
Conducting reviews for a company is not always straight-forward. Regardless of the sheer numbers themselves, it can be difficult to go about rating someone’s job performance. Complicating this is the fact that management often forms personal and positive working relationships with employees, making it difficult to be honest about the negatives. Due to this, it’s…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs: Employment Law is Not on Your Side!
Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. So, it is like a punch in the gut when an employee makes a claim against the company for a perceived or actual but unintentional violation of a law or regulation. Or when a…
Read MoreWhy You Need to Upgrade Your Onboarding and How to Do It
See if you’ve ever had a first day at a new job that went something like this: You spend a half hour or hour with someone in HR, signing papers. The person gives you a company manual and may go over a few essential rules. You meet up with your supervisor and walk around greeting…
Read MoreThe New Office Normal: Bringing Fido to Work
In the past when planning for a career, many people wanted to avoid being stuck in a cubicle for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week. The lack of activity, dread of boredom and conforming to hierarchies was something workers were terrified to have in their lives. It definitely wasn’t the way they wanted…
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