When your employer either doesn’t know or ignores your rights, they may mistreat you because of a personal bias. There are federal employment discrimination laws that protect employees nationwide. Additionally, there are other laws in your state and locally which can also apply to you. In California, for instance, speaking with an employment lawyer in […]
Managing Employees
How to Improve Relationships With Returning Employees
As businesses begin operating in traditional workplaces again and employees begin to return to work it’s important for employers to improve and maintain good relationships with their employees. The last year has been tough for both businesses and individuals alike, so its important for businesses to acknowledge this. Building trust and providing employees with a […]
4 Excellent Ways to Effectively Manage Remote Teams
Nowadays, we are often part of teams that are based all over the U.S., Europe and beyond. Just because you all work for the same company does not always mean that you end up working within the same office. As a result, it is important that those in charge are able to effectively manage those […]
How to Create an Employee Performance Review System
Giving performance reviews to your employees is an essential part of running a business. However, it is something managers and employees dread the most. Why? For the manager, it feels like it’s just another item on the to-do list. Only two out of ten employees feel their performance is managed to motivate them to do great […]
4 Top Leadership Tips to Manage Every Type of Team
“Managing a team is one of the coolest jobs in the whole world.” This is something people might say who never have managed a team before because the reality is completely opposite. Team management and the fact that you have to become and act like a leader, is one of the most difficult things you […]
4 Ways To Boost Employee Experience with Employee Feedback
Collecting employee feedback is crucial for the growth of any organization as employees are the biggest asset of every organization. Knowing that their feedback is taken into serious consideration makes employees feel valued. On the flip side, receiving constructive feedback also helps decrease employee turnover rates. Here are 4 useful methods for gathering employee feedback: […]
Do You Empower Others?
As a leader for your team or business, it is important for you to build consensus in most every major decision. To do that, you must be able to relinquish some degree of power, overriding decisions made by consensus only with some thought and certainly with an explanation to those involved. Never fear empowering others […]
Worker Management: Say No to Micromanaging and Yes to Technology
To 4 in 10 U.S. small business owners, becoming their own boss has always been their dream. And while the journey is far from easy or glamorous, they say it’s rewarding and well worth the risk. There is, perhaps, no stronger indication of success than when a business is ready to hire. While more help […]
Leadership is Not About “Monitoring”
Too often when I speak to sales managers, they focus on “monitoring” their sales people. They constantly focus on: Where they are on MTD, QTD, YTD numbers? Do their pipelines have the right volume/velocity of opportunities? Are the sales people hitting their goals on prospecting calls, customer meetings, and so forth? Are they keeping CRM […]
How Emerest Uses Texting to Organize Employee Work Schedules
The other day I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Isaac. He runs Emerest Health of Connecticut, a home care agency. Emerest, is a home care agency with headquarters in New York and registered offices in other states that they are licensed to service. Isaac told me about his business… “We do […]
