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August 2, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

How Lack of a Dress Code Policy Can Negatively Impact Your Business

How Lack of a Dress Code Policy Can Negatively Impact Your Business

Do you really need a dress code policy?  Short answer: absolutely!  When developing or tweaking your businesses’ dress code policy, you’ll want to take the following into consideration: •The type of business •The clientele •How often employees meet clients What, if any, dress code is currently in your employee handbook.  Although the type of clothing that […]

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures Tagged With: business ettiquette, Dress code policy, employee handbook

July 29, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Remote Workforce: Tips for How to Manage Employees

The Remote Workforce: Tips for How to Manage Employees

Did you know that 45 million Americans work from home and another 24 million work from a client/customer work site? From employees working from home to sales staff in the next state, supervisors increasingly find themselves tasked with learning how to manage employees who work somewhere other than the corporate office. And though employees who […]

Filed Under: Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: employees working from home, managing a remote workforce, remote workforce, virtual employees, workforce

July 28, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock 2 Comments

Employee Theft Statistics and What You Can Do To Protect Your Business

Employee Theft Statistics and What You Can Do To Protect Your Business

Transcript of HR Podcast Episode #27:  Employee Theft Statistics and What You Can Do To Protect Your Business An estimated 50 billion dollars are lost annually from US businesses due to employee theft.  Stats show that, a whopping 75% of all employees have stolen from their employers at least once. Furthermore, statistics show that nearly […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Theft, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Workplace theft, workplace theft statistics

July 28, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

ESBHR Podcast Episode #27: Employee Theft Statistics, and What You Can Do To Protect Your Business

ESBHR Podcast Episode #27:  Employee Theft Statistics, and What You Can Do To Protect Your Business

Read the Transcript Watch the video Workplace theft statistics bear out the fact that a whopping 75% of all employees have stolen from their employers at least once.  In today’s HR Podcast episode, I share details about employee theft statistics and share with you what you can do to lessen your exposure to employee theft. […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Theft, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Podcast, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: HR Podcast, workplace theft statistics

July 27, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Handling Difficult Workplace Issues: How to Terminate an Employee

Handling Difficult Workplace Issues: How to Terminate an Employee

“You’re fired.” On Donald Trump’s reality show, he simply utters the words and the contestant says a polite “Thank you, Mr. Trump” before leaving. But if you’re a supervisor, you know that real-life terminations don’t often work like that. There may be tears, accusations, and, in the very worst and rare cases, violence. But when […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Turnover, Firing/Disciplinary Actions, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: How to terminate an employee, workplace issues

July 26, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Top 11 Reference Questions – Hire The Best Candidate

The Top 11 Reference Questions – Hire The Best Candidate

Checking employment references are a critical part of the employment process. In today’s job market, it’s likely that you’ll have more than one finalist for a position. There are a million questions you can ask, but here are the top eleven reference questions you should include in any reference interview. Including these questions will give […]

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: best reference questions, reference questions

July 25, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Gone Viral! How To Write Employee Performance Appraisals From Start To Finish

Gone Viral! How To Write Employee Performance Appraisals From Start To Finish

Today, I’m sharing a re-published blog article that I wrote that went viral: How To Write Employee Performance Appraisals From Start To Finish. Supervisors and business owners recognize the importance of using some type of tool to evaluate employees.  And although there recently has been a lot of buzz around just how effective employee reviews […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures Tagged With: employee evaluations, performance appraisals

July 15, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

How To Reward Staff

How To Reward Staff

Transcript of Podcast # 26: How To Reward Employees Thanks for tuning in to Easy Small Business HR’s Employee Hiring and Managing Tips. Similar to episode #24, this podcast focuses on another very popular blog topic:  how to reward staff. I’m thrilled that so many small business owners and supervisors recognize how important it is to […]

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover Tagged With: Employee Retention, how to reward employees, increase employee motivation, reward staff

July 15, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

ESBHR Podcast # 26: How To Reward Employees

ESBHR Podcast # 26:  How To Reward Employees

One of the best, yet under-valued actions that you can take, whether you are the owner of a small business or a manager in a large corporation is reward your employees for a job well done.

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Podcast Tagged With: Employee rewards, how to reward employees, improve employee morale, increase employee motivation

July 12, 2011 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Why Your Company Needs Job Descriptions, Revisited

Why Your Company Needs Job Descriptions, Revisited

 How To Write One In Thirty Minutes or Less A job description may seem like an unnecessary step.  You know what work you will need for your employee to perform.  Does putting the job down on paper really even matter?   Absolutely!  Five advantages to “putting it in writing”: 1. Job descriptions help you to […]

Filed Under: Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: Employers Hiring, Finding the best candidates, Help with Hiring, Help with job descriptions, Hiring Tips, HR 101, job descriptions

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