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September 22, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

When Being Culturally Sensitive Does Not Matter

When Being Culturally Sensitive Does Not Matter

I have had the opportunity to consult and partner with a variety of smart, business savvy managers in my career as an HR professional. Most of the managers that I worked with were firm but fair and empathetic when it came to their employees.  It is what you would expect.  These are managers that strive […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Diversity, Employee Performance, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: cultural differences in workplace, cultural sensitivity, Diverse Workforce, managing diversity

September 19, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Attention New Supervisors: 5 Things You Should Never Do If You Want To Be Successful

Attention New Supervisors: 5 Things You Should Never Do If You Want To Be Successful

New to supervising staff? You’ll want to read and put into practice these five success tips: Never 1. Think that your employees will automatically trust or respect you. At least not right away. As with anything, respect and trust is earned based on how you interact and communicate with your direct reports. That does not […]

Filed Under: Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: how to manage employees, how to supervise, new supervisor tips

September 15, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Mitigating Exposure To Employee Harassment Claims

Mitigating Exposure To Employee Harassment Claims

New statistics released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) present a somewhat mixed outlook for employers on the harassment front. On the positive side, the total number of harassment charges filed against employers remained relatively steady over the last three years while the number of determinations against companies actually fell during the same period. […]

Filed Under: Employment Law, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Employee Harassment Claims, how to avoid harassment claims, Management Tips

September 5, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

When Employees Cross The Line – Managing Boundaries With Staff

When Employees Cross The Line – Managing Boundaries With Staff

My backyard opens up onto a main thoroughfare with a walking path. It’s not a fenced-in yard; and because it is not fenced in, it basically has no boundaries. Some of the teens and even more surprisingly, adults in the neighborhood, have felt emboldened to use the yard as their own personal pass through to […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Managing Employees Tagged With: dealing with difficult employees, managing employees, managing expectations

September 3, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

EHarmony To Launch Employment Matchmaking Service

EHarmony To Launch Employment Matchmaking Service

Dating website EHarmony plans to leverage its online matchmaking skills in the careers marketplace. Starting this December, the company will offer a new platform called Elevated Careers by EHarmony for matching job seekers with their future bosses. The platform will use many of the same algorithms and compatibility assessment tools that EHarmony relies on to […]

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Retention & Engagement, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: EHarmony employment matchmaking service, employment matchmaking, finding the right employee, finding the right job, Hiring Tips

August 27, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Persuasion Management – Influencing Staff Who Don’t Report To You To Help You Accomplish Your Goals

Persuasion Management – Influencing Staff Who Don’t Report To You To Help You Accomplish Your Goals

Some may argue that delegating and influencing employees that do not have a direct reporting line to you is much more difficult than managing direct reports. I would tend to agree. Let’s start with the obvious. Employees who aren’t dependent on you for their performance evaluation may not feel an urgent need to respond to […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: delgating work to others, Influencing employees who don't report to you

August 25, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

California Employers: Learn From These Recent Court Decisions

California Employers: Learn From These Recent Court Decisions

California employers would do well to pay attention to a flurry of Supreme Court decisions dealing with employment law over the past year. The decisions touch upon a broad range of issues and effect privately held companies, publicly traded organizations and government agencies. One of the most significant decisions involves the anti-retaliation protections provided to […]

Filed Under: Employment Law, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: recent supreme court decisions

August 15, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The $60K Comment – A Lesson for Employers

The $60K Comment – A Lesson for Employers

Employers take note: Inappropriate comments can cost you. The Case A former New York volunteer firefighter recently won a $60K sexual harassment settlement against the Elmore Fire Department in Long Island New York. The fire department was also fined $25K. Beatriz Lozada, a young single mom alleges that she was repeatedly harassed because she had […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employment Law, Firing/Disciplinary Actions, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: examples of sexual harrassment, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, what does sexual harrassment look like

August 13, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

13 Questions Employers Should Ask Before Deciding to Terminate: A Quick and Dirty Cheat Sheet

13 Questions Employers Should Ask Before Deciding to Terminate: A Quick and Dirty Cheat Sheet

Are you faced with the possibility of terminating your employee?  Here’s a quick list of items that you will want to consider before taking the leap towards termination: 1. Have you clearly identified the problem?  Issues may range from poor performance, to attendance issues. Once identified, is there a clear pattern of behavior that cannot […]

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

August 11, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Toll That Sleep Deprivation Takes on Employee Productivity and Safety [Statistics]

The Toll That Sleep Deprivation Takes on Employee Productivity and Safety [Statistics]

Your employees are exhausted. The Virgin Pulse Institute in conjunction with vielife conducted a research study on the impact that lack of sleep has on employee productivity. Key findings: 76% of employees expressed feeling tired most days of the week 30% noted that they were dissatisfied with the quality and quantity of their sleep 15% […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies, Workplace Safety Tagged With: Management Tips, stressed employees, tired employees, Workplace Safety

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