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November 12, 2019 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Build the Best Team for Your Small Business

Build the Best Team for Your Small Business

Is there any value in investing in the training and development of your employees? Some business owners are cynical when it comes to investing in staff because of the fear that their employee will leave the company before the investment in their employees’ development has paid off.  Yes, the fact that your employee may jump […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: building a team, Hiring Tips, Management Tips

January 18, 2019 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

Cross Training Staff – Doing the Right Thing For the Wrong Reasons

Cross Training Staff – Doing the Right Thing For the Wrong Reasons

Employers are routinely faced with the challenge of figuring out how to meet the productivity and financial goals of the company with less money and even less staff. Couple that with keeping employees stimulated in their roles and it all seems like a herculean task. Cross training staff is a simple but strategic way to […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees Tagged With: cross training staff, professional development of employees

December 21, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Proactive Employee Management Really Boils Down To The Basics

Proactive Employee Management Really Boils Down To The Basics

It is not breaking news that effectively managing your employees is key to the success of any business. Understanding how to keep your employees happy and engaged is just as important as your company’s brand and reputation; some may argue even more important since you can’t have one without the other. When you employ staff […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: effective management, employee performance, management performance, management techniques, Management Tips, managing employees

November 17, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Office Meetings Do Not Have To Be A Productivity Time Drain If Done Right

Office Meetings Do Not Have To Be A Productivity Time Drain If Done Right

Four years is a lot of time to spend in meetings, but that’s how long the average staff member will spend sitting around a conference table during their working career. A study highlighted that employees spend 800 hours every year or 16 hours a week in meetings on average. If the average workweek is 40 […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee engagement tips, office productivity, productive employees, workplace stress

September 15, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Exempt, Non-Exempt, Overtime Eligible… Deciphering the Rules Around Pay

Exempt, Non-Exempt, Overtime Eligible… Deciphering the Rules Around Pay

It can be a bit confusing when it comes to deciphering the rules related to which employees should be tracking their time worked daily versus salaried, versus who should be paid overtime… Here’s a quick summary with important resources that can help you to get up to speed. Let’s start with the basics: Exempt, Non […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: daily time tracker, Employee records, exempt employees, time records, time tracking, working on the clock

April 21, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Yes, You Can Engage and Motivate Your Employees without Raising their Pay

Yes, You Can Engage and Motivate Your Employees without Raising their Pay

To use a popular cultural vernacular – “let’s not get it twisted“! Money is and important incentive for employees, but it is not the holy grail of motivators for all or even most staff.  The key to motivating staff is putting your self in their shoes and coming up with realistic ways to show your […]

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee performance, engage employees, improve employee performance, motivate employees

February 23, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

How to Coach Employees to Ensure Productivity in the Workplace

How to Coach Employees to Ensure Productivity in the Workplace

This guest post is courtesy of Grapevine Evaluations, a web-based software solution for performing employee evaluations of any size, at any level.  It is essential for any business to maintain high levels of productivity in the workplace, and it is up to the employer to train and motivate his/her staff sufficiently so that this productivity is […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee coaching, Employee Engagement, employee productivity, productive employees, small business productivity, workplace productivity

February 17, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Do Employers Have the Right to Monitor Employees Through GPS Tracking? Is It an Invasion of Workplace Privacy?

Do Employers Have the Right to Monitor Employees Through GPS Tracking? Is It an Invasion of Workplace Privacy?

One the most highly visible and hotly contested form of employee monitoring involves using GPS tracking devices on company and employee owned vehicles in situations where the employee’s job requires that the employee drive to and from various locations. According to Michael Abcarian, a lawyer with the law firm Fisher and Phillips, LLP, employers should […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Theft, Employment Law, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: can I monitor my employees using GPS tracking?, workplace privacy

December 18, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

Healthy, Happy Employees

Healthy, Happy Employees

Most business owners and HR departments know the saying that a happy employee is also a productive one. One well-known psychologist, Martin Seligman,claims that feeling of happiness is 60% dependent on your genetics and environment, while 40% depends on your attitude. The American Happiness Association offers similar numbers, saying 60% of a person’s happiness is […]

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Employee Engagement, employee management, Happy Employees, healthy employees, HR Tips, productive employees, small business tips

December 11, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Managers: Do You Recognize These Five Personality Types?

Managers: Do You Recognize These Five Personality Types?

I truly believe (and it has been my experience) that most employees bring their best selves to work.  Employees are generally very committed to doing a great job for the organization and in many cases will go above and beyond to ensure that the company is successful. But the reality is that as a manager, […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: difficult employees, Management Tips, problem employees, supervisor tips

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