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November 25, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

A Succession Planning Strategy Does Not Need To Be Complicated – Cross Training Is a Good Start

A Succession Planning Strategy Does Not Need To Be Complicated – Cross Training Is a Good Start

In order to be competitive, it is integral for employers to have staff with the appropriate level of expertise that will keep the company performing at its highest capacity. This makes sense, but the piece of this equation that is often not planned for in advance is how to address unanticipated staffing changes that will […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: benefits of cross-training, cross-training employees, succession planning

November 12, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Balancing Business Needs with Empathy During Time of Grief

Balancing Business Needs with Empathy During Time of Grief

The mantra to keep your personal life separate from your job is an old school belief that doesn’t always apply to the realities of the modern workplace.  Human nature being what it is, employers must recognize that it is not always possible to separate your personal life from the office; particularly in situations where a […]

Filed Under: Employee Retention & Engagement, Family Medical Leave/FMLA, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: bereavement leave policy, grieving employee, tips for handling grief in the workplace

October 31, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Parallels Between The Ice Bucket Challenge and Employee Engagement

Parallels Between The Ice Bucket Challenge and Employee Engagement

Many of us were affected in some way by the ice bucket fundraising challenge for a little known disease, ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. We either knew of someone who took the challenge, watched other people take the challenge on social media, or actively participated. What started out as a simple fundraiser among […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Employee Engagement, ice bucket challenge

October 3, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Simple Diversity and Inclusion Development Strategies That Benefit All Staff

Simple Diversity and Inclusion Development Strategies That Benefit All Staff

If your small business is interested in starting diversity initiatives similar to larger corporations, but you don’t know where to start, take note. Here’s the simple sauce: the best general practices as it relates to employee professional development that currently exist in many organizations dovetails nicely with strategies for professional development of diverse staff. You […]

Filed Under: Diversity, Employee Retention & Engagement Tagged With: Diversity and Inclusion, managing diversity

September 26, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Employee and Employer Views Vary When It Comes To Stress at Work

Employee and Employer Views Vary When It Comes To Stress at Work

It seems that phrases like “workplace stress” and “work life balance” are just buzzwords that have no real meaning or applicability for organizations – that is, until you start looking at workplace stress statistics. Surveys of employees across organizations consistently show that stress at work is a valid concern that employers need to factor into […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee motivation, workplace stress survey

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 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 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

August 8, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

Workplace Negativity Is Contagious – Here’s How You Can Control an Outbreak

Workplace Negativity Is Contagious – Here’s How You Can Control an Outbreak

Problem: You have a negative employee – the office critic – who finds it a challenge to make it through one work day without criticizing your decisions, disparaging colleagues, or complaining about your company’s policies or culture. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but there is a fine line between sharing a differing viewpoint […]

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: dealing with difficult employees, dealing with problem employees, office critic

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