If you’ve been carrying out the same old employee evaluations year after year and haven’t achieved the desired results, it is time to change things up. Evaluating employees is not an enviable task. Feelings can get hurt. Critical evaluations can cause employees who feel unappreciated to search for new positions. Numerous studies have shown that […]
How HR Managers are Managing Change with Workplace Training
This article is a guest contribution, courtesy of SkyPrep, a LMS software and elearning software that currently has over 150,000 registered users. HR managers play a large role in how a company functions. They are also responsible for creating changes within the company that are designed to increase productivity, boost sales and improve safety awareness. […]
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 […]
Blurring the Line Between Employees and Micro Business Owners – Avoid These Small Business Missteps
Small micro-businesses, (those with less than 5 employees) have a culture or vibe that is decidedly different than larger organizations. Small and “cozy” and often distinctly “non-corporate”, smaller businesses often feel much more familial than larger organizations. Employees in smaller businesses may wear a number of different hats, and although the culture is one where […]
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 […]
Moving Your Initiatives Forward When You Don’t Have Support From the Top
It is tough being a manager with creative ideas that you know will push the company forward just to have your ideas fall on deaf ears. Senior leaders say that they want managers who think out of the box and do not settle for the status quo but when the rubber meets the road, it […]
The Fine Line Between Being a Diverse and Inclusive Company and Illegal Hiring Practices
There is a very thin line between having a workforce that is all-inclusive by taking steps to ensure a diverse workforce versus potentially overstepping the boundary between creating a more diverse workforce and illegal discrimination of applicants and employees who do not fit the diversity descriptors most closely associated with diversity in the workplace: Underrepresented […]
Minimum Wage and Overtime Lawsuits Increase – What Is An Employer To Do?
Overtime and minimum wage lawsuits continue to increase as more employees claim violations against the wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to ADP Research Institute, 90% of employment related lawsuits involve disputes involve wage and hour related issues. The report highlighted the top employee claims against employers: Employees who […]
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 […]
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, […]
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