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As an owner or manager, you want to know when employees feel bullied or stressed out by their workload or have knowledge of problems in your company. You also want them to speak up with any ideas they have to help you grow your business.
A recent Harvard University study found that one out of six […]
Z University.org (ZU) has established an online “Internship Knowledge Center” featuring the contents of its newest version of Intern Toolkit™ and its program management methodology, called “The Blueprint of Internship Success.” The Internship Knowledge Center enables users to download and…
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When you run a small business or you work in teams, you have a lot of decisions to make. Reaching conclusions can be really challenging sometimes and exchanges can get heated.
More on Decision Making: Sleep on It
Ok, here is the scenario. You are a good size retailer and you have dozens of part-time employees (minimum wage) with pretty high turnover. It is the Saturday before Christmas, you provide all of the employees with a personal greeting…
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As a manager, it is important you clearly define performance standards for employees. Employees need to know what performance level is expected, what performance is below standards, and what it takes to achieve high standards of performance.
The most convenient time to set performance expectations is during a performance review or at the time of hire […]
I have worked for and with so many businesses that seem to take forever to move through the hiring process. I believe that once you commit to adding a new employee, you should move with expediency. Your business will benefit from the injection of new talent and your candidates will certainly appreciate (and share with […]
I have worked for and with so many businesses that seem to take forever to move through the hiring process. I believe that once you commit to adding a new employee you should move with expediency. Your business will benefit from the injection of new talent and your candidates will certainly appreciate (and share with […]
Being over 50 years of age I am very sensitive to some of the subtle and not so subtle age discrimination that happens to us ’seniors’ even though we are in the prime of our work careers and accumulated knowledge….
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I think the article referenced below is very good. It describes all of the important steps to effective performance management. The first company I managed in believed strongly in a consistent process whose real aime is to CORRECT the performance problem, not to hurt employees. It has worked well for me over the last 25 […]
