Category: People Management

  • Managing the Late Employee

    Managing the Late Employee

    8 Best Practices for Managing the Late Employee. Managers everywhere deal with employees that arrive to work late. LIFE HAPPENS. Unfortunately, a regularly late employee affects company productivity and morale and does not make for a reliable employee. And, how can managers successfully nip the habit in the bud or deal managing the late employee?…

  • Can Corporate Philanthropy Increase Employee Engagement and Client Retention?

    Can Corporate Philanthropy Increase Employee Engagement and Client Retention?

    Corporate Giving. Corporate philanthropy is the act of a company promoting the welfare of others generally via charitable donations of funds or time. Are philanthropy and charity inter-changeable? For the purpose of this article, I will say yes, though there are some who say charity relieves the pains of social problems while philanthropy attempts to…

  • Employee Performance Evaluation

    Employee Performance Evaluation

    7 Ways for Managers to Turn the Dreaded Task into a Productive Exercise. While there is no shortage of research and opinion on the pros or cons of performance reviews (truly … just Google it), this may be a process that causes you anxiety. Some even dread it, finding it tedious and difficult. A majority…

  • Reasonable Suspicion Drug and Alcohol Testing

    Reasonable Suspicion Drug and Alcohol Testing

    Reasonable Suspicion. Have you ever suspected an employee was under the influence of drugs or alcohol?  Did you turn your head, questioning your own judgment? Or perhaps you were hesitant to handle the matter on your own? Recognizing the signs of drug/alcohol abuse will make an uncomfortable situation smoother while protecting your employees’ health and…

  • Turn Those Frowns Upside Down – Eliminating Workplace Negativity

    Turn Those Frowns Upside Down – Eliminating Workplace Negativity

    Eliminating workplace negativity can greatly impact employee morale. Leadership, managers and your HR department should all pay attention to keep a pulse on the negativity levels in the workplace. A single employee or a group of employees upset about any number of things can spread negativity across your workplace like wildfire. When you are aware…

  • 7 Tips For Talent Retention

    7 Tips For Talent Retention

    Talent Retention – You cannot afford to lose your best employees. It’s no secret that turnover can be expensive and damaging to your organization. Combine the hard costs of recruiting, training and lost productivity with soft costs like those associated with lower company morale, and it could cost as much as one and a half…

  • 7 Signs You’re Reaching ‘Excellent Manager’ Status

    7 Signs You’re Reaching ‘Excellent Manager’ Status

    Excellent Manager. Every manager hits bumps in the road while racking up their managerial experience. You know – your team has come up short on a project, you’re over budget or perhaps you’re understaffed and your team is burning out while struggling to keep up. How you work through these situations, including your behavior, attitude…

  • 4 Tips for Managing a Remote Workforce

    4 Tips for Managing a Remote Workforce

    Managing remote workers. The benefits are mutual! The ability to work remotely is often perceived as a valuable perk to employees afforded this benefit. With less distraction, time and money commute savings and a dress code to match your mood of the day, the remote workforce finds plenty to value. The benefits are mutual! Employers…

  • 5 Tips for Managing Toxic Employees at Work

    5 Tips for Managing Toxic Employees at Work

    Managing Toxic Employees Toxic employees, while representing only a small percentage of the total workforce, do indeed exist. In fact, according to Cornerstone On Demand’s 2015 study, “Toxic Employees In the Workplace: Hidden Costs and How to Spot Them,” of 63,000 employees, approximately 3 to 5 percent of those employees met the criteria for being…

  • Performance Improvement Plan for Success

    Performance Improvement Plan for Success

    6 Elements of Every Successful Performance Improvement Plan. Every manager will face an issue with an under-performing employee at some point in their career. Understanding why your employee is under-performing may be a challenge and might not be obvious. Does the employee possess the skills needed to perform the work? Does he or she lack…