10 Tips for Effectively Terminating an Employee
One of the worst jobs a manager or business owner ever has to do, is terminate employment with a team member. No matter how many times you do it, or how good you get at doing it, it always feels terrible. Even if the person has done something to “deserve” getting...
Small Business Leadership: How to Inspire Passion and Empower Your Team
Dan just received notice that another employee was quitting - the third in less than a month. He was frustrated that he'd be hiring again. Yesterday, Chris and Michelle had a heated argument in the staff room, and people who heard it were visibly upset. He was...
Small Business HR: Strategies for Success
On any given day, if you're a small business owner who's managing a team, you may find yourself reviewing resumes, interviewing for vacant positions, dealing with performance issues, training staff, resolving employee conflicts, filling out HR forms, looking up...
The Coach Approach in Creating Resilient Teams
In today's constantly changing business environment, the need for organizational resilience has never been greater. Successful companies are those who can confidently face challenges, solve problems, navigate change, and recover quickly from setbacks and adversity. To...
Innovative Onboarding: How to Give New Hires the Best Start
Innovative Hiring Practices to Engage New Employees Amy is excited about her new role with Office 123. When she arrives on her first day the receptionist doesn't know who she is and asks her to sit in the lobby. Twenty minutes later she receives a phone call with...
Social Media at Work
You don't have to look too far to hear social media horror stories - employees taking things too far online (either willfully or inadvertently) and causing damage to their companies' reputations, or from employers who confess social media use at work is creating huge...
6 Tips for Building Wellness in Your Workplace
These days, few would argue the importance of employee engagement on a company's bottom line. Where once "engagement" was a concept that didn't even appear on an employer's radar, then became arguably one of the most used buzzwords in business, it is now integral to...
Startings
Starting something big and new. Something that impacts your life or work in a major way carries with it a lot of emotion and energy. Whether you're starting a new business, starting a new process, product or program in your business, starting a new career, or starting...
What Employees Really Want
There's a lot of truth behind the saying "people don't leave jobs, they leave bosses". You may think this is because they are underpaid or overworked, but it's actually because they feel undervalued and unappreciated. This is one of the factors that leads to employee...