If you want to be reminded how important hiring is for teams and organizations, think about the costs of bad selection. Beyond the direct costs associated with those...
Employers are required by law to provide certain benefits to employees. Beyond that, however, fringe benefits can help employers sweeten the deal and make work a better...
Managers should strive to address performance issues early through coaching and verbal warnings. Hopefully, prompt conversations about underperformance or common issues...
Sophia goes over her notes one last time before heading to bed. She wants the presentation tomorrow to go well, and she knows falling back on what she rehearsed will...
How do you keep track of your employees’ work hours? If you’re like most organizations, your employees record the number of hours they worked on a timesheet. In...
Boston Beer Co., the brewer of Sam Adams and other craft beverages, is taking heat for its overuse of noncompete agreements. In a recent article, the Boston Globe cites...
Video calling has come a long way since Skype was introduced back in 2003. Today, companies use video conferencing software to perform everything from chat messaging to...
He cleaned out his cubicle and went through an exit interview. Now, after three weeks (or three months or three years . . .) this former employee wants to return to your...
Retaining top performers has become a serious challenge for recruiters in recent years.
A staggering 50.6 million US workers quit their jobs in 2022, and young men have...
Written warnings, or write-ups, are one of the most well-known employee disciplinary procedures. While nobody likes giving or getting a written warning, they do serve a...
Tackling the talent shortage head-on requires a fresh roadmap for leaders. Let’s discuss the first of several secrets to solving the short-term crunch and providing a...
Remote meetings are weird! Large groups of people get together on a little screen with awkward camera angles and jittery microphones. People don’t interrupt each other...
It’s no secret at this point that the hiring process has been in dire straits since the COVID-19 pandemic. The aftermath of the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, and...
Documenting a verbal warning may sound a bit counterintuitive. After all, they are meant to be verbal and are generally less formal than an official written warning or...
In August 2021, Jack decided to move from New Jersey to North Carolina. His elderly grandmother – with whom he always had a particularly close relationship –...
Holding tough conversations with employees is a challenge at all levels of an organization. After all, who wants to address an issue that could lead to confrontation,...
Nearly 100 percent of workers want to work from home at least some of the time. Remote work is here to stay, folks, making virtual meetings the glue keeping offsite...
Employee discipline is often stressful for both supervisors and employees, but it’s often a necessary part of employee development and performance management. The...
“Why are you looking for a new role?”
Lucky for Kevin, he thought about this question before his job interview. If not, he might have given the hiring manager a...
Tardiness, absenteeism, harassment, and discrimination are all serious issues that can occur in the workplace if your organization has no way of disciplining...
