Knowing how to delegate tasks to your team members is a critical management skill. It helps you develop your people while controlling your workload at the same time....
Leaders have tremendous
power to inspire and encourage, but some techniques actually undermine
performance. Here’s Samuel Spitalli’s list of 10 no-nos:
Issue: Most people remain silent in the face of minor disrespectful incidents at work. Risk: Your silence can be interpreted as acceptance of the other person's...
Carole Howe’s strengths lie in her imaginative concepts:
tickle-your-fancy ideas that brought shops like Bow Wow Meow, Field
& Stream and Fly Babies into airport...
Before you seek consumer credit or background reports on applicants, you must obtain their written consent and give them a clearly written disclosure form. But what...
Issue: One in 20 employees moonlights, and a hot labor market offers employees in your shop new opportunities to work second jobs. Risk: Moonlighting can create tired,...
If your people feel overworked, does it matter? And what can you do about it? The answers are "yes" and "more than you may think." Some insights and ideas:
Wegmans Food Markets recently clinched the #1 spot on Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, after making the list eight times in the past....
Back in 1949, psychologist George Kingsley Zipf discovered the
“Principle of Least Effort”: Most people, most of the time, are turned
back by modest...
Remind your managers: Contrary to popular belief, female employees don't need to be pregnant to earn legal protections under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act...
The best way to prevent employees from rallying support for a union in the workplace is to write and enforce a specific no-solicitation policy. To make sure it passes...
If you're like most small business owners, your spouse does odds and ends around the office and pitches in when you need help. This is particularly true in the summer...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been known to cause employer consternation. Below you'll find the answers to a pressing HIPAA ...
Whether they involve actual benefits or just the process itself, any promises made that impact an employee's expectations must be kept. If a retirement promise is...
Even when no one around you sees you as a leader, you can be one. That
was true of Sacagawea, the lone woman and only Native American on the
Lewis and Clark...
