As an employer, you want to cultivate respectful relationships with everyone who works for you. And you want to do whatever you can to build a solid team that will help you ensure the long-term success of your business. But some employees may hinder the respect, success, productivity, and teamwork you’ve worked so hard to build, and it’s in these kinds of situations that you may have to terminate an…
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If you’ve never taken the time to ponder this question, you might think there’s no difference between a boss and a leader. I mean, they both get to tell people what to do, they both typically command some sort of a team, and in their day-to-day duties, they tend to wear a lot of the same hats. But while these two roles may share many of the same functions, the…
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A lot has been said about the importance of employees making a great first impression. But the truth is it’s just as important for employers to make a great first impression on employees, and much of that impression is formed during the onboarding process. In my experience, a lot of companies’ onboarding processes tend to be fraught with issues and inadequacies, and this seems to be especially true when it…
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In this day and age, workplaces are more diverse than they ever have been. And while this diversity offers a long list of benefits, it also poses a unique set of challenges, not least when it comes to generational differences in the workplace. Like it or not, people from different generations often see the world from completely different perspectives. They work differently, communicate differently, and have different values, goals, strengths,…
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If you’re a manager, chances are you’re the kind of person who’d like to move up the ladder into a more senior leadership role. But transitioning from manager to leader can be tough, as these roles come with vastly different responsibilities, and many of the traits of a great manager are actually not conducive to being an effective leader. This can create many issues for the organizations these leaders are…
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If you own a business, or you’re leading a department, you’re probably well aware of how tough it can be to motivate employees. But believe it or not, one of the best ways to do this is by creating key performance indicators (KPIs) that clearly define what success looks like. Now, depending on what you think about KPIs, this might sound a bit counterproductive, but trust me on this. After…
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After everything that’s taken place over the last few years, working from home has become more common than ever. Love it or hate it, remote work has gone from being an obscure luxury that only a select few enjoyed, to something that a large percentage of the workforce is able and willing to do. For example, a survey on flexible work from McKinsey & Company, which surveyed 25,000 Americans last…
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After working in human resources for several decades, it has become painfully obvious that many business owners have no idea what an HR person does. And oftentimes, their ideas about what they should be doing couldn’t be any further from the truth. Generally speaking, HR people tend to do just about everything, whether that’s bookkeeping, office management, hiring, firing, or just ordering some pizza for an employee meeting. That being…
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If you own a business, you want your team to hit the ground running as soon as the new year begins. And if you want to make sure that happens, you can’t wait until the spring to set business goals, define accountabilities, or decide how you’re going to evaluate your employees – you need to do it now before it’s too late. This way, everyone on your team will be…
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Retaining your best and brightest employees can be difficult, even in the best of times. But when inflation is through the roof, eroding the value of every dollar, employee retention gets even tougher. This is nothing new, though, as the relationship between inflation and people quitting their jobs has been well-known for years. According to an article from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, research has shown that there’s a…
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