Five Steps to Help Small Businesses Create Fair Severance Packages “ I don’t know what else to do. There is no way we can keep that department open and still stay afloat. We’re going to have to dissolve that part of the company if we want to stay in business. I hate breaking the news […]
Employee Motivation – Getting More From Your People
The pressure to perform, lack of acknowledgment and feeling undervalued- these are problems plaguing many passionate employees in the workplace. Not for the lack of effort from managers, CEO’s etc… but the lack of awareness that employees each have their own motivation styles. Imagine this, you’ve ventured through the hiring process, found a perfect candidate […]
Accentuate the Positives: Transforming Organisations
How Focussing on the Positives Can Help Your Company Have you ever noticed that when you think positively, the world seems a more positive place? Likewise, when you focus on problems, the world seems a more negative place? This notion is central to the practice of appreciative inquiry, a philosophy designed to shift organizational thinking […]
Why Salary Does Not Always Motivate Employees
The Salary of Employees Versus Other Incentives Lack of motivation in the workplace is a major problem for employers and managers. Well, at all times, money and a decent salary were a reward for the labors. But in our time, research suggests that money has little effect on their interest. Of course, they will continue […]
Five Strategies to Ramp Up Employee Training
If you’re a business owner, the way that you train your people is crucial. Without the right tools and strategies, you could miss out on great talent and the importance of bringing them up within the company so they don’t jump ship. So treat your talent right and allow them to help you innovate and […]
PODCAST: Using Sales Tactics to Sell Yourself in Interviews
Sales Recruitment: Interview Tips from Elinor Stutz Are you looking for that ideal sales role? Ready to make a step up and work for a brand which represents your values and can meet your earning potential? For those sales pros with a few years experience under their belts, there’s a great opportunity to utilize skills learned […]
How to Help Employees Push Their Career After Maternity Leave
Today she’s taking new superpowers back to the office! Restored motivation. Refreshed life values. A desire to build a career and be more effective so she could go home earlier. A professional HR manager, you can use this new mom’s enthusiasm to help her prove she’s not fitting into the statistics of post-maternity leave career […]
Six Key Rules of Workplace Health And Safety
As an employer, it is your responsibility to ensure, as far as possible, that your employees have a safe and healthy environment in which to work. Whether all of your employees are on-site, you have remote workers, or you offer your services at client sites, you need to offer the necessary tools and information so […]
Three Ways to Keep Employees Safe in the Workplace
As a business owner, you should know that the safety of your employees is vital to the success of your company. Instead of looking at employee safety as an expense, you should instead think of it as a long-term investment in the health of your business. Since businesses are run by human beings and not […]
Top 40 Questions to Ask Your Product Design Company
Developing great products is an art in itself and one that requires experience and expertise in design aesthetics and technicalities of high-quality well-designed products that will fly off the shelves. Outsourcing your product development and branding needs to a seasoned product design company is a great idea, but you need to ask some important questions […]