Making a contractual agreement with a new employee during the potential employee interview process is not common in most fields, but it makes good business sense to do so in some industries.
How to deal with employee productivity issues on cyber-Monday
Cyber Monday is evolving into Cyber Week, a week-long buying frenzy for holiday shoppers looking for irresistible bargains. Human resources professionals, however, see Cyber Monday and Cyber Week as a threat to workplace productivity.
Resource Offers One-Stop Employee Engagement Learning
The TINYinstitute is the web’s first free employee engagement learning center
What ‘soft skills’ do you need to become a successful financial advisor?
In actual fact, it is a job role which requires numerous ‘soft skills’ as well; some of which you may already possess, and some of which you may need to work on. Here, we take a look at five of them.
Hiring – Seven “Non-Negotiables” to Prevent a Bad Hire
The costs of a bad hire are staggering. A recent survey by Career Builder reports more than two-thirds of employers were affected by a bad hire last year…
Human resources – commitment, not complacency
There’s no room for complacency in my HR. In a recent Fast Company article, Why RIM Lost Its Crew, Its Groove, the author writes that complacency was one of the factors killing RIM. That’s big. {If you weren’t aware, RIM makes Blackberry. No worries, I own a Blackberry and didn’t always know that either.} A complacent satisfaction with […]
Employee handbook – pros and cons
You are probably thinking, “Maybe I should not have an Employee Handbook?” That is the wrong answer for a very simple reason.
Manage like you mean it: 6 ways to become more decisive
Part of being a respected manager means being able to make decisions in a timely manner. That comes naturally for some people, but for others tough choices cause them to waver for too long. One major inhibitor — fear.
Termination – plan a dignified exit for terminated employees
We know you are not happy here, that you are not happy with your performance … We are not happy with it either, and feel you can do better elsewhere. So today we are going to part company and we are going to wish you good luck
Employee retention – retaining high potential employees
To retain high-potential employees, the conventional wisdom is deceptively simple: Identify, develop, and nurture them. By paying special attention to the very best people, they will stay with the firmand eventually emerge as key leaders.