Create a Complaint Free Zone
One of the things about having to work with other people is their different personalities. Some as eternally optomistic, others are all business, others are... Read More →
What do employees expect from you?
There are many books about leadership and managing people – former/current leaders are always willing to share their thoughts on what made them best. While... Read More →
Are you prepared for Mother Nature?
A couple of days ago here in the Midwest we experienced a strange storm, within 15 minutes we had 70 mph winds and heavy rain – then... Read More →
Value of Vacation
Vacation is usually a benefit we reserve for our employees – we encourage them to take it, use it either a week at a time... Read More →
Is it time to hire your first employee?
Are you finding yourself overwhelmed? Maybe you are in search of extra free time? One thing you do know is that you can’t do it... Read More →
The “How” of Employee Counselling
The past several weeks we have been talking about Employee Counselling – when to do it and why. What hasn’t been discussed is the “how”.... Read More →
4 Strikes and You’re Out!
Do you use progressive discipline (or counselling as I prefer to call it)? Do you know how? I prefer to call it counselling as the... Read More →
Is your fear holding you back?
Do you have a troublesome employee? Someone who prefers to talk-down to people, gossip, is overly negative or makes others uncomfortable by their behavior? Are... Read More →
Does it really matter?
In a conversation last week I was asked “Does having good employees really made a difference?” Instead of answering directly, I asked a few questions instead.... Read More →
Put it in writing!
For the most part employees come to work with the best intentions and want to do good work. However, there are those occssions (or various occasions)... Read More →