Preschool Leadership
Summary: In Preschool we learned about listening, using our words and sharing. These same lessons apply to leadership. I have to admit, this weeks blog... Read More →
Where do you eat lunch?
Summary: Get to know your employees casually over a meal in the lunchroom and be a “regular person” who employees can approach. No, I’m not... Read More →
Do YOU have a job description?
Summary: As the business owner you need to have a job description in order to stay focused on your priorities and allow your employees to... Read More →
Will they leave?
It’s the end of summer which for many of us means the end of the slower days of business. Labor Day also marks the end... Read More →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Are you “blocked”?
This week’s post comes to you courtesy of “writer’s block”. I try to draw inspiration from everywhere some human resources related, some business related or... Read More →