5 Ways to Help Managers Onboard New Direct Reports
Now that you’ve gone through the talent recruitment process and landed on the person who’s the right fit, the work has only begun. You hired someone who will be reporting to you, and the best way to set them up for success is to familiarize them with the company. This exercise is known as onboarding, […]
Client Success Story: Rescuing A Family-Owned Business
Situation Our client is a family-owned food manufacturing business that experienced the sudden loss of their father. As a result, the mother and her daughter were thrust into running all aspects of the company. Because the mother is retiring after 10 years of helping her daughter, she was quickly trying to phase herself out, leaving […]
Talent Retention: How to Re-recruit Employees
Here’s a statistic to chew on as a business owner: 94% of managers say they would consider rehiring an ex-employee. Unfortunately, business owners and managers do let top talent get away. But what if you could prevent that? What if you continued to apply the same interest in your employees as you did when you […]
Client Success Story: Fixing Bugs in an IT Company’s HR Policies Leads to Retention and Growth
Situation The field of Information Technology (IT) has experienced rapid growth over the last few years, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of our clients, a managed service provider of IT, was focused on delivering stellar computer service to their clients. While they were successful in fixing computer bugs, their HR processes weren’t […]
Make It Okay for Employees to Leave: How You and Others In The Organization Treat People When They Depart
Although employees are always advised to avoid “burning bridges” when they resign from their jobs, organizations often fail to do the same. Offboarding protocols have become more important than ever with the average tenure of employees at just over four years. How you react to employee resignation can have a huge impact on your overall […]
3 More Benefits of Outsourcing HR Functions for Small Businesses
In today’s fluid work climate, companies need professional resources to address talent acquisition, retention, and workplace compliance in order to remain competitive. Way back when, we first wrote about the benefits of outsourcing the HR function, but boy oh boy have things changed to keep up with HR demands. Without further ado, today we present […]
Spread The Love: Spotlight Your Employees in Your Company Newsletter
Newsletters typically provide content that’s 80% promotional and 20% educational. Sticking with the former, there can be information about new products and services, specials, or company news. Unfortunately, it’s more the exception than the rule that the company news section recognizes specific employees for their accomplishments. During the so-called “Great Resignation” where employees are seeking […]
How to Structure Your Bonuses
Remaining competitive as an employer can be challenging for small businesses, especially as we are still dealing with the economic disruptions that the pandemic has caused. You can focus on creating a healthy culture based on respect, inclusiveness, and opportunity, but this is usually not enough to attract top talent. As a business owner, it’s […]
Making an Internal Move: How to Help Employees Find a New Role Within Your Company
One of the biggest mistakes small businesses make is to fail to nurture their top performers. As we’ve previously written, there are best practices to teach your employees about the value of networking and how to be brand ambassadors, but today, we want to take it a step further. Even if your company is a […]
How Far Should You Take Price-Matching When a Top-Performing Employee Has Another Offer?
The expression, “The only constant is change” couldn’t apply more to the workplace. As a business owner, you don’t need me to tell you that the pandemic has caused a whirlwind of change and disruption. It always seems that once you have a moment to come up for air, your best employee knocks on the […]