Is the weather affecting your business?
Summary: Is the weather affect your business, your employee productivity – you may not be able to change the weather but here are some ways... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →