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Be Clear and Concise When You Hire

A client called me recently to tell me his company was growing and that he needed to re-hire some employees he had laid off at the beginning of 2009. Given his current growth and the possibility of additional expansion in 2010, he thought it was time to brush off the company's hiring letter and discuss the use of a non-disclosure agreement for key employees.

Shatter Your Glass Ceiling with an Internet Business

Here is an irrefutable fact of life-if you are an employee, there is a glass ceiling looming severely over everything you do. It doesn’t matter what industry you work in, what company you work for, or what job you do. If you are not self-employed, you will ultimately come up against a glass ceiling of one form or another.

YOUR EMPLOYEE IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT CUSTOMER

The South Florida market is comprised of many small- to medium-sized “service” businesses. I look at these organizations and wonder if they are a product of their product. To be truly successful, a business really has to serve two customer bases. The customer base most focused on is typically the revenue-generating one. However, considering cause and effect, the internal customer (the employee) should be on at least an equal footing with the external customer. This leads me to a question to those of you who lead or manage people: If you considered the people that worked for you as your largest and most important customers, would you behave or see them any differently than you do today?

Is Your Company Wasting Its Training Dollars

Too often the Chief Human Resource Officer or Director of Training and Development calls to ask for a price to conduct a training session before giving enough thought to defining the company’s real issues at hand and how to best address them. The main issue is always how to maximize some aspect of a company’s growth performance, so before one can decide on whether to invest in training, one must first determine whether that training will hit the intended target.

Employee Motivation Programs - Top Reasons Incentives Work

Employee motivation programs - more than likely you have know of them, however if you are not implementing them inside your small business, you are making a dangerous mistake. You see, while you will observe that these reward programs will require a monetary investment on your part, they might bring you incredible returns in the extended run. From incentives to unique prize giveaways, there are so many numerous ideas that you might get your own employee motivation program started and here are a few of the best reasons to do so.

Improving Your Employee Asset

If you need to lower your costs, improve your quality, increase production and/or reduce in-process time then perhaps you need to revisit how you're maximizing your biggest asset . . . the people you work with and through.

Active Duty or Retired Military (Or Dependents) Owning a Business

Military people and their dependents have a tough time owning a business because they move so often. There are answers to this challenge all based around OPM (Other People's Money) and the Internet.

Early To Bed - Early To Rise!

Do you wonder where the time goes in your day. Why are some people able to accomplish so much and yet you don't feel that you get anything done?

Why NonCompete Means Dont Lie Cheat or Steal

Scott Kirsner's December 30, 2007 column in the business pages of the Boston Globe caught my eye that morning. His premise... "Why non-compete means 'don't thrive'"... caused me to revisit a favorite client topic... non-compete agreements. They are the subject of more questions, comments and complaints among my small business clients than almost any other, and for a good reason.

Not Every Employer or Employee Needs a Non-Compete!

It is truly rewarding to write an article which foments discussion... and it doesn't matter whether we agree or disagree, simply that we talk about something which might be important to your business. However, the end result of a non-compete discussion should not necessarily be to foist one of these agreements on every employee. Rather, it should prompt you to think through which of your long-time key employees (or new hires) are in a position to harm your business if they leave tomorrow and join or open a competing company.

ARE YOU MANAGING FOR RESULTS

If you manage others in your organization, you are responsible for identifying business objectives, establishing a clear set of expected outcomes, creating policies and procedures to guide daily activities, aligning appropriate resources, and providing the development and support necessary to maximize the likelihood that expected outcomes are achieved. How would you grade yourself in all of these areas?

Comprehending and Strengthening Your Staff's Conscience and Productivity

Looking to learn how to understand and strengthen your staff's conscience to enhance productivity and company profitability? Read on to learn about how you can determine the demise of a person's conscience and engage them in a mutual performance accountability process to strengthen their conscience and their character and performance.

Hire Only The Best People

Are you interested in learning about ten keys to hiring and retaining ONLY the top 10% performers of high character and commitment? Do you want customer-satisfying employees one and all? Read on to discover the steps you can take to hire only the best!

Consequences of Embracing Technology

As companies embrace various technologies to serve guests better, increase productivity, or work more efficiently, employers must realize that these systems must work correctly ---- or there will be bottom line consequences.

Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Ignore This at Your Peril!

It's been almost two years since I wrote to warn you about the perils of hiring "independent contractors" under the 2004 amendments to the Massachusetts law. Since then, the status has not improved and litigation has begun to shape its future. Let's review the current rules in Massachusetts.

No One Should Be Indispensable... So Plan For the Unexpected

Recently, a client called me in somewhat of a panic mode. It seems that a key designer in their engineering firm had arrived that morning, sat down across the desk from her boss, and tendered her resignation... effective immediately! Could they prevent the departure? Should they sue? What else could they do?

The Employee Mindset

The mindset of an employee is much different than that of the entrepreneur. With no one to tell you what to do and how to do it may be difficult but can also be very rewarding.

The #2 Interview Question That Candidates Find Most Difficult

Knowing what interview questions are likely to be asked is half the battle – the other half is answering them in a way that lands you the job.

Is Customer Service A Thing Of The Past?

The economy is bad and companies are losing money left and right. Wouldn’t you think one of their top priorities would be amazing customer service? Customer service is a means for a company to stand out and encourage people to buy from them instead of their competitors.

The Most Important Sales Leadership Discipline to Motivating Sales Teams

Sales team motivation can be an easy task, especially when appropriate disciplines are demonstrated by the sales leader. That is when employee motivation happens naturally. It is kind of like “monkey see, monkey do” approach. Motivation, no matter if it is self motivation or employee motivation, is defined as a motive to act. What motivates you and gets you to act, does not necessarily mean it will work for others, or lead to employee motivation. No one can motivate you, only you can motivate yourself. You cannot motivate others. As a sales team leader all you can do is demonstrate appropriate behaviours and create an environment where employees motivate themselves

Workplace Coaching: Selecting a Coach

When choosing a coach for your employees, you have before you a number of options. Selecting the wrong coach can lead to disaster. Use the pointers in this article to help you decide on who would make an effective coach in your workplace.

Process Mapping: Ten Tips for Success

Mapping your organization’s processes makes good business sense as well as lays the foundation for a motivated and productive workforce. Leslie Allan shows you how you can use process mapping to engage your employees and why it works so effectively.

Improve Your Training Sessions with the Five Rights of Training

All trainers need to take stock occasionally of how they are going. Are your training sessions as effective as they could be? Use these Five Rights of training to help you review where your training programs could be missing the mark.

Effective Managers Understand Psychology

Novice managers often struggle to get the best out of their people because they labor under a one-dimensional view of what motivates their employees. In this article, Leslie Allan illustrates how a little psychology can return huge dividends.

Training Employees: Stop Wasting Your Money

You send your people on expensive training courses. Yet your business performance does not seem to improve. Your problem may lie in how you look at training. This article considers two popular views of how training works. Hold the outdated view and you will continue to lose money on training. Act on the enlightened view and your business and people will prosper. Which view do you hold?

Engaged Employees Increase Bottom Line Performance

New research shows close to half of today's employees are not happy at work, and the cost to employers is substantial.

Should I Keep an Employee I Don't Trust?

My first response would be, "What don't you trust?" And is it possible that you as the leader are feeding the distrust.

How to get rid of the employee that doesn’t fit

He was tall, dark and handsome and a great lover. From the outside, he appeared to be the ideal date and partner. But after 3 months of living together, Jenny realised that her ideal mate was less than ideal. Whilst he could turn on a charming personality, he liked drinking with the boys each night while she preferred walks in the country. She liked a tidy house and he preferred to live in a mess. Like Jenny, have you ever hired someone who appeared to have all their technical skills for the job, but when put in the work environment turned out to be a complete nightmare? Maybe their CV read perfectly but they did not live up to their billing? If so, read on.

How to get an employee to resign

When faced with a poor performing employee, the reaction of a number of employers is to think of an ingenious way to encourage that employee to resign. After all, it saves all the hassle of going through a performance management process, and if they resign then there is no comeback, right? Or maybe that is not the case.

Is Your Management Causing Employee Issues and Slow Business Growth?

Employee issues are most often symptoms of inconsistent or failing management; deal with supervisor/manager competency and impact and you not only have engaged employees but also an effective, productive and efficient organization.

IT Employees―Least Engaged…Again

New report finds many organizations view IT workers, especially those at the helpdesk and maintenance levels, as necessary commodities that are not critical to the organization’s mission or strategy.

Small Business Owners Can't Hire Good Staff

When you are a small business owner, the dilemma is quite ironic. On the one hand you need good people, and on the other, you know good people want to receive good pay. That is easier said than done when you are on a tight budget!

Errors in Job Placement: the Four Categories of Employment

Employers are faced with many challenges including determining what category the people they hire fall into. Workers are divided by the IRS into four categories: independent contractors, common-law employees, statutory employees, and statutory nonemployees.

Safeguard Business Data - Value Advantage of Integrating Logical Access on an Employee ID Badge

Many large corporations and government agencies have found the cost savings, security and employee convenience very compelling to integrate logical access into the employee badge. However, the two biggest barriers in getting small to medium size businesses, clinics and agencies to follow suit have been: Awareness and Cost.

For Employees Only

Ever been disappointed with your year-end bonus? Ever felt like you got less than you deserved? Betsey addresses this issue with a real life example.

Are You Trying To Make Pigs Fly (or Expecting Employees to Do Things They’re Not Cut Out to Do)?

Do you employees fail to live up to your expectations? Are they aware of your expectations? Or are you trying to make pigs fly?

Employee vs Independent Contractor

If you own a small business or are thinking about starting one, you will need to have a good understanding of the difference between a regular W-2 employee and a 1099 independent contract. It is usually more beneficial for an employer to have a contractor rather than an employee because the employer does not have to spend the time and effort to do payroll for that worker. Unfortunately, you don't get to just choose which status you put a worker into. The IRS forces you to choose one status or the other based on your relationship with a worker. The more supervision you have over a worker, the more likely it is that the worker should be a W-2 employee. The more independence they have, the more likely it is that they should be a 1099 contractor.

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Are You Ready for New Business?

Despite the gloom and doom which seems to surround us these days like a miasma that won't lift, small business owners are seeing their hard work and nose-to-the-grindstone efforts pay off in incremental new business.

What Is Wrong with Performance Appraisals?

How effective are organizations at driving superior performance from their employees? If we are to believe human resources professionals, the answer is that our performance management systems are failing to make the grade. This is the sobering conclusion from Sibson Consulting\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s worldwide survey.

5 Fundamentals of a Well-Drafted Employment Handbook

Providing a well written employment handbook is critical for all present-day employers. Whether the company is a multi-billion dollar Fortune 500 firm or a small family owned repair shop, having employment policies documented is something a company cannot survive without.

Performance Appraisals and Compensation: A Deadly Mix

The annual jostling for pay rises based on employee performance is often described as ineffective by HR professionals, largely dreaded by managers and treated with suspicion by employees. So why do organizations still engage in this annual exercise?

Employee Performance Management: Time to Reinvent the Wheel

Performance-management systems are broken at the majority of companies in every corner in the world. By teasing apart results of a recent worldwide survey of HR professionals, we've seen how evaluations are viewed as a joke by employees, a waste of time by many managers and a non-actionable talking point by some senior executives.

How Top Management Views Performance Appraisal Systems

How important is your leadership team's support of the performance management system in your organization? A recent study into the views of HR professionals towards their appraisal system sheds interesting light on the value of top level endorsement.

How to Calm Disruptive Workplaces

Recently I was reading a letter to the editor in a business publication directed at small business owners. The letter, from a business owner, stated that he had two principals, a CFO and VP who seemed to always be at odds. He was concerned over the disruption in his business even though these two individuals were very productive.

Creating a Vision and a Mission: A Co-Created And Co-Shared Experience

The VM Vacuum process works because all the employees are involved in co-creating the vision and are all a key and equal part of the visioning process. When a vision is co-created in this way, it becomes co-shared and people believe in it… it contains a part of them, so naturally, it becomes believable, realistic and do-able.

"I'm Pregnant".......

An overview of the changes to maternity legislation since April 2007

Scheduling Resources For Organizations Made Amazing

Budget tracking allows you to see how much and where it’s being spent. For a business owner this information is invaluable because you will be able to see where the money is being wasted or utilized.

The Right Way to Give Promotions

There is a right and wrong way to promote employees. Being too lax in your decision making could be disastrous for your company. Read how to successfully promote your employees.

Why Should We Use A Resource Scheduling Software For Exceptional Company Performance

Budget tracking facilitates a user to view how and where it’s being spent. This information is invaluable for business owners because they will be able to see whether the money is being utilized or not.

Managing a Salon or Spa Employee Performance Problem

Learn the best way to manage your salon spa team to success and reduce your own management stress

Technology Versus Managing

This article is probably going to step on some toes. Many business people are becoming so focused on the “new” tools related to the internet/cyber world that they are no longer focused on the “old” solid management principles.

Scheduling Resources By Organizations Is Easy

A central database scheduling system that allows everyone in an organization to see what is happening with meeting rooms and conference venues.

Why Should We Use A Resource Scheduling Software For Peak Business Output

A central database scheduling system that allows everyone in an organization to see what is happening with meeting rooms and conference venues.

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