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Surviving an Economic Downturn: Creative Alternatives to Layoffs
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| It seems that you can't escape the headlines these days about the gloomy economic news. In every media outlet, we read or hear about stock market losses, real estate slowdowns, job losses, bankruptcies and bailouts. These are clearly challenging economic times.
One key question for your business is how do you handle the economic slowdown when it comes to your staffing levels? Should you institute a hiring freeze? Can you take advantage of layoffs at your competitors by snatching up strong performers that they've been forced to downsize? Or do you need to layoff employees yourself?
In this article, we look at some of the options facing small- and medium-sized businesses when determining how to handle their human resources needs during an economic slowdown.
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Stellar Supervision Enhances Company Productivity
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| Looking for a framework to use to provide stellar supervision for each of your staff members? Proactive, collaborative supervision is a key to enhancing each staff member's competencies, commitment and optimum personal productivity. It enhances staff loyalty and reduces turnover because staff members feel their career success is a top priority of their leader. Read on to discover the things you can do to help your staff members excel. |
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Low And No Budget Home Based Businesses Any Woman Can Start Part One
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| In recent years, the number of layoffs, and the cost of living has dramatically increased. Once upon a time layoffs were not a huge concern but unfortunately that is not the case today. Due to the increased cost of doing business, the new business paradigm that makes outsourcing work to foreign countries cost effective, and technological innovations that make many former jobs obsolete, job security for many of the jobs traditionally held by women is a thing of the past. So what is a hard-working girl to do...start her own business from scratch—of course! |
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Surviving an Economic Downturn: How to Handle Layoffs Effectively
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| Sometimes layoffs are the only alternative to ensure your company remains competitive during an economic downturn. When that is the case, it is critical that the layoffs be done in a sensitive and respectful way that also minimizes the impact on your employer brand. In this article, we look at some of the key areas necessary to conduct layoffs effectively. |
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Home Based Business - 8 Tips For Success Online
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| Home based business makes a come back as recession threatens some of the major corporate employers. Fear of downsizing and layoffs as companies struggle to keep their companies solvent. Denying there is a problem does not help. Decreasing debt and being more aware of how you are spending your money can make a big difference if this recession goes into depression. Workers preparing for the possibility of cutbacks or layoffs are considering options and many are choosing to start a home based business. |
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Helping Staff Recover After A Layoff
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| Layoffs are wrenching for companies in many ways. First, there is the sobering reality that layoffs are necessary for the bottom line. Next come the anguishing decisions about what areas to cut, followed by the unpleasant task of sharing the news. No wonder company leaders want to wash their hands of this matter once they hand out the severance packages. |
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Coaching Careless Staff
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| Managing careless staff can be very frustrating for both the manager and the team particularly if the staff member appears not to care about how their performance is affecting others. Here is how you can use a coaching approach to get staff to focus on fixing the problem themselves. |
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Coaching Passive/Aggressive staff
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| If you have staff on your team who aren't responding to you it may be because they are getting some benefit from it. These staff are often called Passive Aggressive staff. They may seem quiet perhaps sullen but they can be quite manipulative and quietly aggressive in getting their own way. Here's how a coach might handle them.
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The Significance of Your Company Culture
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| Company culture is the spirit, attitude and character of its people put together. Although products or services are the backbone of business, the working culture of staff and its management matter. A happy staff is a productive staff. |
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Handling Layoffs
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| The economic times have been pretty harsh for many companies. Many of those have considered laying off some staff. Here are 8 top tips for handling layoffs and handling them well! |
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Workplace Stress Management
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| Workplace stress management is the ability to the successfully handle harmful
physical and emotional responses that manifest when there is conflict between
job demands, and the amount of control you have over meeting these demands.
In general, the combination of high demands in a job and low amount of control
over the situation can lead to stress.
Stress in the workplace may come from one event or many different sources.
Could be fear of job redundancy, layoffs especially in an increasing uncertain economy.
Increased demands for overtime due to staff cutbacks, all act as negative stressors.
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