I have people who consistently leave early. That creates a problem for other people here. Up to now, I've turned a blind eye to the issue, knowing that a flexible work week can help people better deal with the rest...
If an employee or management were to get sick, we'd need a replacement plan. What would employee cross-training look like? Thoughts of the Day: Employee cross-training gets your people ready to step into another job and reduce personnel crises....
Feels like the workforce pool is shrinking. We want to keep good employees who might get offers from other employers looking for talent. We want to link pay increases to results: you learn something, now you’re worth more money. What...
We're looking for ways to motivate employees. The amount of effort needed to manage some of our employees is frustrating. If we don’t babysit them, whatever they’re supposed to be doing more often than not is either poorly done or...
We know demotion is never easy. We’re worried about how one of our supervisors is going to react. We don’t want to lose him, but we’re bringing in a manager over him. This employee is clearly our star technical person....
Thoughts of the day: Hire for passion when searching for new hires. Lead with what your business is all about. Find job candidates who are passionate about what your company does. Stop looking for last-minute job fillers. Make sure...
I need a strategy for managing millennials. I’m getting a lot of applications from millennials, but it seems like millennials are just looking for the next best thing and are not willing to work as hard as generations before....
How do we balance benefits and profits? We’re not sure what to do about health care. We’re worried about getting hit with increases in premiums this year. It could eat into our profits. How do we sort it out? Thoughts...
Worried that employees aren't listening to me. If they’re not going to listen to their boss, who are they going to listen to? How can I keep from getting pushed out of the way? Thoughts of the Day: If...