There’s no way you can completely stop good employees from leaving. It may even be harder now as the economy improves and some of your best employees go on to other opportunities with other NYC companies. Employees also leave because their spouse got a great new opportunity across state and there’s nothing you can do… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Human Resources
Never Say This to Your Employees
Being a good boss means establishing good communication with your employees. It means being open and honest with them, respecting them and their efforts. It means doing what you can to help them succeed. It means creating an atmosphere of trust and teamwork. There are many ways to create a good work atmosphere, and ways… Read more »
Ginning Up Your Willpower
Willpower. It is a quality that we are all striving to get more of. Our busy lives demand a healthy amount of it. The good news is that, like our muscles, we can develop our willpower through exercising it. However, just like our muscles, we can over exert it as well. Research indicates that when… Read more »
To Hire or Not to Hire an Entrepreneur
You are looking to fill an open position. Among your many job applicants are a few people who have been entrepreneurs, people who have started their own company or companies. So the question that arises is whether you should hire an entrepreneur or not. As with anything, there are reasons in favor of hiring an… Read more »
Managing Remote Employees
In today’s work environment, more and more people are working outside the office. This type of arrangement presents its own kinds of challenges for employees and managers. Many managers may assume that because workers are at remote locations, there is less need to supervise and work with them. But business experts say that just the… Read more »
Why Workers are not Engaged and What to do About It
Surveys routinely show that a large majority of the workforce is not engaged with their work. One recent poll put the number around 70 percent. And that number has remained constant over time. This naturally is a concern to companies who want to get the most from their workers, who want to keep their efficiency… Read more »
“Problem” Candidate or Diamond in the Rough?
Is a person who has been out of work for six months or longer damaged goods? What about someone who is “overqualified” for your open position? Should you never hire someone with a criminal record? Sometimes, candidates who have some sort of black mark on their job history aren’t as problematic as they may appear… Read more »
Performance-Based Training — Is It Right for Your Company?
Training is important to any business to make sure employees stay up to date with the latest knowledge and to improve their skill sets. One good way to train employees is through performance-based learning. Research has shown that performance-based learning can cut the time it takes to train employees by up to half, while at… Read more »
Improving Company Morale
Having an engaged workforce is high on the priority list for most companies. But even though most companies know how important employee morale is, recent research has shown that people who are dissatisfied with their jobs outnumber those who enjoy their work by a margin of two to one. If your company is attempting to… Read more »
Realizing Potential
Most companies, when they look at developing workers for leadership or management positions, focus on the top 15 percent of the workforce. These are the so-called high-potential employees. At the other end, there are about 15 percent who are underperformers, with a large group of 70 percent in the middle. Since this middle sector makes… Read more »