Understanding Critical Success Factors
Whether you are managing a restaurant, boutique, or insurance agency, it is essential to know that you are focusing on those things that help the organization achieve its mission. Anyone…
How To Prepare Your Organization For An Unexpected Disaster
We are at that time of year again when we experience many storms, tornadoes, and inclement weather. These seasons of natural disasters remind us to be diligent and prepare our…
Sample New Employee Orientation Checklist
Starting a job means many new things to learn, many people to get to know, and lots of new information that needs to be absorbed quickly. How an employer welcomes…
6 Things Managers Can Do to Encourage Work-Life Balance
Employees go to work with the intention of doing a good job. However, life’s challenges can take their toll on even the best employees. Life happens, and it simply takes…
5 Tips For Reducing Absenteeism in the Workplace
I had a question from a reader who asked, “Do you see the causes of workplace absenteeism as a management problem or a personal problem?” Second, “what do you think…
Exempt vs Nonexempt Are You Paying Attention?
I took a labor law class when I was in college. And I’ll never forget my first day in class. The instructor said, “If management would be fair to employees,…
6 Tips to Help Employees Manage Their Time
Managing time at work is a challenge for everyone. We all go to work with good intentions. However, we can all be easily distracted and pulled into things that don’t necessarily…
6 Tips for Office Time Management
I don’t know about you, but there are many days that I must ask myself, where did the day go? We get busy, often with unproductive time wasters, to soon…
Four Similarities Between Dog Training and Employee Management
We have always had dogs. I had lots of dogs as a kid, and when I got married my husband and we have had four dogs. Like most of you,…