Productivity hacks, life coaching, career power-ups — all of it’s pointed towards enabling the individual and helping him or her to go further on the road toward success. A lot of times, that means cutting through the distractions and tedium of everyday work and doing more in an industry, blazing… Read more
Improving Productivity and Minimizing Absenteeism At Work
One obvious factor in productivity is absenteeism. Each company has its own different protocols and ways to make sure people come to work. Managers make sure everyone will participate in their jobs and their employer’s work processes. But there are some fundamental guidelines that can help reduce problems where people… Read more
The Cost of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job (Part 3)
In previous posts, we talked about the real costs of workplace accidents, and consideration for worker safety, in a personal context. A comprehensive resource from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA provides a lot of information on how workplace injuries hurt companies and frontline workers like. But… Read more
Getting Your Team Moving in the Same Direction
How do managers ensure the success of their offices by making sure people work well together? To some leadership people, this might seem like one of those zen questions that doesn’t really have an answer. However, there are some principles that managers can work by to keep things moving smoothly… Read more
4 Amazing Ways to Encourage Workplace Mentorship
What’s one way to streamline hiring and orientation, achieve intergenerational knowledge transfer in the workplace, and position the business for success? In a word, mentorship. Good organic business mentorships allow new people to learn from those who have been working hard at the company for years. And it also takes… Read more
Why Should You Outsource Your Summer Hiring Initiatives?
With summer right around the corner, some companies are scrambling to get new people on board to meet higher seasonal demands. For outdoor companies like landscaping and lawn and garden companies, summer can be a time for maximum production. There are also other ramp-ups in other industries such as construction.… Read more
The Cost of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job (Part 2)
In part one, we went over the basics of a report by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration detailing some of the broader aspects of responsibility for businesses to provide comprehensive safety for workers. Let’s go a little deeper into what this means, and look at the real costs… Read more
Managing the Tortoise and the Hare
Why is management so hard? One reason is because so many managers bring a one-size-fits-all attitude to their work. The reality is that that people are not alike, they’re different, and even in the workplace, where we have prized conformity for so many decades, people are still going to have… Read more
Encouraging the Transfer of Knowledge within Your Workplace
Many of us have read about the intergenerational changes going on right now in the business world — as the trend of baby boomer retirement continues, an older generation of workers is passing the baton to a younger generation, including the millennials who have just recently entered the workforce. What does… Read more
How to Evaluate a Resume to See a Candidate’s True Potential
To some, this objective might seem fairly simple or straightforward, but in reality, a lot of HR professionals and companies lose out, because they’re not really keeping their eyes open and digging thoroughly into a job applicant’s resume. Looking at a person’s potential involves more than just looking at what he… Read more