This post contains important information about cost-push inflation and ways to improve recruitment efforts. It also includes a special section where I talk about three dumb-assed words – a must read!
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Human Resources Articles
Hidden Recruiting Benefits of Business Values
Values are the bricks and like-mindedness is the mortar of organizational culture. When you and I have common values, we automatically have common ground. Common ground is where we can respect one another and find enjoyment working together. Enjoyment creates an emotional draw that attracts people.
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Change is a state of mind
Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than you are to your comfort zone. Billy Cox...
Symptoms Masquerading as Issues
Symptoms masquerading as issues are one of the pitfalls of success.
Implementing Business Values
(Part 3 of 3) Reaping the benefits described in last month’s newsletter depends on your business’ values being...
Culture by Design
(Part 1 of 3) When babies are borne, they come complete with their own set of fingers, toes, and, to their parents’...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
The different ways people react to change can be entertaining. One example is when I open a workshop by asking, “How...
Send Workers Home To Boost Productivity
How can business successfully create virtual positions? Telecommuting has proven itself as a good business practice by helping to reduce turnover, improve morale, increase productivity, and often reduce costs. Larry Mandelberg outlines three key aspects managers should heed in creating virtual positions.
Empower Employees To Be Responsible
As technology limits the need for an office, the self-management model will be the norm, not the exception. Self-management is about pushing authority and responsibility down to the lowest levels of the organization where the people doing the work can impact the work environment in real time.
Focus on the Positive to Help Your Staff
Create a mindset in the work place that is encouraging and embraces change. Everyone in this tough economy is either having a hard time or is scared at losing it all. It is time for criticism to be more unusual and praise to be more common.
Help Staff Stay Engaged, Energized
If you don’t have an enthused and happy staff, you have people who are just trying to survive. And you can’t build a successful business wit them.
Generation Y Changing The Work Force
Generation Y’s familiarity with technology and their unique work ethic has created a number of cultural clash points with the rest of the working population. Managers need to understand a few key points to take advantage of the best this generation has to offer.