Shopping is a skill

Posted on May 1, 2009. Filed under: At Will, Employee Performance, Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Incentivizing/Incentives, Managing to Strengths, Mandy Cooley, staffing, This Guy, Uncategorized, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am not lacking in skill: for example, I am good at finding deals!  Shopping is a skill of mine…  Not necessarily a skill my husband likes me to hone, but one that is good for my family (and my wardrobe). We recently acquired a new client who had managers with a lot of skills, [...]

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More Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox: What Employees Should Expect

Posted on April 10, 2009. Filed under: Employee Manuals, Employee Performance, Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Incentivizing/Incentives, Mandy Cooley, Policy, Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I’ve been writing a series on the culture and the spirit of policies; particularly, the policies that are included in an employee handbook. I think there are many factors that impact the culture of a business, but policy is CERTAINLY one of them.  Employees, like children (no disrespect intended to either group), just want to [...]

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Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox – The Must Haves

Posted on April 6, 2009. Filed under: Employee Manuals, HR, Human Resources, Mandy Cooley, Policy, Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , , , |

This is part of a series on WHY the HR world does what it does.  To read the first post in this series, click here.  There are a few policies, or rules of the sandbox, that every company must communicate and enforce. These are the ones dictated by the government.  Truthfully, I find that these are the least [...]

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Does ‘this guy’ work for you?

Posted on February 18, 2009. Filed under: At Will, Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Termination, This Guy | Tags: , , , , |

At a recent seminar, I fielded a question that comes at me often: “How can I fire ‘this guy’ that just isn’t working out?” As I began to probe into the situation, there were numerous events that led the business owner to feel that ‘this guy’ was not the best person for the job: showed [...]

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