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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Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox: Staying Out of Trouble

Posted on April 8, 2009. Filed under: At Will, Employee Manuals, Employee Performance, Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Mandy Cooley, Policy, Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

 You, as the business owner, need to stay out of trouble. You have enough to do in the daily operations of the business, you don’t need unnecessary drama. Employee manuals, as I have said before, are designed to establish guidelines and expectations for employees. But, there is a certain protective nature to them as well [...]

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Improving Employee Performance

Posted on March 19, 2009. Filed under: Employee Performance, Employee Relations, Finance, HR, Human Resources, Laina Molaski, Policy, Termination, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , , , |

You would think that taking care of performance issues in the workplace would be pretty easy considering we are all adults, but as we all know it is not. Some people just don’t like any type of conflict and if you, as a business owner, are one of those people; you run the risk of [...]

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Employees: Put Your Best Face Forward

Posted on January 12, 2009. Filed under: Employee Performance, Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Laina Molaski, Management Minute, Policy, recruiting, staffing, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , |

 As a business owner everything that you do and your employees do is a reflection of you and your business. So, it makes it even more important that you have the right team in place to interact with your valuable customers.Everyone has heard that old saying that an unhappy customer tells 10 times more people [...]

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Where Do You Find What You are Looking For?

Posted on January 9, 2009. Filed under: At Will, Employee Performance, Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Laina Molaski, marketing, Policy, recruiting, staffing | Tags: , , , , , , |

In my last post I began discussing practical tips to find good employees. Many of you are looking for new talent for your team and finding the right fit is a challenge with the influx of candidates. Specifically, I challenged you to define EXACTLY what you are looking for. Here, I am sharing the first [...]

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