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: 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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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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Misunderstood HR

Posted on March 16, 2009. Filed under: Employee Manuals, HR, Human Resources, Mandy Cooley, Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , |

HR folks are so misunderstood. Often HR is associated with one of two things: hiring and firing. And while the HR department of every office/company will handle these things, there is so much more that goes into the HUMAN RESOURCES of a company. A business cannot grow and flourish without people (a.k.a. “humans”). They (these [...]

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COBRA Has New Provisions

Posted on February 27, 2009. Filed under: HR, Human Resources, Laina Molaski, Mandy Cooley, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , |

Through the new economic stimulus package, there are new provisions for COBRA. Baker & Daniels (law firm in Indianapolis) has a great guide to surviving the new challenges. http://www.bakerdaniels.com/services/practices/cobra_questions.aspx

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