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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Why care about HR?

Posted on March 30, 2009. Filed under: At Will, Employee Manuals, Employee Performance, Employee Relations, Finance, Guest, HR, Human Resources, Incentivizing/Incentives, Laina Molaski, Management Minute, marketing, MS, Policy, recruiting, staffing, Team, Termination, This Guy, Uncategorized, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , , |

No reason, well except for the fact that your company can’t run without good employees. Well I guess it can but it would only be a matter of time before you ran yourself into the ground and your business would only get so big before it outgrew what you alone are capable of doing. If [...]

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Good Boss, Bad Boss

Posted on March 27, 2009. Filed under: Employee Performance, Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Incentivizing/Incentives, Laina Molaski, Policy, staffing, Termination, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , |

Have you seen the movie “Glenngarry Glen Ross?” If not look up the video clip on You Tube, though I will warn you it does contain its fair share of vulgar language and is not for the faint hearted. However, it is entertaining to watch, and often too true, look at what some may feel [...]

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