Employee Wellness
Human Resources Beats the Holiday Bulge
Your employees are likely to gain up to 3 pounds this holiday season. Help them battle the bulge and get a healthy start to the new year.
Winter Wellness: Sick Employees or Holiday Hooky?
When their vacation time dwindles, employees may resort to creative reasons to tap into their sick time. Have you heard these doozies?
How to Increase Productivity Without Burning Out Your Workforce
That’s the fine line between happy employees working at highly productive levels and super-stressed employees working at highly productive levels. Know the difference.
How Companies Can Benefit From On-Site Child Care
Employee WellnessRecruitment and Retention
The election may be over, but the season of kissing babies has only just begun! How your employees can benefit from on-site child care–and your company can, too!
Help Employees Beat the Summer Heat
For every beachgoer enjoying a day of sun and sand, there’s a construction worker or a telephone splicer working a long day in the hot temperatures. Protect employees from the summer heat.
Productivity Hitting the Brakes? Test-Drive a Flexible Schedule
Employee WellnessRecruitment and Retention
Telecommuting has proven benefits for the health, happiness, and productivity of workers. If your company can’t support a remote workforce, it can still offer employees similar benefits through a flexible work schedule. Here’s how!
On Vacation, Leave the Smartphone at Home
Employees benefit most from vacation time when they don’t check in with work. Here’s how to guide them toward restful, rejuvenating vacations.
HR’s Thanksgiving After-Party? Employee Wellness!
Employees packing on the pounds during the holidays? Here’s what you can do to help their health and your business’ bottom line.
Holiday Hooky: Why Your Employees Are Calling In Sick
Employee SchedulingEmployee WellnessManagement Issues
Christmas music in the mall already? As Thanksgiving and the winter holidays approach, employers may begin to notice a curious phenomenon: more employees calling in sick.
Is Your Business Doing Enough for New Mothers?
Employee WellnessHR PoliciesRecruitment and Retention
Is your business reasonably accommodating the needs of its new and expectant mothers? Learn the latest legal requirements and how you can retain new moms in the workplace.
How to Turn Around a Negative Employee
Employee WellnessManagement Issues
Unhappy, negative employees can directly impact productivity, which can hurt any business’ bottom line. Address negativity quickly and effectively.
Cutting Costs? Establish an Employee Wellness Program
Between furloughs, layoffs, and salary cuts, your business may have overlooked one small investment that can reap big savings: an employee wellness program.
YES! News
The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
Client Testimonials
"Kathi has been an extremely reliable, knowledgeable and indispensable resource for our growing business. Anytime we had a difficult issue or needed to refine, replace or upgrade our HR communication, Kathi provided outstanding support and feedback. She is a wonderful person and an outstanding, solution oriented communicator. I can't recommend her enough to businesses who need assistance with HR strategy and support."
"Kathi is reliable, knowledgeable, and an excellent communicator. She has always been readily available to help us with all of our immediate needs, from handbooks to policies, and notices. We highly recommend her. A great team player."
"SPMD has been partnering with Kathi for almost 4 years. She is a fantastic partner to our design firm. Her experience, knowledge, professionalism and ability to problem solve is the perfect package to fit our business. Over the years she has helped us navigate many employee situations quickly and re-wrote our Employee Handbook. Kathi is always there in a heartbeat when a situation arises and has the answers and advice we need. We highly recommend Kathi!"
“Kathi provided Senior Human Resources leadership to Orqis Medical for over six years. Her effectiveness is immediate, her contributions substantial, and her ability to integrate into the employee base as a consultant outstanding. I highly recommend Kathi to any company looking for senior management help in the HR arena, without the ability to hire a full-time manager. This is a go-to person for any small, medium, or start-up company.”
Free Consultation