Management Issues
So You’re a Horrible Boss . . . (Or Someone Thinks You Are)
We’ve all had a horrible boss. What to do if an employee thinks you’re one!
Small Words, Big Lawsuits
Your management team has more power than they think; they have the power to bring on or fend off lawsuits based on a few words they say every day.
Team-Building With Different Personalities
How can you get conflicting personalities to work together?
Office A-B-C’s: How to Manage Different Personality Types
Each person in your office operates on a set of inherent personality traits. Learn how to best use those traits to your advantage!
Why It Pays to Be Popular at Work
Popularity: it’s not just for high-schoolers anymore. Why you’ll want to be the football or cheerleading captain of your office.
Performance Review Guide for Spell-Check Junkies
Management IssuesWorking Smarter
When it comes to writing performance reviews, you’re probably not threatening to knock the Fifty Shades books off the best-sellers lists.
Preventing Age Discrimination
Your office might be unwittingly causing age discrimination. Find out why and what you can do to fix it.
Severance Pay Demystified
The HR consultants at YES! Your Human Resources Solution are here to demystify the monetary mumbo jumbo called “severance pay.”
End Management Frustration—Teach Self-Motivation!
Management IssuesWorking Smarter
Employees content to sit at their desks and foster the status quo? Strengthen your workforce with self-motivation!
Critical Skills for New Human Resources Managers
The HR manager has the unique position of representing both the company and its employees, and striking a balance of what’s best for both. That’s not always an easy task.
Five Basic Skills Every Manager Should Have
Management IssuesRecruitment and Retention
Soft skills are not always acknowledged or rewarded in the workplace. Learn the personality traits, attitudes, and behaviors every manager should have and how to recognize them the next time you make an important hiring decision.
A Valentine’s Day Look at Love at Work
If you’re in the office this Valentine’s Day, you’re likely to see heart-shaped boxes of chocolates and jumbo-size bouquets of red roses. Affectionate offerings between coworkers can pose a challenge to HR.
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 […]
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