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Develop These Marketable Soft Skills Now
We’ve often said how stellar soft skills propel good leaders into great leaders—skills like communication, delegation, and teamwork, which will help you work better with your team. Some soft skills might come easily to you, while you might have to work at others. For those skills you haven’t quite mastered yet, now is the perfect […]
How to Be a Compassionate Company During Layoffs
Nobody likes layoffs. As business leaders and HR professionals, it’s one of the hardest things we have to do. It’s also a reality many of us haven’t had to face in over a decade. But in the middle of this COVID-19 upheaval, layoffs may be necessary to carry many businesses through. You may not have […]
Maximize Productivity When Parenting and Working From Home
Working from home? Good for you. There’s so much gratitude for the opportunity to work from home, while so many companies are proceeding with hour cutbacks or layoffs. That doesn’t mean there aren’t challenges to working from home! But nothing compares to the challenge of trying to work from home while parenting or even homeschooling. […]
Hiring Tools That May Soon Replace Job Interviews
In this time of quarantines and social distancing, we’re learning about alternatives to traditional tasks—telecommuting, online learning, and even telemedicine—which can open our minds to new and possibly better techniques. But have you heard about these hiring practices that may take the place of traditional job interviews?
How to Effectively Manage a Remote Team
Nobody said it would be easy to manage a team that works from their homes, in different states, or even across the globe; it’s just going to be different. You’ll need to keep your team in the loop and tapped in, while still keeping tabs on their performance. And you’ll have to remember to do […]
Transition From Teammate to Team Leader
January 2020’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! Your Human Resources Solution article, which teaches newly promoted supervisors to become effective leaders of their former peers. “I Miss My Work Friends”: The Transition from Teammate to Team Leader You made it! Getting that promotion has made you the leader of a team—a team that […]
How to Write an Eye-Catching Job Posting
How boring are your job postings? While it’s true that your job postings should be informative in all the right ways, you don’t want them to read like the 1980s classified ads. They should be inspiring and intriguing enough to actually attract talent, and they can do this by highlighting what modern job-seekers want: personality […]
You’re the Boss: Now Become a Leader
Did you know? Bosses and leaders are different. You can be a boss but not a leader. You can also be a leader but not a boss. Ideally, you would be both. But here are some of the differences.
Overcoming HR Challenges for Startup Companies
In the last YES! Your Human Resources blog, we talked about how a solid Human Resources foundation can help a startup company gain footing in areas like talent acquisition, employee development, policy setting, record keeping, and legal compliance. Your business isn’t too small to budget for the benefits of HR structure and compliance! A knowledgeable […]
Navigating HR for Startup Companies
Nearly half of all small businesses fail in the first four years. In light of this bleak statistic, you might think a Human Resources department would cut into a startup’s bottom line before it has a chance to get past the starting line. Not so! A solid Human Resources foundation can actually help your startup […]
Conflict Resolution 101
Hey managers and HR professionals, how are your conflict resolution skills? (And did you cringe a bit when you read that?) Few would say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of the job, but it’s one of the most important parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also communicates […]
Create a Culture Where Sick Employees Stay Home
You’ve read those scary news reports about a new coronavirus arriving in the United States from China. Even scarier is how mild coronavirus can be difficult to detect because it closely mirrors influenza. But while coronavirus might never become pandemic in the US, we can certainly count on our annual outbreak of seasonal flu.
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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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