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Your 3-Hour Meeting Is Going to Be Awesome!
March 2018’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! Your Human Resources Solution article, which discusses how to keep your audience engaged during a meeting. You’ve got your agenda, slideshow, and handouts and your audience’s attention for the first 52 minutes of your 3-hour meeting… maybe. Surprised? It gets worse: within those 52 minutes, your […]
Where Is Your Time Really Going?
Work, family, hobbies, and that pesky need to sleep . . . well, it’s just one more thing we have to get done in 24 hours. It’s enough to feel overwhelmed by daily life, because how can you possibly do it all and do it all well? If this sounds like you, you may want […]
Take the Marbles Out of Your Mouth: How to Communicate Effectively as a Manager
In our last YES! Your Human Resources blog, 5 Management Skills to Master Before You Promote, we talked about the importance of communication skills in a manager. A manager’s communication must do a lot of heavy lifting, including constructive feedback, project leadership, employee recognition, and grievance management. And although powerful communication may not come naturally […]
5 Management Skills to Master Before You Promote
So you want to be a manager—it’s great that you’re ready to take that next step! But you should also know, becoming a successful manager is more than just years of experience and stellar people skills.
What You Can (Legally) Do When an Employee Calls Out Sick
Is the office looking a little emptier this flu season? We hope that’s because you listened to our advice for getting sick employees to stay home, but there is no denying that flu cases are on the rise across the nation. If you’re the boss, you may find yourself managing a skeleton crew of healthy […]
Scary Flu Season: Why Your Sick Employees Are Still Coming to Work
This year’s flu is scary. Officials at the CDC are calling it a “severe year,” and with flu activity still increasing across most of the nation, the worst is yet to come. Workers everywhere cringe to hear a cough or sniffle echo through the office. Why would a sick person come to work during a […]
Can Freelance Workers Save Your Business Money?
Can you streamline your staffing costs? One solution may help you find the right staff at the right cost: freelance workers.
Why You Should Fail at Something Today
If you failed at something today, good for you! “Wait—isn’t failure a bad thing?” you ask. We say, “Absolutely not. And try not to look so surprised.”
The Cybersecurity Your Company Needs to Teach Now
Spectre, Meltdown, WannaCry—oh my! Today’s computer security is about so much more than avoiding suspicious email attachments that could contain a virus or a worm (remember ILOVEYOU?). Now there’s ransomware, spyware, phishing, pharming, spoofing, hacking, phreaking—these may sound like 80s dance moves, but each is a unique security threat to your company’s network, coupled with […]
How to Run a Meeting That Values Everyone’s Time
Meeting ManagementWorking Smarter
What do we want? MORE TIME! When do we want it? NOW! We see that most clearly as we move into a new year. Reflection on 2017 shows us where our time went (work, kids, binge-watching Stranger Things) and where it didn’t go, but we wanted it to (exercise, learning Japanese, cleaning out the garage). […]
Intentionally Steer Your Career in 2018
Resolving to take care of your career in 2018 can bring long-lasting, life-changing results.
5 Unprofessional Habits to Kick in 2018
Are you making these small but critical professional mistakes that could be hurting your career advancement?
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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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