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Pay and Promotion Policies That Make Your Company Look Bad

HR PoliciesManagement IssuesSalary and Compensation

Could your pay and promotion policies be harming your company’s brand?

How to Be a Better Boss in 2014

Management Issues

Reality check: your employees may not like working for you.

How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolution

Working Smarter

Over half of the New Year’s resolutions for 2014 will be broken by June. Here’s how to succeed at yours!

Take Control of Your Career in 2014

Working Smarter

While many of us plan to lose weight, exercise, or save money in the new year, not many of us resolve to take care of our career. Here’s how to start!

Ignore Employee Conflict at Your Own Risk!

Management Issues

What should you do when two employees just can’t seem to get along, even for the holidays?

Let’s Link In–Who Are You Again?

YES! in the News

Prevent a professional and social SNAFU with these tips for online business networking.

Human Resources Beats the Holiday Bulge

Employee Wellness

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.

Feeling Watched? Expectations of Privacy on a Company Computer

HR PoliciesTax and Legal

Find out who might be watching what you do on your work computer.

Winter Wellness: Sick Employees or Holiday Hooky?

Employee Wellness

When their vacation time dwindles, employees may resort to creative reasons to tap into their sick time. Have you heard these doozies?

A Proactive Approach to Employee/Boss Relations

Management Issues

We’ve all heard stories of employee/boss relationships on the brink of disaster. The solution? An ounce of prevention.

Networking No-Nos That Are Hurting Your Business Relationships

Working Smarter

Networking skills are everything in an “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” world. Are you making these common networking mistakes?

How Employee Diversity Is Good for Business

Recruitment and Retention

What does employee diversity mean to your company? We say diversity equals a stronger business. Here’s how.

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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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