The days of employees remaining at a company for the entirety of their professional career are fading. According to 4 Ways Millennials Are Changing the Workforce, on average companies can expect to lose most of their employees by the seven-year mark. The older generations of employees, Baby Boomers and Generation X, tend to leave the company by the seven-year mark. The tenure … [Read more...] about Employee Retention and Cost Effective Employee Perks
How to Manage People
Managing Conflict, Work & Life
Learning about managing conflict is an essential tool that every individual should not only use, but learn to use effectively. Conflict in life and work is inevitable, as every person is unique with differing views and opinions. Therefore, if you are dealing with people, you are dealing with conflict. The important thing to remember, however, is that with the right tools, we … [Read more...] about Managing Conflict, Work & Life
How to Communicate via Managers to Employees
One of the common mistakes people make when designing a change program is assuming that if a person is a team leader, supervisor or senior manager they should naturally know how to communicate face to face with their teams. However communication skills are rarely one of the key competencies that is taught or measured by organizations. There is however a very easy way to ensure … [Read more...] about How to Communicate via Managers to Employees
Choosing the Right Payroll Service for Your Small Business
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash Calculating payroll is a very tedious and time-consuming task, and any minor error can affect your whole company. Instead, choose to outsource your payroll services and start making your life easier today. Outsourcing your payroll to a payroll management service can save your business time and money and make your job much easier. Here … [Read more...] about Choosing the Right Payroll Service for Your Small Business
How to Be an Effective Manager
How do you inspire people to work harder, reach higher, and achieve more? How do you get them to support you and go above and beyond in everything they do? How do you get them to care? You show that you care about them. Below are tips on how you can be an effective manager: Nice Managers Get Results Some years back, a group of researchers studied 16,000 corporate managers. … [Read more...] about How to Be an Effective Manager
Importance of Teamwork in Your Small Business
The third week in May is a very special week in Annapolis, MD. It is Commencement Week for the United States Naval Academy midshipmen, and every year the Blue Angels rehearse on Tuesday and perform on Wednesday afternoon. This year, for the first time in many years, several friends and I went to see this magnificent team perform and perform they did. I took this picture while … [Read more...] about Importance of Teamwork in Your Small Business
How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and Grow Your Business
Generation Y -- sometimes called Millennials -- are the fastest growing segment in America's workforce. Almost 80 million strong, they already comprise the entire 18-to-32 demographic. Along with their ever-present cell phones and new definition of "business casual," they bring tremendous potential to the workplace (just ask, they'll tell you). However, Generation Y's approach … [Read more...] about How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and Grow Your Business
How to Influence Employees to Get Things Done Correctly on Time
Can you influence employees and achieve results without authority? The simple answer is yes. The challenge is how to do it. Each of us have a limited amount of authority. And the positional authority that comes with our title enables us to have some influence, but far less than what is required to get the work done. In order to get things done on time and with the highest … [Read more...] about How to Influence Employees to Get Things Done Correctly on Time
How to Engage Employees With Technology Based Change
When you think about the millions of dollars organizations spend each year on IT programs of work, wouldn't it be prudent knowing that employees actually understand and most importantly embrace the reason behind the changes? There is one way of ensuring that employees and their managers have got the message and truly understand the reasons for the new system implementation. And … [Read more...] about How to Engage Employees With Technology Based Change
No AssHole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t
Part 1 of excerpt from the book "No AssHole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t" We all have the potential to act like assholes under the wrong conditions, when we are placed under pressure or, especially, when our workplace encourages everyone-especially the "best" and "most powerful" people-to act that way. Although it is … [Read more...] about No AssHole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t
