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Beyond Attendance Policies: How to Reduce Unscheduled Absences in Your Workplace

Unscheduled absences are one of the biggest issues businesses, especially essential businesses, experience. They greatly affect a company’s ability to deliver their promised outcome and can lead to heavy costs.  Because of this, having a clear attendance policy that outlines expectations is important. But there’s a fine line between clear expectations and rigid rules. Overly …

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Building Employee Confidence for Personal and Business Success

Success relies on our ability to believe we are capable of it. Confidence allows employees to learn and produce without fearing the consequences of failure. Everyone experiences insecurity when faced with work tasks, or workplace dynamics, they don’t understand. Confident employees are realistic about their abilities, comfortable with their role in your company’s success, and …

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Employee Development: Strengthening Your Business From the Inside Out

Benefits of employee development Creating a dynamic, flourishing workplace — even in the chaos of a global health crisis — demands creative thinking and fresh ideas about business. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting shutdown, forced companies to revamp their workplace and workflow dynamics, adapt to new schedules, and rethink their approaches …

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The Best Employee Development Plan Examples for 2022

When it comes to cultivating growth in new employees, it’s best to develop a plan with each individual. A new staff member’s manager should take the time to get to know them and learn about their talents and goals. Finding where those facets intersect with the company’s objectives and opportunities—that’s the sweet spot where the …

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Buy, Borrow, Build: Recognizing Your Business’s Staffing/Hiring Needs in 2021

Through 2020, businesses across the world faced unprecedented challenges related to the global pandemic. COVID-19 fractured workforces, limited productivity, and hampered companies’ outputs. While the far-reaching effects of the pandemic remain a concern for businesses, many are determining the most effective and sustainable methods for rebuilding their workforces.  The concept of “build, borrow, buy” examines …

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5 Questions Employers Should Ask to Craft Meaningful Development Plans

If you’re a manager, HR professional or any kind of team leader, you know it’s important to give your employees the right tools to reach their potential. One great way to help your team members achieve growth is to craft professional development plans with them.  Development plans are valuable in ensuring your employees are on the …

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The Real Cost of Employee Turnover in 2021

Today, people are leaving their jobs at a higher rate than ever before. In April of 2020, 1.9 million people quit their jobs in order to find something else. Then in August of the same year, that number increased to 2.8 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Along with rising turnover rates, …

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New Employee Orientation Best Practices (With Examples)

Only 12% of employees feel their companies do a great job onboarding new employees, according to a report from Gallup, an analytics and management consulting company. That means roughly 88% of employees feel underwhelmed, unimpressed or flatout disappointed in their organizations’ orientation efforts.  It’s no surprise, then, that those who have a bad onboarding experience …

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My New Job Fits My Scheduling Needs – I Can Now Pursue My Passion

Josh Hoffman is passionate about boxing. So much so, in fact, that he trains full-time. The only issue? It doesn’t pay the bills. Because of that, Josh has to find work to supplement his income. Recently, he was working in a fast-food restaurant. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out. “The job was too far away and …

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