The beginning of the year is the season for annual performance reviews – but if you’re not conducting reviews carefully, you and your employees may not be benefiting fully from the process. Avoid these common mistakes in order to conduct better performance reviews and produce a more focused, motivated and productive team in 2016. …
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Promoting from within makes good business sense. It’s a key component of building a culture where excellence is recognized and rewarded – something every employee cares about. It saves money and stress too. A study by a professor at Wharton says outside hires are paid around 18 percent more than internally promoted employees, perform consistently …
Sometimes, employees with great attitudes turn in mediocre work – and employees with toxic attitudes turn in outstanding work. The conventional advice for dealing with toxic employees is simple: “Just fire them!” But when the owner of the bad attitude is also one of your top producers or possesses a skill set found nowhere else …
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While onboarding new talent allows for fresh, innovative ideas and unique skillsets to be brought to the table, turnover is never fun. It affects a company’s finances and reputation, and it takes valuable time away from already busy employees when they have to train new hires or handle an extra workload. It’s important to pay …
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Building a strong company culture is a year-round activity. In summer, however, companies gain additional opportunities to build company culture by stepping out into the warm weather and seizing opportunities only summer brings. If your organization is looking for new ways to build company culture this summer, consider these five options: 1. Hold a family …
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Hiring for engineers is becoming more competitive as the economy returns to full strength from its recent recession. Hiring managers who know their organization’s needs and culture well are better placed to find the right engineer for their company. It also pays to know what skills, qualities, and personality traits serve engineers well in their …
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Regular performance reviews provide valuable feedback and guidance for employees. Most companies review their regular employees’ work with each employee at least once per year. Evaluating the performance of your temporary employees can also provide insight. Evaluating the performance of temporary employees offers several benefits. Performance evaluations tell temporary employees how to do better. Just …
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When multiple individuals work as a team, conflict is inevitable – but it doesn’t have to be negative. When managed constructively, conflict can spur productivity, generate new ideas, and break through creative blocks. When conflict is allowed to fester, however, it can greatly decrease employee morale and productivity. …
Low employee morale is responsible for a host of workplace ills, from poor cooperation and low productivity to increased turnover – all of which can cause a business to lose money and miss its goals. Because employee morale heavily affects a workplace’s daily productivity, effective managers stay attuned to morale and give it a boost …
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The right job can unlock something that you didn’t even know you were passionate about. That’s what happened to Erika Hillman. We’ll let her share her story. Back in 2021, I was living in Florida where I worked at Disney World in a few different roles. I worked in a restaurant as a Hostess, I …
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