Human Resources
How to Manage Political Discussions in the Workplace
It’s a cliché: the two things you’re not supposed to talk about are religion and politics. But sometimes, especially in an election season, political talk is everywhere. What can you do as an employer to manage political discussions in the workplace, and keep everyone’s focus on the job and the customer? While you have to…
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Top 5 Email Etiquette Do’s and Don’ts in the Workplace
Very few things can tarnish your professional reputation like a poorly composed or misguided email. Even in a world where we are rushing to get things done as quickly as possible in order to move on to the next task, it’s important to take the time to use good manners in your email and to write…
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Have You Implemented Sexual Harassment Policies?
Being a small business does not guarantee immunity from sexual harassment complaints. This serious issue can arise in any business, of any size, and it is so important for you as a business owner to be proactive in implementing sexual harassment policies that make your workplace safer. Policies should cover prohibited behaviors, reporting procedures, and…
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Do You Believe These Myths About Ancillary Benefits?
Maybe you’re already offering health insurance to your employees, but you’re not sure about offering additional, ancillary benefits. Should you offer additional benefits like dental, vision, or life insurance? Many business owners avoid these benefits, believing they’re too small to offer them, the benefits would be too expensive, employees don’t care, and other reasons. But…
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Building the Right Team
Achieving success as a start-up is never easy. Over 50% of startups fail, for a long list of reasons. But at the core of every successful start-up you will find one uniting factor: great people. Hiring the right employees does not only help mitigate the risk of having to replace them down the road. It…
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The Challenges of Aligning Workers and Employers
Workers love the flexibility of defining their own work schedule. Employers like being able to have the right number of staff at the right time, maintaining efficiency. And yet there are challenges to helping both workers and employers navigate this situation that both sides want. It’s much more complicated, managing everyone and what they’re doing,…
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The Conversations That Build Extraordinary Performance
We all want extraordinary performance from our teams. Extraordinary performance requires productive behavior. And to get productivity, you need engaged employees. One of the most important tools for driving employee engagement is simple: conversations. But not just any conversations. Learn why the check-in conversation is the most powerful five minutes you can spend, and how…
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Creative Job Titles Help Create and Define Corporate Culture
What do you call your employees—employees? Some companies have chosen to label their employees something other than employees. They call them team members, associates or other more endearing and personalized names and titles. With a little creativity, you can come up with a title for your employees, or even specific jobs, that can have a…
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Hiring for a Growing Company
A growing company often needs to hire a lot of people in a short period of time. This is a good problem to have—you’re succeeding and growing!—but a problem nonetheless. Hiring can be difficult and time-consuming, and the choices you make about the people you add to your team can have a huge impact on…
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Is Your Work Culture “Like a Family”?
You’ll often hear people describe their business’s work culture as being “like a family.” But is that a good description? Is that something we should aspire to, or not? The answer is, well, it’s complicated. There are definitely some strong positives people desire: commitment, communication, and acceptance, for example. On the other hand, some people…
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