(For those reading this in an RSS feed: this is from our Bad Workplace Experiences/Solutions blog)I had a problem employee, whom I was dealing with using progressive corrective action. He, behind my back, had gone to my boss, who I had been briefing on the problem, and told her that we had a personality conflict, [...]
What’s the first thing to get cut when companies are economizing? It’s always training. In the last three years, training budgets have fallen by nearly a quarter. It’s stupid. … Because when you’re battling for customers and trying to do more with less, your most valuable asset is your staff. And they can do more [...]
The person I write for here each day, and occasionally tap great guest writers for, is a small business president or CEO looking to see a payoff of employee engagement. But based on the depth that we often go into exploring practices that help sustain a productive workplace, I know that many HR professionals also read [...]
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