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Training for a Better Future: How Employers Can Reduce Their Liability

In 2020, there were 67,448 harassment-related charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Whether those charges were related to racial discrimination, sexual harassment, age discrimination and/or disability status, the numbers show how much more work we must do.  Your company strives to create and maintain a work environment in which people are treated with dignity, decency and respect. The environment of the company should be characterized by mutual…

Invest in Your Workplace and People

If 2020 taught us anything, it is the importance of our people and their endless contributions. It is time to look closer at what makes people stay with their organizations and how those in leadership can work to create a higher quality workplace for present and future workers. What is employee retention? Business owners often pose the question, “Why is it important to keep employees?” Well, the hiring process can…

Don’t let a bad hire cost your business

Hiring the wrong person can do more than just set a company back from a timing, growth and financial perspective — it can also cost you your company. All businesses start out as small businesses. In order to grow your business, important hiring decisions are made along the way. A good hire is important to the success and growth of a company. A bad hire can set a growing company…
Smart Strategies, HR

Smart strategies: Prepare now for the next economic slowdown

Business owners and their executives have a responsibility to anticipate multiple scenarios that could disrupt their company’s success. I advise having a pre-determined action plan for the unforeseen event(s) or conditions that could derail them in working toward their objectives. These plans work toward surviving a major economic downturn. When the business is doing well, these risk mitigation strategies often tend to fall off the “to-do list” and may not…
Appreciation recognition

Smart Strategies: Appreciation vs. Recognition

It’s a safe bet to say we are all different. We all have different communication styles, ways of thinking and making decisions, and individual motivations. Why should the way we go about showing appreciation be any different? I intentionally used the word appreciation versus recognition because there’s a big difference and impact between the two approaches. Recognition is the act of being rewarded for a specific behavior we would like…
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