What an employee’s ‘last words’ can do for your company Any employee resignation has the potential to affect morale, increase the workloads of remaining employees and put customer relationships at risk. Although an employee departure can create challenges, your company also can gain from the experience by conducting an exit interview. An exit interview lets you uncover and fix problems in your business. By taking action to address concerns that…
Protect your business with noncompetes and nondisclosure agreements. When you have high-achieving employees, you generally trust them. And trust can be a wonderful thing—until it isn’t. Ask any business owner you know about what can happen when an employee leaves. They are likely to tell you stories about what and who the departing employees took with them, and how devastating it was to the business. If you aren’t protecting yourself…
The right approach can get the right employee. Research suggests that prospective employee interviews are a poor predictor of job performance, but most companies still conduct them. The interviews often lack consistency and usually produce poor results. Such an approach not only creates a competitive disadvantage for the company, it also diminishes the likelihood of the right candidate getting the job. Want to hire the right person with less hassle?…