There is nothing worse in business than having your most productive sales people, your most talented research and development staff or your most inspired customer service reps leave for a rival company or a better paid job. While some staff turnover is to be expected as people’s lives change and they may move to a …
Employee Retention
What Action To Take When Dealing With A Negative Employee
One negative team member can ruin the morale of an entire workplace, often causing other team members to feel underappreciated and overly criticized. Learning how to control the response to negativity is important to maintaining productivity and keeping your employees feeling positive about the work that they are doing. Using tools that help you reduce …
How Does the HR Team Tackle Absenteeism? Corporate Surveillance Curbs Sick Leave Abuse
Ever wondered how employers train their HR departments to keep employee absenteeism to an efficient minimum? Surprisingly many of them don’t. Millions of pounds are wasted every year in the UK due to employee absenteeism, with employers paying out billions of pounds in wages to workers. Although recent figures suggest that the problem is on …
Employee Incentive Idea – Making the Case for Corporate Catering
If you are like most business owners, you are always looking for ways to improve your company. Top-notch employees with the highest morale at the lowest operating cost possible—who doesn’t want to achieve that in the workplace? But perhaps you are experiencing the less than desirable side of employee morale? According the Bureau of Labor …
Human Resources: Why a Diverse Team is the Key to Success
If you have ever had to sit through a diversity presentation at work, you might have wondered why diversity is so important in the workplace. What the typical diversity presentation fails to address is that a diverse workforce is actually the key to success for many companies. As a professional in the human resources field, …
Employee Onboarding: Handing New Hires the Keys to Career Success
You’ve probably invested a lot of money and time into bringing quality employees into your organization. Now, you need to give them what they need to be successful. From the first day, all hiring managers should have a plan in place for employee on-boarding and then building this person from a new hire to a …