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 …
Team Building
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 …
5 Human Resource Management Planning Tips for 2013
Today’s human resource professional manages the company’s most important asset – the employees. As a result, this asset needs to be managed like any other. It is essential to handle tasks like employee training, bringing in new hires, minimizing employee costs, and even dealing with termination. These aspects are all just one part of the …
HR Tips for Handling Corporate Holiday Parties
Each holiday season, companies everywhere begin their annual office parties. Holiday celebrations can be a great way to raise employee morale, build team spirit, and reward employees for a job well done–when they are managed well. Any company holiday party should be planned and supervised by your HR and management team. This is so your …
HR Tips for Making Meetings More Fun and Productive
Meetings can seem like boring and stressful events no matter what industry they are in. However, it is possible to make even the most mundane meetings far more productive and enjoyable. When designed properly, meetings are the perfect way to share ideas, build the team and learn from each other. It’s important to have a …