A business partnership is like a marriage. It comes with similar baggage - the ebb and flow of independence, dependence, insecurity, creativity, and crisis - and the challenge of trying to raise a child (your business) from infancy through adolescence to adulthood.
Have you checked the divorce statistics lately? Well, the odds of a business partnership surviving are even worse! And for a family business? Train wreck ahead!
As a business owner and leader, you have a unique stake in the success or failure of the business because it is tied to you as an individual.
A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) does not necessarily have to be negative. A PIP should be designed with employee enhancement in mind, not as a way to weed the employee out. In the best of circumstances, a PIP exists to help an underperforming employee improve performance, and do his or her best for your company. By laying out clear guidelines, you give an employee a clear sense of what is expected and the room and direction necessary to improve.
Give meaningful feedback on employee performance -- without creating legal problems.
Here are some issues to consider in helping your organization design a strategic benefits package—that is, one that meets the needs of your workforce, serves yo
The following list contains some tips for developing an effective reverse mentoring program so that members of both generations can benefit:
Knowing your organization's goals and plans is the first step toward aligning HR's efforts with those goals.
When you are hiring someone, there are many things to consider. Finding the right person for the job is certainly one of them.
Identifying information. The form should have identifying information, such as:
Motivational expert Bob Nelson, author of the best selling books 1001 Ways to Reward Employees and 1001 Ways to Energize Employees, identified his top ten ways
The role of human resources is evolving. The focus of HR has gone from creating and managing programs to meeting corporate goals.
Generally, employers are not required to pay employees to take time off to volunteer.
Typically, the first question staff will have will be who is in charge? The common assumption is that if we or our management is or remains in charge, we are ok
Most organizations that have been in existence for any period of time have had a program that gives recognition to long-term employees.
A benefit program can serve the objectives of a company in several ways.
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