Three years ago, the American workforce was already facing a health crisis in the office: sitting at your desk for too long. Add the pandemic pushing more office jobs into remote jobs and that crisis has only gotten worse. No longer do employees have the easy motivation to get up from work to go to… Read More »
If you’ve recently lost an employee, you know what it’s like to have an increase in workload. As a manager, it’s helpful if you take on some of the work so the rest of your employees don’t absorb it all and get demotivated or stressed out. Unfortunately, while you have your normal responsibilities and priorities,… Read More »
The “he-said, she-said” conflict did not disappear when you were too old to get time for recess. Instead, it has either stayed the same or increased since becoming an adult and working in a group of people. Every employee has a gripe about their boss. Every boss has a gripe about an employee. When it… Read More »
A common headache for human resources professionals is keeping an office running smoothly with the right amount of employees to not be overstaffed or understaffed. More often, managers have a harder time keeping an adequate number of employees hired to keep up with work. Unfortunately, being understaffed can cause major issues for the workplace and… Read More »
Remember the days when you could discipline your employees for being late or not showing up without much thought? During that same time, employees often understood that it was a performance standard to show up on time to work or give appropriate notice in the rare case of an emergency. However, behavioral and cultural shifts… Read More »
You’re probably familiar with the exit interview, but stay interviews are a less popular practice that can change the game for creating a healthy company for your employees. Instead of conducting interviews when employees already decide to leave, stay interviews are meant to help you understand what employees value most about the company and why… Read More »