How to Deal with a Workplace Bully
Bullying has become a popular topic in the last few years. I think many of us can call to mind a coworker or manager who was unduly hard on someone. Maybe that someone was you. These people can have a huge effect on morale and often make it hard to come to work. As managers […]
Conquering Self-Doubt at Work for Yourself & Employees
Whether it’s feedback from a manager, comments on a blog post or that internal critic in our heads, it is hard not to feel judged throughout our careers. This can lead to self-doubt and a lack of confidence in our own skills. In my experience both in the corporate environment and now as a business […]
Creative Approaches to Benefits for Your Small Business
Creative Approaches to Benefits for Your Small Business When we hear the word benefits, the first thing that usually comes to mind is insurance. After covering the cost of insurance, companies may have a hard time thinking of adding anything else to their benefits package—especially if they are a small business. While a small […]
How to Create a Casual Dress Code Policy
In some offices, suits and ties have gone the way of the typewriter. Casual Friday has turned into the casual workweek, and it has become common to see people at work in jeans and T-shirts. But where do we draw the line? Are shorts and an old, faded T-shirt acceptable workplace attire? And how do […]
Screening Applicants 101: How Small Businesses Can Hire like the Pros
Small businesses may only hire a couple of new employees each year. As a result, small business managers may feel more anxiety about the hiring process than their counterparts at larger companies where hiring is a weekly occurrence. In my HR career, I have screened thousands of applications for everything from warehouse workers to top-level […]
3 Tips for New Hire Orientation at a Small Business
When I facilitated new employee orientation at companies with over 500 employees, I easily had enough new hires for several orientations per month. However, this approach to orientation is not realistic for a small business where there may only be a few hires per year. As a result, new hires at small businesses often get […]
