Out Now: Episode 415: Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the Clean Energy Sector With Dr. Janell Hills

HR Learning From Healthcare

My wife underwent surgery recently. This provided me the chance to spend days at a time hanging out in a hospital. My intention was to be present to meet my wife’s needs in any way. I couldn’t help but watch everything that was happening there with keen interest. Their procedures and processes piqued my interest, […]

There Are Levels To This… A Word on Employee Relations

I wonder at times if companies understand or care about the risk employee issues pose to the organization. I have worked in organizations where nothing got settled at the company level and they were happy to pay people off. I have also worked for organizations that had a heart attack when the most benign concerns […]

Employee Engagement is an Emotional Activity

According to a Dale Carnegie study, employee engagement is ‘the emotional and functional commitment an employee has to his or her organization”. This study shows: $11 Billion is lost annually due to employee turnover Companies with engaged employees outperform those without by up to 202% 71% of all employees are not fully engaged Employee Engagement […]

Why is Performance Documentation Important?

Managers must track the training, performance, and growth of their staff members since this information can be used as independent, unbiased proof of what did or did not occur. Why is Performance Documentation Important? Somewhere along the way, howver,  documentation has become the way managers “built a case” against employees to prove cause to demote […]

Why Is Employee Performance Documentation Important

Documenting the progression of our employees’ training, performance and development is critical for managers because documentation provides independent and objective evidence of what happened or what didn’t happen. Employee Performance Documentation Somewhere along the way, however,  documentation has become the way managers “built a case” against employees to prove cause to demote or terminate for […]

5 Things Employees Will Screw Up For Everyone During The Summer

Summertime is one of my favorite times of the year. Work and life feel a little lighter in the summer as you plan vacations; attend barbeques and other fun outings. In fact, some businesses run on a lighter schedule for the three months to allow people to do what they want and need to. I […]