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There is an unfortunate lie being spread in corporate America.  The lie goes like this…all employees are incentivized with monetary rewards.  This is a widely held belief amongst business owners and corporations, despite previous research disputing its effect to promote motivation.  Going as far back as the 1940s, psychologists and experts in organizational development discovered ...

Consider the following innovative approach in hiring practices: The first thing you must do is identify your culture.  The culture of your company is the life blood pumping through your organization.  Any employee that joins the team must fit into the culture if they are to be successful.  If you promote a laid back, casual ...

Take time to honestly assess your answers to the above questions.  Consider the following points: Do you offer opportunities for growth?  Employees appreciate the ability to grow, thus training and development initiatives help solidify professional relationships.  The employer gains additional knowledge, and perhaps more effective employees, with on-going training and development, while the employee sees ...

What do you do when an otherwise competent employee keeps making mistakes or is having a hard time remembering a new process?  Start by looking at your training process.  Remember, adult learning is a specialized field and employees must understand how the learning concept will impact them. . .”What’s in it for ME?”  And since ...

When companies communicate there is an investment of time and money being spent on updating handbooks and policies, they may also receive some positive employee recognition: Through greater employee satisfaction and work quality improvements because employees feel as though they are valued by their employer. Companies can take the opportunity to communicate the changes and/or ...

Updating Company Policies When Introducing an Updated Handbook  Given the climate of the economy and many employees being asked to complete more work for their current salary and potentially forgo annual increases, giving employees the tools to do their jobs as effectively and accurately as possible is even more critical today.  With companies being forced ...

Beyond the Typical Company Handbook – Companies are getting more out their employees with effective company policies. What is typical? A typical handbook gives employees a laundry list of do’s and don’ts, a description of benefits and how they get paid, and an idea of who to speak with if they ever have an issue.  ...

Whether you are a manager or small business owner, chances are you have found yourself, at one time or another, behind on your employee performance reviews.  It sounds great to have performance reviews included in your employee handbook, and everyone has the best intentions on getting them done and delivered, but then months go by ...

Company Policy Series – Progressive Discipline Policy Sample The purpose of the Progressive Discipline Policy is to establish consistent guidelines to follow for addressing behavior that requires disciplinary action, and to provide a structured corrective action process to improve and prevent a recurrence of undesirable behavior, violations of company policies and procedures, and performance issues. ...