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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 ...

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. ...

Company Policy Series – Dress Code Policy Sample The purpose of the Dress Code Policy is to provide a guideline for employees in terms of what is and what is not acceptable manner of dress in a business casual workplace. The following is what a Dress Code Policy could look like: “The Company’s official standard ...

Hostile Workplace Environment Harassment.  People who learn about this type of harassment are often surprised about what can constitute it. This type of harassment may be direct or indirect, intentional or not.  It exists whenever the perpetrator’s words, actions or body language contribute to creating an uncomfortable working environment for its victim.  Again, it is ...

Colorado Employers – Parental Involvement in K-12 Education Act - Summary Beginning in August 2009, both public and private employers in the State of Colorado who, similar to FMLA regulations, have 50 or more employees, are now required to provide unpaid leave time to non-supervisory and non-executive level employees for attending parent teacher conferences and/or ...