Time management is something almost all managers and leaders hear about, talk about, and learn about. It is a skill set that not only desired by top leaders, but is practically essential among business owners. Without time management, businesses don’t succeed, and neither do their staff. So—what is time management? According to Psychology Today, time… Read more »
Posts Categorized: HR & Management
Understanding OSHA: Changes in Record Keeping and Reporting
Reporting and Recordkeeping have been a standard with OSHA since the 1990’s, but due to changes in economic standards and industry, new guidelines and exemptions have been updated based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and injury and illness data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2007-2009. Here’s what you need to… Read more »
Three Inexpensive Ways to Drive Employee Happiness
Employee happiness takes many shapes and forms. Happiness is not static, it’s dynamic and always fluid. Keeping that in mind, it’s important to remember that just as happiness is a dynamic form so too is your company culture. To create an atmosphere that allows your staff to flourish and be happy, you have to take… Read more »
Understanding OSHA: Hazard Communication Standard
The changes which have been made to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard work to bring together the alignment and communication standards of the United States with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS); improving safety and health protections for America’s workers across the globe. The expectation is that the GHS will prevent… Read more »
Looking Back on 2014 | Evaluating Your Team’s Success
When there is a deluge of information filtering in and out of your company on a daily basis, it is very easy to focus on what isn’t going right compared to what is. In order for your company to continue to expand and grow, focusing on your successes is exactly what you need. With 2014… Read more »
Is Your Management Style Crushing Employee Creativity?
It’s a conversation management doesn’t like to have; it puts a spotlight in dark areas of leadership that many aren’t sure how to tackle once the conversation is had. The scarcity principal—the feeling of never having enough, and the conformity principal—expecting people to act or behave the same as you or vise versa, is affecting… Read more »
OSHA Update on Welding, Cutting, and Brazing
If you are a worker or employer who deals with activities involving welding, cutting or brazing then you need to be aware of hazard risks and safety precautions from such activities in the work place. The exposure to these activities and associated health affects are difficult to list. This is in large part due to… Read more »
Are Cell Phones Ok or Not Ok in Your Company?
To say that the topic of cell phone use in a company is not a bit of a tight rope walk would be an understatement. On the one hand, you’d probably rather your employees make emergency or personal calls on their own dime. On the other hand, do you want them taking advantage of using… Read more »
Want the Best Candidates? Get them with a Great Job Description
You have one job opening-one, yet you have hundreds of resumes to weed through for this one position. While this may not seem like a bad problem to have, it can be if it means spending unproductive hours of your time siphoning through mediocre resumes to find the select few that meet the criteria of… Read more »
Ways to Avoid High Employee Turnover Rates
According to recent studies 40% of working professionals experience some type of career transition every year. Of this, 20%-25% are recent graduates just entering the workforce. Half of all new hires leave a position within the first 18 months on the job. Why are these numbers so important? They show the amount of turnover a… Read more »