{from The Muse online} There’s a lot of career advice out there, so you may be wondering: Is all of this stuff just anecdotal, or is there some cold, hard, Bill Nye-approved science out there to back any of this up? Lucky for you, we’ve scoured the internet for scientific facts about the workplace that […]
TIP TUESDAY: 8 Phrases a Great Boss Tells/Asks Employees
{excerpted from The Ladders online newsletter} Communication can play a large role in determining your effectiveness and success as a leader. How you communicate with your employees can either show them they are valued or make them feel disposable. Great bosses find themselves using the following positive reinforcements, questions, and statements of gratitude on a […]
TIP TUESDAY: Six Summertime Survival Tips for Work-at-Home Parents
Summer is a difficult seasons for entrepreneurs. Juggling work with kids who need extra attention and outside playtime can make for some stressful days. You want to have fun, but you also know that the demands of business require your attention. Here are a few tips that will help you and the kids get happily […]
WORKFACT WEDNESDAY: Injuries in the Workplace
Overexertion and falls account for more than $25 billion in workers’ compensation costs in the U.S. The leading cause of injury on the list, overexertion, was typically related to lifting, pushing, pulling, holding, carrying or throwing. Other exertions, which came in at number five, includes injuries due to bending, crawling, reaching, twisting, climbing, stepping, kneeling, […]
TIP TUESDAY: Linkedin Offers Unique Marketing Tools
{excerpted from an article by Jim Kendall from his blog and which originally appeared in the Daily Herald newspaper} LinkedIn launched, officially, in May 2003. A month later, the network had 4,500 members. Third quarter last year (2016, if your calendar is slow), LI had 467 million members worldwide; in the United States, LinkedIn membership […]
TIP TUESDAY: Interviewing (Investigating?) Candidates
{by Tadd Downs for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) online} My job for the past 25 years has been to put bad guys in jail. I am sure you are asking, “Why is a criminal investigator writing an article for an HR publication?” An investigator and an HR professional have more in common […]
TIP TUESDAY: Toothpaste Can’t Go Back in the Tube – 6 Tips for Workplace Communication
A preschool teacher taught a message to her students on Words that Hurt. She used a tube of toothpaste and a paper plate per student for this hands-on activity. Twelve small children eagerly squeezed the entire contents of a tube of toothpaste onto a paper plate, giggling as their plates filled up with minty […]
TIP TUESDAY: Celebrate Small Business Week
National Small Business Week 2018 kicked off April 29 with an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. where national award winners including the naming of this year’s national Small Business Person of the Year. National Small Business Week is being held from April 29-May 5 and is an annual event hosted by the U.S. Small Business […]
WEDNESDAY WORKFACT: Local Business Owner Wins National Small Business Person of the Year!
Linda McMahon, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, recognized Rebecca Fyffe, owner of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Landmark Pest Management, Monday as 2018’s Small Business Person of the Year at a ceremony and reception at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. Rebecca took over a struggling business in 2001 when she was […]
TIP TUESDAY: Six-Step Employee Improvement Plan
{excerpted from the article, “How to Establish a Performance Improvement Plan” at the SHRM website. Click here to read the full article.} A performance improvement plan (PIP), also known as a performance action plan, is a tool to give an employee with performance deficiencies the opportunity to succeed. It may be used to address failures […]