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Is Your Employee Handbook Missing Something Important?

Writing an employee handbook is a daunting task for most employers.

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How to Show Your Employees You Value Them on Employee Appreciation Day

Employee Appreciation Day is the first Friday in March, so it’s coming up! This special day is a great time to show your employees that you value them.

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Why Performance Reviews Are Important

What’s the deal with performance reviews? As a business owner, you already know the importance of recruiting the best staff. As a leader, you want your team to perform at their best level. Many of you may also use performance reviews to conduct quarterly or annual evaluations of staff work, efficiency, and morale. If you…

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Creating an Employee Recognition Program

What’s The Point Of An Employee Recognition Program? Employees want recognition. This is especially true for the employees who work hard for your company. An employee recognition program is a great way to show appreciation to these employees. Employee recognition programs initially began as a nice way to show appreciation. Now, many companies align them…

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The Performance Review Process: Making It Work at Your Company

What Is a Performance Evaluation? The annual employee performance evaluation process is a normal thing in the business world. Annual reviews offer organizations a chance to make sure that management and employees are on the same page in terms of business goals. Employees can also learn about issues that should be addressed as well as…

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How to Avoid Holiday Stress at Work

Holiday Stress is Real It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Juggling extra holiday to-dos, trying to get your shopping done, and hitting your end-of-year goals all while managing clients and employees, it’s enough to make anyone lose their cool. A 2018 study conducted by PR Newswire found that 88% of Americans experience…

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How Does Your Benefits Package Rate?

Competitive Benefits Package? Benefits are regularly named by job seekers as the number one factor considered when accepting a position, and so to attract the best employees, it’s vital that businesses offer a robust benefits package. As a recruiting and retention strategy, benefits planning is key – certainly – but what exactly comprises a competitive…

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Dealing with a Multi-Generational Workforce

Facing A Multi-Generational Workforce As more and more employees push retirement back and younger employees enter the workforce, employers are faced with a multi-generational workforce. With this trend on the rise, how do managers and business owners properly manage employees? For starters, it is important to know some of the most common differences between the…

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Does Your Company Have Too Many Meetings?

Company Meetings Meetings can be an essential part of running a business. However, too many meetings can actually halt productivity and waste valuable time. Did you know that each time an employee joins a meeting they immediately lose where they were in their thought process? After the meeting, research shows that it can then take…

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