Employers

A Model for Strategic Leadership

Are you a duck or an eagle? A person often does well communicating on an individual basis when outside the work place. However, one tends to fall dramatically short in relational intelligence when on the job leading and managing others. To be successful, leaders/managers must first look at whom they serve and then apply the areas of strategic leadership to bring together their leadership character with the methods of the organization. These four areas of Strategic Leadership should become the road map for all interaction with your people on the job.

Termination for Cause: Some Important Considerations

In today’s morally relative society, understanding the legal guidelines for terminating employees for cause has become increasingly confusing. As leaders, we are to treat all people the same as we would want to be treated, exuding dignity, respect, compassion and integrity. However, we are also to treat people differently when they are poor care-takers of their given responsibilities. On the job, this can include discipline up to, and including, termination.

Following a termination there is no way to guarantee that an ex-employee, even your best friend, won’t sue his or her employer. However, through a display of good character coupled with sound procedures, a leader can allow the employee to maintain his or her dignity throughout the discipline/termination process and, in turn, lower the possibility of litigation.

The Orientation Process…Clarity and Focus for the New Employee

Once an applicant accepts a job offer within your organization, the first few weeks working can be both a fearful and uncomfortable time for the new employee. One role of both administration and the manager is to take away that fear and bring new employees to a point where they can begin to trust and believe they are an important part of their new employer! How can this be achieved? Read on to find out how you can bring clarity and focus to your new employee.

9 Things You Simply Must Do to SUCCEED in LOVE and LIFE

Though hardships befall all of us in life, there are people in life who seem to be more successful than others in grappling with the challenges. They seem to find their joy, fulfillment, and satisfaction despite pressures and realities. Others seem to be stuck in ruts, unsuccessful in their endeavors of undertakings in relationships, businesses, and personal matters. What is the key?

The author suggests the answers have always been at our fingertips. If we avail ourselves of some simple truths, timeless wisdom from Proverbs and life and apply it, we can experience change in our lives; change for the better. Dr. Cloud submits the 9 things that are the most applicable truths to follow and then outlines steps we can take to change our outlook and paradigms. Why don’t we do what is best for us? Why don’t we act on what we know? Why do we blame others? Why don’t we see the value? Why don’t we get good counsel? Why don’t we invest in wisdom? The answers are “hidden in plain view” . . .

The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive

The book is written as a story to portray the management principles of the favored executive. Some of the principles are clear in the story, but most are better explained by the text which followed. Read on for a summary of the points making most sense to me and having the greatest impact:

Summary of Legal and Illegal Interview Questions

This helpful chart indicates questions that are unlawful to ask at an employment interview. Many states have similar rules. Please call us if you have any questions or need additional information.

Your Employees: Do You Appreciate Them or Take Them for Granted?

Your Employees: Do You Appreciate Them or Take Them for Granted?
If you care about employee motivation and morale, this is an important question to ask…

A Note About Employee Handbooks

Are you faced with several different samples of employee handbooks and now would like to know what to do with them? Writing your organization’s employee handbook for the employees working in your organization can be challenging, to say the least. Here are several thoughts to consider when writing and sharing with your employees a new employee handbook.

Motivational Quotes

A nice site for inspirational quotations and positive affirmations to promote positive thinking, personal growth, success, and achievement in your career, relationships, and life.