Tag: employee relations
Why TED Has Given All Of Its Employees A Mandatory Two-Week Summer Vacation
Here’s an idea worth spreading: Enforced time off. Now, go share this with your boss.
How to handle performance-review disputes
Employees are not required to sign a performance evaluation they disagree with, so letting them write a rebuttal may be the best solution to a disputed review, lawyer Jonathan Segal says. “This may help the employer in the event the employee ultimately is discharged. It shows the employee was given guidance on how to improve but decided he or she was beyond improvement,” Segal…
8 Things to Ask Employees Before They Leave for Vacation
Summer vacation is a great time for employees to recharge, but it leaves you short staffed. These employee vacation time preparation tips will help.
How Can I Get My Boss To Give Me More Critical Feedback?
It may seem like a good problem to have, but if your boss is too busy to give you critical feedback you’ll never get any better at your job.
Starbucks can’t fire cursing, pro-union worker
Stickin’ it to The Man, probably while very caffeinated.
What to do when your employee posts nasty things about you on Facebook
What do you do when an employee complains about your company on social media?
Take This Oath to Communicate Change More Effectively
Physicians take the Hippocratic Oath before they can practice medicine. Lawyers take a professional oath after they pass the bar. And people elected to all sorts of positions take an oath of office.
Why conflict beats collaboration
Companies that shy away from conflict and aim to create safe spaces for brainstorming are unlikely to generate big ideas, writes Kate Vitasek. The aim should be to critically test ideas and adopt the best ones, not to come up with concepts everyone can agree with, Vitasek explains. “Collaboration is great, but applying too much of it to the marketplace of ideas creates groupthink,”…
Here’s why you should give employees a second chance [Video]
Management can sometimes be an act of faith, particularly when the people you hire have a questionable past. One approach to giving people a second chance.
Can employers require workers to be respectful?
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employers can’t require workers to have respect for each other, because doing so could limit workers’ ability to discuss their working conditions, says Jon Hyman, a employment lawyer. Employers still need to have a policy that limits liability for harassment and states that there will be no tolerance for abuse and bullying, Hyman says
How can you bring your employees closer?
Find a subject that makes everyone realize they need to LEARN, not teach, dictate or lead. Work together to discover information about that topic. In addition to being fun, it may have surprising effects over time in creative brainstorming, strategy and customer relations, while bringing your team closer together.
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