Employee Relations

Focus on behavior when disciplining jerks

10/06/2014

Some employees behave in ways that create an unpleasant environment for their co-workers, subordinates or supervisors. There’s no reason to put up with bullies and other ill-behaved employees.

This Halloween, get a monster morale boost … but avoid the legal scares

10/02/2014

For some businesses, Halloween is not just another day at the office. These organizations see it as an opportunity to energize the workplace and build company spirit. Here are tips for celebrating, and to avoid legal trouble related to costumes …

How to make yourself into a leader, not just a boss

09/26/2014

Some people use the words interchangeably. But for many people, the traditional boss is someone who turns employees off, while a leader turns them on. That’s why it’s important to understand how to become a true leader of your team. Here are some useful guidelines.

For 55% of workers, what they do is who they are

09/22/2014

More than half of working Americans say they get a sense of identity from the work they do, but education and income levels play a big part in the degree to which people feel that way.

7 great meeting icebreaker tips

09/22/2014

Getting meeting participants comfortable with one another and ready to work can be a big challenge, particularly when individuals don’t know each other or have worked together only once or twice. Here are icebreaker tips to move past that awkward stage and get things rolling.

The old suggestion box: How to make it work

09/18/2014

Some suggestions from our readers … and some ideas that might be charitably considered, well, unusual.

Get more done! Sign on to that conference call

09/17/2014

According to a new survey by Intercall, a phone service provider, 82% of employees polled admit to working on unrelated items while on a conference call.

Fantasy football comes at a cost

09/16/2014

Yes, it’s a morale boost, but it doesn’t come free. Employers can expect to “pay” an employee (earning a $40,000-per-year salary) $356 in lost productivity to play a season’s worth of fantasy football on company time.

The power of the doodle

09/15/2014

The little faces, triangles and puppies you’ve been sketching all these years haven’t been for nought.

Understand Gen Y to work with them better

09/10/2014

Suspend all prejudices for a minute, and try to understand why these fresh young thinkers do what they do. It’s all about the economy.