Remember Names Using the Rule of Three
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes When I worked in the hospitality industry, we encouraged employees to use the guest’s name. It makes the interaction more personal and friendly … and hopefully that leads to a better experience for the guest. But remembering names can be hard. So, we suggested a tip called the “rule of […]
Mandatory Employee Handouts: 4 Things Every Organization Should Know
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Poster Guard® Poster Compliance Service from HRdirect, the leading labor law poster service that gets your business up to date with all the required federal, state, and local labor law postings, and then keeps it that way – for an […]
8 Ways Groups Make Decisions
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I recently published an article on how to resolve team conflicts. While I mentioned in the article an example of resource allocation being a reason for conflict, there are other reasons that teams experience conflict. Some of them have to do with the way decisions are made. I’ve seen on many […]
Bookmark This! The Goal Setting Edition
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Organizations and individuals are focused on performance. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. And the good news is … setting goals can help improve performance. In a recent McKinsey article, they cite a survey indicating that 72% of employees feel goal setting is a strong motivator for performance. So, setting goals […]
Selecting Benefits that Support the Lifecycle of Your Employees
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Selerix, a leading provider of benefits administration, healthcare compliance and communications solutions. Check out their latest article on the Forbes Business Council site about personalizing benefits for a four-generation workplace. Enjoy!) Employee benefits are a significant portion of an employee’s […]
5 Ways Employees Can Stay Relevant In Their Career
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I read an article recently from Lolly Daskal titled “AI Will Replace You: Leaders Who Refuse to Evolve Will Be Left Behind”. It’s a good read worth checking out. Here on HR Bartender, we’ve been talking about artificial intelligence (AI) a lot lately. And I’ve suggested that people should start […]
Employee Performance Conversations: Remember to Follow Up
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We’ve talked in the past about how to have a performance improvement conversation with an employee. It’s definitely an important conversation. But there’s another performance related conversation that’s equally important – the follow-up meeting afterward. Performance conversations should end with a date and time for follow-up. The purpose of the conversation […]
How to Manage Extra Time Commitments
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes LinkedIn News recently published a survey that said one third of U.S. employees have at least one side hustle. It could be working part time, running a small business, driving for a rideshare app, etc. In the article, they were asking for input on how people make time for a side […]
Understand Employee Feedback Better Using a Johari Window
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We talk about feedback all the time. Managers give employees feedback. Employees give the company feedback. We talk about the importance of feedback but sometimes I feel that we don’t spend enough time talking about the feedback we can give ourselves. The Johari Window was developed in 1955 by Joseph Luft […]
The Best Way to Conduct a Minimum Wage Audit
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Poster Guard® Poster Compliance Service, the leading labor law poster service that gets your business up to date with all required federal, state, and local labor law postings, and then keeps it that way — for an entire year. […]