by Kellie Boysen | Sep 12, 2017 | Employee Management, General, Our Blog, Training
One of the adjustments you have to make when taking on a leadership role is the assumed credibility associated with your new job. Yesterday you might have been the average Joe or Jane who went out for beers and laughs with the crowd, but today you’re the boss.... by Kellie Boysen | Sep 11, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General, Training
As a leader, a big part of your job is to help team members understand the expectations of their roles and then perform up to those performance requirements. A significant part of your job is to train and then provide performance feedback. The tendency in many... by Kellie Boysen | Sep 4, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General, Hiring & Firing, Our Blog, Training
You have a terrific employee, someone you would consider to be a super-worker. He or she has a great work ethic, gets along well with others, and has mastered the technical aspects of the job. You’re ready to promote this person to become a supervisor.... by Kellie Boysen | Aug 21, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General
Our clients often ask when it is time to add an employee, or when it is time to add another. We talk about the ins and outs of independent contractors, or hiring additions to staff on a part time basis to start. Many of these decisions are based on the revenue that... by Kellie Boysen | Aug 16, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General, Retention, Training
You can help an employee make a performance turnaround – if the situation warrants the energy on both of your parts to remedy the situation. You’re weighing a couple of factors here – it would be inconvenient and maybe costly to terminate the... by Kellie Boysen | Aug 8, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General, Our Blog, Policies
Are any and all employee opinions allowed at work? If you have been reading the newspaper or social media over the past few days you have seen an article about an employee at Google, who published a manifesto about the unsuitability of women to the IT workplace. He...