by Kellie Boysen | Jun 29, 2017 | Employee Management, General, Our Blog, Retention
Interpersonal conflict can make even the best job miserable to perform. Conflict can wear you down day to day, interfering with your willingness to engage fully in your work. At its worst it creates turnover, costing both the company and the person who leaves because... by Kellie Boysen | Jun 22, 2017 | Compliance, Employee Management, For Employers, Retention
Discrimination in the workplace is illegal. Period. Yet the impact of increasing diversity is that you are in more and more situations that have a bit more subtle dynamic. You might not be making hiring or promotion decisions about a person, but you and your company’s... by Kellie Boysen | Jun 21, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General, Hiring & Firing, Retention, Training
How is it that you start off with the greatest hopes for a new hire, especially one in a leadership role in your business, but after a while the hope fades and frustration sets in? It’s because you don’t know enough about why you hire and why you fire. You... by Kellie Boysen | Jun 19, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General, Hiring & Firing, Our Blog, Policies, Retention
It’s no secret – money is one of the top sources of interpersonal conflict – in the workplace and outside of it. Our position is that much of the time it’s not about the money at all. Money is often a stand-in for something else that isn’t being... by Kellie Boysen | May 10, 2017 | Employee Management, Hiring & Firing, Our Blog, Retention
Diversity in your workforce is more than a compliance issue – it could become your strategic advantage. Are you overlooking the opportunities? The Cloning Problem When interviewing and making your hiring decisions, as you assess several candidates’... by Kellie Boysen | Apr 26, 2017 | Employee Management, General, Our Blog, Policies, Retention
Time off is important to help employees rejuvenate. It helps them be more productive when they are on the job, and a good vacation policy can retain good workers.. But vacation is only one of the reasons why employees might miss work. A recent article in The...