Take a moment and think about how well you get along with your employees. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being not-so-good and 10 being we-couldn’t-get-along-better, where would you rate your relationships? Realistically, this number is probably different with each staff member, with some climbing …
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Employee Reviews: Should You Do Them?
Since I started working at the young age of 13, I’ve worked for several different employers throughout the years. In my teens, I worked at a variety of restaurants, both waitressing and cooking, some of which were small town joints and others in bigger cities. I even tried my hand at bartending a …
Creative Ways to Increase Staff Satisfaction
Staff satisfaction is an integral part of any business’s success because there is a direct correlation between happy employees and happy customers. Not only does keeping staff happy improve your financial bottom line by reducing absenteeism and turnover; it also ensures that your customers …
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Virtual Team
Technology continues to evolve and become more popular every day. Virtual teams are becoming a fact of life and management is being forced to adapt. Virtual teams require different management styles than the typical office team. Team members may be across the state, across the country, or even …
Becoming a Better Manager Of People
The differences between a mediocre manager and an extraordinary one are many. Depending on the specific managers in question, there are likely to be many differences in style and approach between any individual and the next. But which combination makes for the perfect manager? Keep Striving to Be …
How To Be a Great Boss to a Diverse Team
"The worst kind of group for an organization that wants to be innovative and creative is one in which everyone is alike and gets along too well," according to Stanford University’s Margaret A. Neale. “And the key to making nearly any kind of diversity work is managing it well. “ Are you building …
