Employee Development

<p>Newly minted first-time managers and new leaders are usually part of the biggest population of leaders in any organization: frontline, first-line, and entry-level managers, supervisors, and directors. They directly manage more people than any other managerial level. The stats show first-time managers and new leaders rarely get the training they need to be effective in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Contrary to popular belief it is possible for management and unions to get along. The relationship between the two doesn’t always have to be contentious. The most important thing in this relationship is respect. If management and union leaders have respect for each other the rest is downhill, theoretically. Management and unions don’t innately distrust [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Originally posted on <a href="https://christopherinhr.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/perfect-candidate/">ChristopherinHR</a>: <br />What price perfect? A mark of the modern employment market is the seeming inability to find skilled, competent employees. Companies continually complain about the lack of fundamental skills in recent graduates while government clamors for increased STEM education. But this mistates the situation. Even as communities continue to recover from massive&

<p>Those of you that follow my blog know I’m all about Human Resources (HR) and Training and Development (T&amp;D). However, this week I’m going to depart from the norm. I need to put some things in perspective. My father passed away two months ago. He was the oldest of seven children. Those seven children produced [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A few weeks ago I attended ASTD’s International Conference and Expo #ASTD2014. After spending a couple of days with other T&amp;D professionals, it reminded me why I’m passionate about T&amp;D. As with any conference, you leave rejuvenated and excited ready to go back and apply what you learned. However, this year’s conference gave me another [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Who needs supervision more employees or children? Children between the ages of one and ten need a babysitter. Due to the lack of boundaries in the workplace managers view themselves as babysitters. Just like children, employees are a product of their environment. In 2014 what type of environment are managers creating for their employees? When [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Originally posted on <a href="http://christopherinhr.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/balance">ChristopherinHR</a>: <br />How do you tip the scales? Like many other things in American business the discussion around worklife balance has now fully migrated from curiosity to debate to fad to branding bullshit to old news. We don&#8217;t talk about it anymore. Like employer of choice its an antiquated phrase that connotes the&hellip;</p>

<p>In my last post Transparency In Interviewing I discussed several things a good interviewer should do during an interview. This week I want to focus on things companies should do to attract quality talent. This article provides some ways your company can attract the talent you’re looking for <a href="http://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/5-ways-you-are-scaring-away-potential-talent/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/5-ways-you-are-scaring-away-potential-tale

<p>Everyone thinks they are a good interviewer. Conducting an interview takes skill and savvy. In order to hire the right person, you have to ask the right questions. You also have to share enough information to make sure that person is the perfect match. Contrary to popular belief, the applicant isn’t the only person that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>1. More holidays – private industry doesn’t allow time off for the same holidays as the federal government 2. Cross-train &#8211; it will broaden and enhance the skill-set of all employees 3. Casual Friday &#8211; give employees a chance to “let their hair down” 4. Provide more leave – many companies only provide 10 days [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The New Year is here but are you well rested? With all of the activities you hosted or participated in during the holidays were you able to decompress from 2013? When you made your New Year’s resolutions did any of them involve taking better care of yourself and a work-life balance? The most important component [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It&#8217;s Thanksgiving, but our doors open at 8 p.m.! The public&#8217;s recoil at major retailer&#8217;s decisions to open on Thanksgiving Day is a perfect example of how employee disengagement has hit a new low. Infringing on people&#8217;s time with family and friends is a fast track to creating animosity between employer and employee. To me, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>One of the reasons employee engagement is a broad topic is that what engages one person won’t engage another person. Let’s take a look at a couple of instances in the NBA and NFL where employee engagement efforts actually resulted in positive ROI. Kevin Garnett (KG) of the Brooklyn Nets, formerly of the Boston Celtics [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When I started this series on employee engagement I intended to write three posts. But, while doing my research, I found there is so much information on this topic, three posts would not be sufficient to address all the important angles. One of the ways organizations assess employee engagement is by collecting and assessing analytics. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Employee Engagement is a “not-so-new” trend in HR. Everywhere you turn, there is a new study, white paper, article, or blog post on employee engagement. Some of the research shows employee engagement is up and some shows employee engagement is down. Most of the information does neither. The majority of the information provides ways to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In my next few posts, I’ll address the issue of employee loyalty: why employees aren’t loyal, what is employee engagement, and whether tracking employee engagement is useful. Earlier this year, someone told me that a potential supervisor implied if they promoted this individual they expected this individual to stay with the company out of loyalty [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In 2013 most people have a full schedule five to seven days a week. The hectic pace that most of us live at is not physically, mentally, or emotionally healthy. Many people don’t know when to slow down and take a break. It is difficult to take care of home (e.g. children and spouses) if [&hellip;]</p>

<p>From the outside looking in, the C-suite is a desirable place to work. However, the occupants of the C-suite have an enormous responsibility. Obtaining an office in the C-suite is a professional achievement that few accomplish. It takes years of hard work, dedication, and having laser focus. Once you’ve obtained an office in the C-suite, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you follow my blog, you know I beat the drum of training, training, and more training. Adequately trained managers make for excellent managers. First, they will love what they do on a day-to-day basis and secondly, they will improve the bottom line of the organization. Times are tight right now. When a company’s budget [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There are two ways to manage: like a dictator or like a human being. A supervisor can manage by the spirit of the law or the letter of the law. Most supervisors that manage using an iron fist are legalistic. I agree, there are times when a supervisor needs to stick to the letter of [&hellip;]</p>