Entries Tagged Employee Performance

The team is exhausted. They’re burned out, and I am too. I don’t know if we can recover. We’ve been working at...

Each year, companies waste time and money on training that doesn’t deliver what the people who paid for it thought it would....

Years ago, I got fired over problems that arose regarding an employee’s raise. So I may care a little more about what...

“There are only two of us in my department. Why should I bother with a formal meeting? We sit right across from...

When you hire new team members, you have a certain set of expectations for them. Ultimately, you want them to be punctual,...

Imagine on a Monday you discover that your meticulous, rule-following accountant and creative, eccentric marketing person have switched positions. How’s this likely...

Both employers and employees frequently say the annual performance review process is one of the most awful, detestable parts of work. You...

Not so long ago, workplace-based wellness programs were the hot new thing in holding down health care costs for employers. And while...

It’s a great irony that the discipline policy preferred by most companies is called “progressive.” The word progressive means “making favorable progress...

Mike worked for a medium-sized business and went to work every day happy to have a job. But he wasn’t too enthused...

Brass Inc. of Utica, Ontario, has a philosophy to describe what the company expects of its employees and what customers can expect...

In an employment environment where risk management is absolutely vital, documenting employee discipline has become a critical task in protecting an organization....

Many of the HDD jobs that Underground Systems LLC takes on are fairly routine, straight-line bores for telecommunications companies — bread-and-butter work...

When pointing out a mistake made on the job, has an employee ever thrown it back in your face saying he or...