7 Amazingly Simple Ways for Supervisors to Build Trust

I don’t believe that “rah-rah” speeches motivate people.  In my experience, the more effective route is to hire people who are intrinsically motivated to do great work and then do everything possible not to de-motivate them. Few things demotivate people faster than working with a supervisor they don’t trust. Why is trust so important?  When…

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3 Things to Do Today to Prevent Turnover of Your Best Employees

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Employee turnover is a measure of how frequently employees leave a business. Turnover impacts company profitability. There are two predictable employee turnover spikes every year – spring and fall.  With fall just around the corner, now’s a great time to be thinking about how to reduce the amount of employee turnover we experience.

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5 Ways Top Supervisors Position New Hires for Success

In a previous article, I talked about spring turnover and how to approach it with a different mindset. Having to fill an open position on your team can be stressful; so there’s usually a huge sigh of relief once you’ve identified the right person. But for me, that feeling of calm only lasts until I…

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Why Small Businesses Thrive with Workplace Safety Programs

An office worker sitting at her desk on her computer next to her hard hat. She is following workplace safety guidelines.

Workplace safety is an area of HR that we regularly find our small business clients don’t have their arms around.  With everything it takes to run a business and to hire good employees and pay them properly, something has to fall by the wayside, and often, that something ends up being safety. Some industries have…

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