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Getting the ol’ pink slip. Getting kicked to the curb. Downsizing, resizing, rightsizing or eliminating the position; you’re no longer needed or we’ve decided to go a different direction. These are all ways (some not so great ways) to let an employee know that you’re...

Uh Oh! Your employee is late, again! Or has left early too frequently, isn’t meeting production quotas or is not upholding company standards. There are so many possible reasons you may need to “discipline” an employee, but none of them are easy things to discuss. One...

“Your employees are getting an orientation, whether you have a formal program or not. Unfortunately, it often isn’t the one you want them to get.” (From Rich Galbreath’s 2002 White Paper “Profiting Through Employee Orientation.”) And you know what he means by this…...

Help Wanted!! And by “help” you really mean YOU need help finding the right employees! And that is even truer if you’re new to recruiting. First and foremost, use the best resource ever invented: Word of Mouth! Tell everyone you know. Sometimes, you may already know...

So you’re not the HR Manager. Your company doesn’t have an HR Manager. You’re the owner, assistant, sales manager, host, but you’re not the HR Manager. Yet, you still find yourself doing some of the hiring, training, disciplining, etc. You’re what HR Resolutions calls...

Falling down on the job has two meanings and you don’t want either to happen at the workplace! Unfortunately, sometimes they both do! And when there is an injury on your “watch” you certainly don’t want to be the person “falling down on the job.” Don’t be shy! The...