Employee Articles

As younger workers join your business, you may have to modernize the way you give feedback and offer pay raises

If a difficult supervisor is making your work life miserable, it’s time to learn how to ‘manage up’

Unless it’s done correctly, dealing with the weakest link on your team is fraught with career peril

There are many options for employee ownership, but they all give workers a vested interest in the company

Data analytics can help organizations detect flight-risk employees and keep them on board

Maintaining a good roster of employees ultimately comes down to engagement. Accomplish that and everything else about managing your team falls into place. Some understanding of how the human brain functions can help.

You don’t only employ top-level master plumbers. Every company is made up of employees with a range of varying skill sets. Here are some things to consider as you determine the correct balance of apprentices, journeymen and masters on your crew.

Effective employee-recognition programs bolster engagement, reduce turnover and drive better behavior and performance

For the most part, technical skill competence will be matched by competitors, so being exemplary in the soft skills department can give you an edge

Developing a workplace wellness program does more than save a little money on insurance premiums

Replace the drawn-out ‘progressive’ discipline model with a cleaner, easier approach that respects the employee and your manager while resolving problems

Some crewmembers may question your established policies, but that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to get them to fully believe in the company culture

When trying to craft effective engagement strategies, consider how long employees have been on the job rather than just their age