Recruiters and hiring managers engage in an aggressive tug-of-war for young talent, and the drive to grab young millennials may seem counter-intuitive. After all, why would any savvy manager or CEO want to hire untested, inexperienced newbies with big smiles but not much else, only to train them, invest in them, absorb their rookie mistakes, season them and then watch them walk out the door? Wouldn
Would you describe your workplace culture as
When you choose candidates and make hiring decisions, you do your best to select candidates who are not only qualified but also nice. You search for people who are easy to work with, cool-headed and friendly. But despite your best efforts to hire team players, interpersonal chemistry takes over, and now and then, the members of your teams simply don
When you send an email to a direct report or a member of your team, you probably don
You have an open position to staff, and as a new manager, it
Workspace design can have a powerful influence on concentration, comfort and employee organization and motivation. There are no surprises here; for the most part, studies confirm what common sense suggests. Experienced managers recognize that focused, comfortable employees produce more and higher-quality work. They
As an employer, manager or supervisor, your employees are expected to approach you with any concerns, issues or questions they may have. While it's crucial to the success of any company that you maintain these open lines of communication, it's also important to remember that nobody is perfect. Indeed, there may be a situation or question that you simply don't have an answer to. Reducing Uncertainty For starters, you should always avoid telling an employee that you don't know an [...]
In the modern workplace, face-to-face meetings with all the participants in the same room are no longer a universal aspect of the day, and the etiquette and customs that support productive meetings are naturally evolving as more participants dial in from remote locations. If your company depends on
If your workplace functions like most companies, you probably conduct one formal round of employee evaluations per year. This is likely a time-consuming process with high stakes on both sides; employers lose sleep in their efforts to draft reviews that are fair, well written, comprehensive and meaningful. And employees lose sleep over concerns about negative feedback and plan to leverage positive feedback into raises and promotions. After the review cycle ends, major shake-ups occur. Promotions are put in place, salaries [...]
You want to staff your workplace with top talent, but as an experienced hiring manager, you
