abrasive hr manager

What to do if your HR manager is abrasive?

What is one thing an employee should do if their HR manager is abrasive? For most employees, the Human Resources department is a source of support and help when struggling with something at the workplace. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for even the HR department to have rough days. After all, they’re human too. If you find yourself communicating with your HR rep and face aggression or a lack of

13 Valuable Exit Interview Questions HR Managers Should Ask

13 Valuable Exit Interview Questions HR Managers Should Ask

What exit interview questions can provide actionable insights from candidates and maximize the value of the exit interview? To help HR Managers get the most value out of exit interviews, we asked business owners and HR professionals this question for their best insights.  Here are 13 valuable exit interview questions: What advice would you give past you when interviewing? What is your short-term career plan? How can we improve training

11 Ways to Identify High Potential Employees (HIPOs)

11 Ways to Identify High Potential Employees (HIPOs)

What strategies can managers utilize in order to identify HIPOSs (high potential employees) in the company?  To help you identify high potential employees in your company, we asked business professionals and leaders for their best insights. From using interactive employee peer reviews to looking for consistency in communication, there are several ways to identify high potential employees. Here is what 11 thought-leaders had to say: Use Interactive Employee Peer Review

Designing Smart Organizations

This is a guest contribution by Wilma Paxton Doherty, a consultant for organization design firm, ON THE MARK. As an Organization Designer, would I ever want to be responsible for anything else but contributing to the design of a smart organization? As Organization Designers, we would all say – of course not! However, as I’m sure the reader is aware, by smart I am talking more about the role of

Battling Employee Turnover

You have seen it every where. Do you notice that the same company is always hiring? That means they have high turnover. Does not seem like a good place to work, does it? As a employer, you want to keep costs down. With a high turnover rate, you are not doing your company ay favors. It costs money to keep training employees, only to have them leave. Don’t worry, there

Best Onboarding

Here we will look at 5 of the best employee onboarding software for HR professionals also know as Human Resources. HR employees use onboarding software to ensure new employees are assigned to the company. Onboarding software involves every aspect of the hiring process and more. It begins with the application process and follows through with the established employees time and attendance management. Employee onboarding software also deals with other areas

Best Ways To Engage Employees

There are a number of studies out that show employers who implement strategies in employee engagement have better, well rounded, and happy employees. Happy employees will stay longer at a job. This is true from the top to the bottom. If the CEO is unhappy he or she will simply find another job. This can wreak havoc on an employer. The cost of employee turnover can be high. This is

Best Ways to Develop Talent

There are several ways to develop talent within your company: Time The first way is through time. Talent is scarce so when the company has urgent tasks that need to be done, you want to make sure that someone has the talent in order to get the work done correctly. Therefore, the leader of the company is going to need to be discipline enough so that they are going to

Performance Management Tips

Performance management is the continuous effort by an organization to identify and measure the progress of the performance of an organization. This involves overseeing the employees and their respective departments. Performance management affects the overall goals set.   Regular reports and evaluation of goals and employees are essential. This needs to be done more than just once a year. This may be tricky to plan but in the end, the