One way to retain employees is to offer training and development opportunities to help them grow and advance in their careers. I was able to take advantage of my employer’s educational assistant program, and I was forever grateful for the opportunity.
By Kathryn Mayer In late January, the Biden administration announced that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and national emergency will end May 11. The pronouncement marks the beginning of a significant phase in the ongoing pandemic, as well as the ending of a series of benefits enabled by the emergencies. But what exactly...
In our current work environment, employees are looking to have a balance between work and personal time. One way is to offer flexible work arrangements, encourage employees to take breaks and vacations, and make it clear that their wellbeing is a priority.
Encourage your employees to work together and support one another and create opportunities for them to get to know one another outside of work. Team building events such as painting activity, axe throwing bowling, are all great ways to bring the team together.
Make sure that your company’s values are clearly communicated to all employees, and that these values are reflected in the way that your business operates. Whenever my team has a decision to make, we review our values to ensure that decision follows our values.
While I say I love shoe boxes, that is business receipts for an entire year given to me in a shoebox. It’s not difficult to organize your financial records without this organization. How do you know if you’re profitable? You don’t wanna spend your valuable time only to lose everything thing.
Have you set your 2023 goals for your business? It’s not too late. At the end of each year, my senior management meets to review the previous year and to set our goals for the coming year. We then meet on a quarterly basis to check in to see where we stand and to make...
Employment laws are ever-changing. It’s important for small businesses to stay on top of these changes. It would be wise to have some type of HR consulting on your side. There is no forgiveness for ignorance of the laws.
Regardless of our position or tenure with our company, we are always faced with new situations, new procedures, new tools, new products. New things come automatically with the constant and inevitable changes surrounding us. How do we best approach something that’s new to us? The point I want to make is that when you do...
By Kathryn Mayer As employees continue to grapple with persistent inflation, pandemic-related concerns, mental health issues and more, they are calling on their employers for help. But a growing number of employees say they aren’t getting what they need in terms of benefits offered by their workplaces. Employees’ satisfaction with their benefits fell to 61...
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