Identifying High Potentials for Training and Succession
Again, we’ve turned to BLR’s newly-published Top 10 Best Practices in HR Management for 2012 for guidance. Identifying Key Positions and Skills A critical step in the process is to specifically...
View ArticleCustomer Service Training Begins with Hiring the Right People
As we learned yesterday, the ultimate success of any business derives from the attitude of its employees. Good-natured employees not only diligently carry out their assigned tasks, but do so positively...
View ArticleSuper Safety Training Sessions Part 2: Techniques
To liven up that safety meeting, remember this refrain: Personalize, relate, repeat, rephrase, and for goodness sakes, be enthusiastic! “How do I make my safety training meetings more effective and...
View ArticleTrain Employees to be Leaders—on the Job and in the Community
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (www.allianzlife.com) has received recognition both for its strong commitment to employee development and to the financial literacy of youths in the...
View ArticleTrain Your Employees to Write Right
Some of your employees may already know how to write well. Others may need more practice. Regardless of skill level, all employees can benefit from this training session. Business Writing Skills Quiz...
View ArticleGet Your Learners Moving During Training
Sharon Bowman, president of Bowperson Publishing & Training (www.bowperson.com) and author of Using Brain Science to Make Training Stick, gave trainers good advice yesterday, so we asked her...
View ArticleThe 5 Questions that Identify Essential Functions
In fact, we turned to SmartJobs for the five questions that can help you decide whether a function is an essential function: 1. Does the position exist specifically to perform this function? For...
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Danger—Managers’ Myths and Misconceptions About Mental Disabilities
Misguided assumptions about accommodation of mental disabilities—held by your managers and supervisors—create legal landmines in the courtroom, says Attorney Patricia Eyres. In today’s Advisor, she...
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Ignoring the ‘Regular Rate’—DANGER Zone
Employers who ignore or miscalculate the “regular rate” make an easy, but costly, mistake. Here’s what the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) requirement is and how to make the calculation. What’s the...
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OT with Multiple Rates? Weighted Rate OR Agreement
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented examples for calculating the “regular rate” pay. Today, overtime with shift differentials and multiple rates of pay, plus an introduction to the guide especially...
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DOL Serves Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet a $2 Million Wage/Hour Bill
In the Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet case, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has sued to recover nearly $2 million in unpaid wages and damages for 84 employees. Specifically, the lawsuit is...
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7 Critical Hiring Mistakes
Selecting the right people is so basic to success, yet many managers do it poorly, due to either haste or ignorance. Here are seven critical mistakes for recruiters and hiring managers to avoid. 1....
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Avoid These Errors in Hiring and Recruiting
Yesterday’s Advisor covered the first three critical hiring mistakes; today, more errors, plus an introduction to the all-things-HR-in-one-place website, HR.BLR.com. Go here for mistakes 1-3 4....
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My Boomers Aren’t Retiring—How Can I Keep HIPOs Engaged?
Yesterday’s Advisor offered tips for handling the difficult situation in which high potential (HIPO) employees low on the career ladder are antsy because Boomers won’t retire. Today, more tips, plus an...
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Increase HIPOs’ Risk and Reward, But Beware Discrimination
Yesterday’s Advisor offered tips for handling the difficult situation in which high potential (HIPO) employees low on the career ladder are antsy because Boomers won’t retire. Today, more tips, plus an...
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