HR Compliance
How to Keep HR From Being the Employee Complaint Department
It seems that HR has become the place where employees go to vent about every petty slight or departmental squabble. And employees somehow expect HR to instantaneously fix them and smooth over all of their workplace-related issues. Certainly, when employees come to HR to lodge legitimate complaints of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation, of course, HR must listen, document, and investigate. However, t..
How To Set Up and Manage An Employee Safety Committee
Employee Safety Committees are important mechanisms in the workplace that offer many advantages over the traditional ‘I’m the Boss’ Theory X generational management model. In brief, those days are increasingly diminishing.Participatory engagement is becoming the new mantra for an enlightened (SAFE) workplace, particularly for:Manual labor tasks, factory work, assembly, etcLanguage and cultural differences a..
How to Structure and Write a Safety Program for Small Business HR Managers
This webinar will cover the main elements of structuring an OSHA Compliant safety Program, oriented toward small business – for example, under 200 employees. Usually, an organization of this site will not have a full time dedicated Safety Professional, and the HR Department or perhaps QA/QC or production management will take on the responsibility. Oftentimes this safety responsibility is dependent on the ty..
How To Thrive and Survive During Times Of Change
Nothing is so predictable as change - and change is painful, sometimes devastating. Those who survive major changes are those who keep their spirits up and never stop looking for new ways to perform more efficiently, market more effectively and apply more creativity to their real estate practice. Drawing on well-documented research and 22 years of investigation and consulting experience with some of the wor..
How to Transition from Employee to Supervisor
The transition from Peer to Supervisor can be very difficult for most newly promoted supervisors. Many are not equipped with the tools to successfully transition. This session will equip the newly promoted supervisor with tools and techniques to communicate more effectively, gain trust, set boundaries, provide constructive feedback, and motivate employees for results.Today’s workforce is experiencing high t..
HR 101 – Compliance You Need To Know In 2021
Employees are the lifeblood of most companies and they often determine whether companies thrive or wither on the vine. And as managers, leaders, and HR professionals we are expected to know and apply the alphabet soup of federal and state laws (ADA, FMLA, Title 7, EEOC, AA, etc.) In this case, what you don’t know really can hurt you and as employers and managers, we are expected to at least know the basics...
HR as Strategic Partner: What the C-Suite Expects
When HR has been excluded from the strategic discussions in the C-Suite, it’s largely because HR leadership fails to recognize and provide the information needed at the highest levels of the organization or presents the information ineffectively.This webinar addresses the implications for both the organization and HR when HR is a strategic leader, the type of HR information the C-Suite leaders need to make ..
Identifying, Managing, and Retaining High Potential Employees
With the economy back in gear, organizations need to work even harder at engaging and retaining their key talent; the most important group being their high potentials because these employees produce a higher level of both quality and quantity of work than others. They are also frequently the source of future leaders for the organization. Join this webinar to discover how to identify them in your organizatio..
Implementing a Project Management Culture
As organizations strengthen and mature, the gap between the business objectives and technical solutions tends to widen, the knowledge and skill sets become more specific (and different).Project Management is a strong bridge between these teams. It may not be an objective to become a "Project Manager" yet every employee in your organization does project management - completing a defined task by a certain tim..
Independent Contractors: Issues, Practices, and Steps to Successfully and Legally Staff Your Company
Companies meet their staffing needs by using a variety of arrangements. Besides the hiring of traditional employees, employers can use contingent employees such as temporary employees, seasonal employees, and leased workers hired through temporary staffing agencies. A growing number of companies are leveraging independent contractors, especially because a larger percentage of the workforce is preferencing "..
Laser-Focused Selling
Laser-focused selling is about becoming smarter in your targeting and in the steps in the sales cycle, so you get better results. Many sales professionals and entrepreneurs look at the landscape of prospects far more broadly than they should, seeing everyone as a prospect. In doing so, they weaken their ability to focus on their very best prospects. There’s nothing like landing clients who are an ideal fit ..
Laying Out a Financial Model
The problem with modeling in Excel is no two spreadsheets look the same. This makes it difficult for end users to understand and modelers to take over others work. This course considers the four key principles required for laying out a good financial model and provides practical tips and tricks to get your spreadsheets on the right track from the very start. The session revolves around building the rudiment..
Leading When You’re Not In Charge! Leadership Without Authority
Whatever it is we call ourselves in the office, we all need to get work done while dealing with other people. But leadership today isn’t like 40 years ago. Getting people to work by saying “because I’m the boss” just doesn’t work anymore. Because being a leader isn’t about having authority or exercising power. Being a leader is a learned skill. It means acting in a way that people are moved to action by you..
Legal Claims Arising From COVID-19: How to Prepare Like a Lawyer
In HR, we always hear "document, document, document." That directive is more necessary now than ever. When the COVID-19 danger passes, we will be left with a barrage of lawsuits for disability discrimination, HIPAA violations, invasion of privacy claims and many, many other allegations. hat employers interpret as "for the good of the order" is going to fly directly in the face of employees who feel they wer..
Legal Documentation Techniques: If it Wasn’t Documented, it Didn’t Happen
Good documentation just doesn’t happen by accident. Left to our own devices, many of us probably think we have better things to do than write down what the weather was that day, fill out the performance log or, dare I say, update the schedule. After all, there’s work to be done. However, it only takes one time in litigation to change that mindset. In addition, the reality of a dispute resolution forum is th..