Human resources

Managing Those with Less Experience: Strategy For an Inexperienced Workforce

This week Jed and Bob talk about how you manage when your entire workforce is seemingly without any experience. In the old days we used to give people five or ten years to get up to speed. Now we might only have five or ten months. This entirely changes the way we need to lead people and manage our businesses.

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Is She ‘The One’? – Conducting a Job Interview

Join Jed and Bob as they continue their discussion on how leaders should manage the interview process. This week, they talk about how to conduct the actual interview, and offer suggestions on the various questions an interviewer can ask. Also learn the value of the question, “Tell me about your weaknesses.”

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Preparing to Interview

There’s so much to talk about for interviews that Jed & Bob split it up into this week’s podcast on Preparing to Interview and next week’s on Conducting the Interview. There are a whole bunch of things you can do in advance of the interview that will ensure you get the best information, and land the right candidate. Join Jed & Bob to learn more.

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Workplace Investigations: Going Colombo

Mrs. Columbo loves the Wily Manager podcast. Join Jed and Bob this week as they talk about how to properly conduct a workplace investigation. It would be nice if Managers didn’t have to deal with this, but it’s one of those “burden of leadership” things.

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The Mid Year Performance Review

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss why you’d bother with a Mid-Year review, and how it’s different than a regular Performance Review. Also learn how to manage the mid-year performance review discussion to ensure it’s effective.

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Progressive Discipline

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss why and how progressive discipline should be undertaken in an organization.

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Now I’m a Mentor – Being Yoda

Join Jed & Bob as they discuss why you would want to be a mentor, and what the roles of mentor and mentee entail. Also learn about the Mentoring Agreement.

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