Employee Retention Strategies for Individual Managers

Learn what you (as an individual manager) can do to retain employees and reduce turnover.

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Why HR Often Sucks

Top 10 reasons why HR often sucks… and what you can do to begin to fix it.

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Top 10 Manager Challenges (Part A)

Of the top 10 things that make managers crazy, the first five all involve some kind of conflict.

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Corporate Culture

What can you do if you’re looking to change or strengthen your corporate culture?

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Ace Your Annual Performance Review

Why do things go wrong with performance appraisals? Learn how to manage perceptions all  year long, and what to do if discrepancies occur.

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Good Boss, Bad Boss: Be a Better Boss

5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Be a Better Boss.

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Enclosed Offices vs. Cube Farm?

What’s the best type of office design… Enclosed offices?  Open space concept?  Cube Farm?

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Difficult Conversations – You Smell and People Don’t Like You

How do you tell someone that they have bad breath or that they didn’t get the promotion?

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How To Write a Job Description

What are the important things to do before you write a job description? What are the 4 key components of a job description?

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You’re Fired! How To Fire Someone

Learn how to fire an employee in a way that preserves the dignity of everyone involved.  Find out what to do to get ready, and exactly how to do the deed.

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