In the ongoing challenge to obtain and retain high-quality talent, businesses are exploring unique incentives that could set them apart. The most effective incentives are ones that meet their employees’ real needs. An example of this younger generations increasingly...
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New IRS Tax Credits For Paid Vaccination Leave
As part of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, small businesses may claim tax credits to offset paid time off (PTO) related to COVID-19 Vaccinations. The White House is asking employers to provide full pay to employees who need to take time off to get vaccinated or deal with any side effects related to the vaccination.
Using Your Attendance Policy as a Tool for Coaching for Improvement
It’s inevitable: employees are going to miss work, sometimes! While there are downsides to employee absences, your attendance policy may help alleviate some of their negative impact. While it’s impossible to completely eliminate employee absences in the workplace, too...
Using Feedback for Employee Growth
Just as a plant needs sunlight and water, our teams need support and effective feedback to grow personally and professionally. As leaders, it’s our responsibility to provide our teams with the tools to aid them in their ongoing development. However, many leaders...
Pandemic Lessons on Leading a Team Through Crisis
Companies often say they greatly value their employees. While it’s easy to throw that language around when things are going smoothly, the dedication to prioritizing our teams matters most when things are difficult. Here are a few things that our managers learned while leading our teams through crisis.
Mitigating the Negative Impact of Employee Absences
Employee absences are a normal part of every business that are not only expected, but also healthy. With that said, too many unexpected, repeated or last-minute absences can pose a challenge…
Advice for the Newly-Promoted Leader
There’s an old leadership parable that says, “He who thinks he leads but has no followers is only taking a walk.” It isn’t enough to simply claim to be a leader; it’s a responsibility and privilege that must be earned through consistent, hard work and a strong embodiment of core values…
Common Communication Traps Leaders Fall Into
Communication is a leadership cornerstone, but it’s easy to fall into basic communication traps. Here are several mistakes that leaders unintentionally make that can seriously undermine their leadership.
Overtime and Employee Productivity
When we think about managing overtime in our organizations, we typically think of it in financial terms. We consider issues like how much we are spending on overtime, how that cost compares with hiring additional staff, or the way unplanned absences impact that overtime number. While those are critical issues, there is another that needs our attention: the impact that overtime might have on employee productivity.
The Corrupting Influence of Chronic Complaining
You walk around the corner and see him headed your way. As soon as you spot him, you start looking for a way out. Is there someone nearby you can talk to? An exit you can duck through? Anything to escape the conversation you know is coming. He’s the office complainer,...