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Difficult Employees Making Your Life Hell?
It only takes one wrong employee for your business to cause major problems within your business! So what can you do to deal with difficult employees that are bringing down the rest of your staffs’ efforts to keep your business thriving? Extreme Examples It’s easier to either put down problems within your workforce to clashing personalities or avoid them altogether in order to avoid conflict, especially in the case of bullying. But in doing so the problem [+]Softening The Blow For Laid-Off Employees
With things the way they are at the moment, you may have to make some lay-offs that you would prefer not to in order to keep your business afloat. This often also means that you can’t afford a decent severance package or access to professional outplacement services either. So what can you do to help soften the blow of being laid-off? Here are six ideas that won’t cost you the earth! 1. Tap Your Network – talk to [+]Why Should You Be Active Against Internal Fraud?
Nearly Half Of Businesses Are Victims! All companies are vulnerable to internal fraud. But treating all your employees with suspicion is not the answer. Research conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) revealed that 48% of companies have found themselves the victims of fraud, and 30% say they need to improve their cashflow management. The research also suggests that ninety percent of employees also feel that their boss doesn’t trust them as only 8% have ‘sign-off’ [+]What Can You Do If Your Staff Are Stealing From You?
It is always a sad possibility in any workplace that your staff could be ripping you off. Bars, restraints, cafes and shops are particular targets for staff theft from the tills or goods from the shelves or offering ‘special deals’ to family and friends. There has been plenty of money thrown into the problem of customer theft in terms of CCTV, store detectives and tagging but staff theft is more subtle and therefore harder to track down. [+]Beating Workplace Bullying
When we think of bullying, we traditionally think of playground bullying among children and teenagers, however, one in ten employees is affected by bullying in the workplace. What Effects?? If bullying and harassment in the workplace is permitted to continue unnoticed, it can have some serious repercussions on your staffs personal lives, general wellbeing and morale. It can also be damaging from a business point of view as well as it leads to higher absence levels, reduced [+]Staff Training On A Budget
How can you train your employees as cheaply and effectively as possible? It’s well known that usually an external training company can be one of your best options, but also quite pricey. However, there are many low-cost solutions that can improve working practices and encourage personal development without resorting to spending money your company doesn’t currently have. 1. Identifying Training Needs You may not be able to afford a specialised consultant to check this out for you, but [+]Going Above & Beyond – Increasing Your Team’s Morale
Think Differently Smaller firms often complain that they can’t offer employees as much as bigger companies, but entrepreneurs believe you should look to give something a bit different. The co-founder of Concert Live says he looks for creative potential: “We try to nurture people who want to stand out from the crowd. That’s one of the things we have to be wary of when recruiting.” This company has yet to lose an employee to a larger rival [+]More From Choose a category
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