When a small business owner is ready to hire a new employee, there are a number of obvious issues that need to be addressed, such as salary and job responsibilities. A very important issue sometimes gets overlooked: to background check an applicant or not? It’s hard from an owner’s standpoint to argue against thoroughly checking […]
A recent Gallup poll found 70 percent of workers hate their jobs or are completely disengaged. Unhappy and unmotivated employees cost businesses billions of dollars annually. One study conducted by Gallup estimates lost productivity of actively disengaged employees costs the economy about $370 billion per year. Disengaged employees also affect customer relations. According to Wright […]
The number of employment discrimination cases has risen during 2013, but that trend may soon change. Recent Supreme Court rulings will make it more difficult for employees seeking damages against their employer to prevail. One ruling narrows the definition of what constitutes a supervisor in racial and sexual harassment cases, while the other adopts a […]
As a new business owner, you have no choice but to juggle everything yourself from collecting the cash to taking out the trash. It all falls on your shoulders, and sometimes it feels as though there aren’t enough hours in the day to get it all done. Summer interns can be a great way for […]
For the past decade we have been studying employee engagement. We wanted to know why some people work so hard and smart and others, well, don’t. We’ve surveyed more than half a million employees in big companies and small. And after all this research? What we have found about motivation and effective management is actually […]