Comments for Hassle-Free Management

Comment on The Thief Hidden in Your Workplace by Scott

Scott — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:40:58 +0000

Hi Donna,

Excellent! Feel free to use whatever you find; I’ve made sure I attribute so you may find other information from the sources I used.

I think your point is well made that while a specific business (or people) may think there is no cost in fraud, it is because they don’t understand what’s behind the scenes. In my opinion, every instance of fraud does cost the business and ultimately the consumer/end user.

Scott

Comment on The Thief Hidden in Your Workplace by Donna Smith

Donna Smith — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:49:15 +0000

I am doing a paper for school I hope it is okay to use some of your website. I want to know how much money it costs the government each year because of fraud in the workplace. People might say it doesn’t cost them anything, but I doubt that. I think some insurance agency are backed by the government and if a factory is insured the governement will back up the insurence. I think there is a strain of some sort on the government. Survailence programs because of past thief problems cost money, but maybe not as much as it would not to stop the stealing from employer or company?

Comment on Do You Know What’s More Important? by Scott

Scott — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:54:26 +0000

Anca, I agree.

The challenge however comes when the problems are outside the scope of the employer – leaders and managers can be understanding and provide support, but they can’t be “parents” and solve the problems of their staff. And when those problems continue to create productivity issues, then other actions need to be taken.

Comment on Do You Know What’s More Important? by Anca

Anca — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:23:07 +0000

It is the employer’s benefit to help employees solve their major problem. This way, they will stay focused on their job and will not be disturbed by their personal concerns.

Comment on Are You Over-Reaching? by Scott Nielsen

Scott Nielsen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:21:51 +0000

Thanks for the links, Robert. These are good sites for making the initial connection.

My concern is that most businesses focus on background and experience for qualifications (which is only marginally successful at bringing in a high-performer – about 1 in 4) and cast the net wide to find them.

I see greater success in knowing not only these things, but about how a person will actually do the work and fit into the workplace. There are tools that dramatically increase the success of hiring a high-performer (up to 3 out of 4) when used.

Employers and employees both end up happier.

Comment on Are You Over-Reaching? by robert

robert — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:59:20 +0000

Here's 3 job sites from about.com's top ten job sites-

http://www.linkedin.com (professional networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches jobs based on your skills)

good luck to those looking.

Comment on Forget Old Yeller; You’ve Got to Read This by Scott Nielsen

Scott Nielsen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:50:34 +0000

Hi Patty, thanks for the additional information. Nice video.

You hit on one of the factors that really differentiates performance – I call it H3 engagement: Head, Hands, and Heart. People do good work with one or two; they do great work with all three.

Comment on Forget Old Yeller; You’ve Got to Read This by Patty Dobbs Gross

Patty Dobbs Gross — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:26:15 +0000

Hi Scott,

You are correct that Jo Brosius is an excellent employee…she works for us at North Star Foundation as Mercury's trainer (although it wasn't mentioned in the article, Mercury is a North Star dog).

Jo has been a very creative employee, and although she does get compensated for her training of Mercury, she also puts in extra volunteer hours, which is greatly appreciated as it is expensive work we do at North Star and we could not serve the 100 families we do without enjoying considerable volunteer support. .

I do believe we are at a crossroads in our society, and that businesses and nonprofits that thrive in the future will have to fully engage both the hearts and minds of their employees and allow them to be creative and supported in developing their own job descriptions…

If you are interested in learning more about our work at North Star, please visit out website at http://www.NorthStarDogs.com

Here's a short video of a North Star dog, Rory, who joined me at the inauguration last week!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE2hbp-eIxE

Kind regards,
Patty

Patty Dobbs Gross
Executive Director
North Star Foundation
http://www.NorthStarDogs.com
northstarfoundation@charter.net
“We help children find their way.”

Comment on Update on Treating Employees Right by David patrick

David patrick — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:38:08 +0000

Scott -

Thanks for mentioning my article. It's serious, I'm starting to think that companies don't value the fact that happy employees translate to happy customers or end users.

Comment on Is Your Business ‘Thriving’ or ‘Struggling’? by Scott

Scott — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:35:54 +0000

I appreciate the feedback, Dan – hopefully the information helps leaders deal with the challenges of our new economy.