tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:17:13 +0000economic optimisimrecessiontrainingworkforce developmentHelping Business Owners and Managers Recruit, Hire, Coach, Train and Manage Employees in a more Productive and Profitable way.http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)Blogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-107325784074751579Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:15:00 +00002008-12-02T17:33:04.783-07:00economic optimisimrecessiontrainingworkforce developmentWelcome back to the Employers Edge. It has been a wild summer and fall, but all for a good cause. Our foray into the wild world of seminar training has been a great success. But it leads to a lot of questions.It seems that everywhere you look today, gloom and doom seem to rule. Are you as sick as I am about the "global economic meltdown". Buried in the back of the local newspaper are reportshttp://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/12/tis-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-1323525948149486665Fri, 16 May 2008 21:55:00 +00002008-05-16T15:56:45.170-06:00I am just about to finish packing the family truckster and head out on the highway for a beautiful Victoria Day Weekend. I hope everyone has a great one.Jimhttp://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-victoria-day-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-5895596600295682985Thu, 15 May 2008 22:45:00 +00002008-05-15T16:47:51.260-06:00One more post for today. Check out our new podcast of Surviving the Workforce crisis at http://cc.readytalk.com/f/kzoumix/subscribe.htmlJimhttp://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/05/surviving-workforce-crisis-podcast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-4030135578984753031Thu, 15 May 2008 21:54:00 +00002008-05-15T16:09:11.625-06:00Today's post is an idea I have lifted from one of my favourite management books. It is "First, Break all the Rules" by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. If you have not read this book, run, don't walk to the nearest bookstore or library and get a copy. It is fantastic. In the book they discover 12 questions that are most important to our employees. If your great employees have an answer for http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/05/attract-focus-and-retain-talented.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-97265223559613538Mon, 12 May 2008 23:26:00 +00002008-05-12T17:36:58.440-06:00Recently I presented a short webinar on the basics of behaviour based interviewing that got me thinking even more about the interview process. The key to effective interviewing is preparation. So many managers and small business owners go into an interview and "wing it". Winging it is great if you want a snack during a football game, disasterous when hiring someone. The Society for Human http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/05/behaviour-based-interviewing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-1460850390894243167Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:35:00 +00002008-04-18T11:49:31.599-06:00As promised, here is my review of "30 Reasons Employees Hate Their Managers" by Bruce L. Katcher. I found that this book covered a lot of really important information and I recommend it to all business owners and managers. The book is written in a style that is very academic and research oriented but gives you lots of anecdotes that are amusing and sad at the same time. Some of the examples used http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/04/30-reasons-why-employees-hate-their.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-6317518308875262631Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:10:00 +00002008-04-11T21:19:53.417-06:00I just started reading a great book. "30 Reasons Employees Hate their Managers" by Bruce Katcher. So far it is a great read, I will give a full review when I am done but I wanted to comment briefly on the first sentence of the introduction. "Employees hate management". Pretty bold statement isn't it? I picked up this book at my local bookstore mainly because of the title. It jumped out at http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-good-employees-leave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-731908292422441091Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +00002008-04-09T09:07:28.488-06:00OK, one more post today. My favorite video of a "Highly Engaged Employee", enjoy.http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MRkiouh5NEIJimhttp://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-favorite-engaged-employee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-7112725405191311832Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:39:00 +00002008-04-09T08:59:47.369-06:00Thanks for putting up with me as I took the month of March off. Now back to the business of thinking out loud on workplace and employee performance. How many of you have experienced conflict with an employee or conflict between employees in your workplace? Unless you work alone, I am going to assume that you have. Workplace conflicts have always been a part of working and have long been a http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/04/conflict-in-workplace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-4778582076080279471Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:32:00 +00002008-02-20T10:48:38.445-07:00Well I have enjoyed my time off with the recent holiday, but now it is time to get back to work and bring you the tip of the week. This weeks tip focuses on using assessments for Job Matching. Job Matching is not a new science, it has been around for years, yet most businesses still fail to properly Match prospective hires or promotions to the Job. Why are more companies not matching yet? Onehttp://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/02/tip-of-week-assessing-for-job-match.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-8011962179664903013Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:51:00 +00002008-02-13T09:36:31.741-07:00Consider the following Case Studies:In a large financial services office, all work on a key project stopped when the top decision-maker was absent for reasons she had not anticipated - a death in her immediate family. She had not appointed or trained anyone to make decisions in her stead. People at the head of a small manufacturing company failed to anticipate the sudden, prolonged absence of http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/02/succession-planning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-5045464321619954324Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:48:00 +00002008-02-12T13:57:33.948-07:00This weeks tip is on Stress Reduction. With 75 percent of employees believing that workers have more on-the-job stress than a generation ago according to the Princeton Survey Research Associates, stress management programs at work are popular. Studies show such programs are more effective if coupled with organizational change. Stress at work is caused by duties that go beyond a workers http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/02/empower-performance-tip-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425226599048365730.post-5842109387283977607Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:12:00 +00002008-02-11T15:21:21.897-07:00Don't we all agree now that Retirement should be retired? 34% of North American workers now claim that they never plan on retiring which means there is a sizeable workforce out there just waiting to be used. Check out this article in the New York Times by Marc Freedman, an expert and author on the second half of life that explores the idea of a strong second act in ones working life. http://theemployersedge.blogspot.com/2008/02/retiring-retirement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Employers Edge)0