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One-on-One Meetings: An Employee’s Guide

This article is the second in a two-part series about 1:1 meetings, and the value they bring to working relationships and performance. Today’s post focuses on the employee’s role.
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Helping Managers Make Good Judgement Calls

There are several ways HR can help managers make good judgement calls on nuanced issues such as flex work, dress code, or how they distribute their bonus budgets. However, many of these approaches can easily backfire.
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One-on-One Meetings: A Manager's Guide

Regular communication between managers and employees is essential for building trust and good working relationships. One of the activities that facilitates regular discussion is called the 1:1 meeting.
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Essential Onboarding Steps for Every Employee — Even Seasonal 

With seasonal hiring ramping up as we approach the holiday season, let’s talk about the many ways to successfully onboard your new employees — especially your seasonal, part-time, and temporary employees.
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More Thoughts on Managing Employees’ Time Off 

Advisory board member Dennis Miller offers his thoughts on how to manage employees who don't take enough time off.
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How to Be Better at Managing

As a manager, there are many skills to learn and to refine over time. While training is the usual answer for companies, it’s not the only answer — nor should it be. Even longtime managers will always have room to improve.
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Are Your Employees Feeling Economic Anxiety? Try Using Technology

Caring about your employees’ feelings, especially about the economy, might seem like it’s beyond your scope of day-to-day leadership, but it’s not. Great leaders recognize that the lines of life and work often blur, and what’s going on beyond the walls of your organization can, and often will, impact your people inside the organization.
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What Kind of People Manager Are You?

How would you describe yourself as a people manager? How would your employees describe you?
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Manager Training Remains Critical in Retaining Great Talent

With organizations across industries still reeling from the Great Resignation, and millions of people still leaving their jobs each month, employers are scrambling for effective ways to attract or keep their talented performers.
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Four Truths of the 2020s Workforce We Should Embrace

This time of transformation is an exciting one in which to lead an organization, and here’s why you should look at these four workforce truths as opportunities rather than developments to be feared.
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Offboarding and Exit Interviews Can Open Doors with Employees

Sometimes when an employee gives us their resignation, we might be saying to ourselves, “Gah! How am I going to run the department!” or “Jeez, this couldn’t come at a worse time!” As a result, we focus on getting the work done and not on the relationship with the exiting employee.
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Why Stay Interviews Are the Best-Kept Secret to Retention

Last week, we wrote about new research from UKG, which found that more than 15 million U.S. workers who quit their jobs during the pandemic now regret that decision. If that many people have had second thoughts about leaving their past employer, then the question becomes: How do we keep our top performers from making that regretful decision in the first place?    The answer: stay interviews. 
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