Category: Human Resourses Training

National Safety Month: Tips for Observing Workplace Safety

The National Safety Council is America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate and provides a variety of tools and resources that organizations and leaders can use to create safer workplaces.  The organization celebrates June as National Safety Month, making it an appropriate time to pause and take stock of safety practices at work, at home and on the road.

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Global Employee Health and Fitness Month: Tips for Leaders

Global Employee Health and Fitness Month sets aside a specific month of the year to help organizations focus on physical fitness and healthy lifestyles.  Encouraging active living, quality physical education and health programs can have long term benefits for individuals, teams and organizations.

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Global Employee Health and Fitness Month: The Employer’s Guide

At the start of the year, many people set ambitious and optimistic health and fitness goals as part of their New Year's resolutions. And, too many people also find that those goals tend to fade away as the year unfolds.

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After the Performance Review: Preparing for the Year Ahead

 At their best, performance reviews should be the start of a two-way dialogue that will last the entire year. Here are some tips: Acknowledge that the performance review — while important — is a moment in time over the course of a year. One conversation is unlikely to change the…
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Staying Present in a Performance Review – Key Tips

Even with effective planning, performance reviews can take many turns during the conversation.  Here are some common patterns that can occur in the conversation, and ways to keep things on track and focused on outcomes. Start with identifying projects or tasks that were key areas of focus for the year.…
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Tips: Preparing to Give a Performance Review

It’s time to evaluate your employees’ performance, and as with many important conversations, effective preparation is key.  Your first step should be to objectively reflect on each person’s contributions over the past year. Here are some tips: It is easy to consider only the past few weeks when considering performance—a…
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The Ethics of Telework – The Employee Perspective

The Business Ethics of COVID Vaccines
Over the past year, more and more workplaces have embraced telework or work from home – and some may never go back to a full presence in the office. Telework offers many benefits for employees, but it also requires a high level of trust. Ethical behavior by employees is essential…
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The Ethics of Telework – The Manager Perspective

The Ethics of Telework – The Manager Perspective
As more organizations expand their telework programs, it is often up to supervisors to maintain the link to employees and to make sure that mission-critical work is completed. To maximize the benefits of telework, managers need to build trust with employees and behave ethically towards them. What does this mean…
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The Business Ethics of COVID Vaccines

The Business Ethics of COVID Vaccines
As COVID-19 vaccinations continue across the country, it is raising unique ethical questions for organizations.  Here are some common ones: Should we require my employees to get vaccines for their own good and the good of team members and customers? Do we need to give employees paid time off to…
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Respecting Diversity in a Time of Telework

A client shared an interesting story about a recent experience related to disability awareness and telework.  First, some background.  The organization has been working well remotely for several months.  Because the team has a good understanding of diversity principles, it follows the following ground rules: It is a cultural norm…
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