How to Connect with Remote Hires
Digital communication technologies, such as Zoom, Skype, and FaceTime, have made it surprisingly easy to interview and hire people without ever meeting them face-to-face. Actually bonding with those new hires, forming a meaningful connection that brings them into your company culture, is far more challenging. With many businesses still doing a lot of their hiring […]
Tailoring Benefits to a Multi-Generational Workforce
Today’s employees are looking for benefits that go well beyond the basic, the generic, or the cookie-cutter. Rather, today’s employees want benefits that actually address their personal and family needs. Naturally, those needs can look quite a bit different from one employee to the next, which means HR must be ready to build benefits packages […]
Engaging Employees with Their Benefits
The word “engagement†gets thrown around a lot, but it may be helpful to pause and consider its meaning. In the context of company culture, engagement generally means an emotional commitment on behalf of your employees. Engaged employees care about the company, and they care about what they are doing each day. This doesn’t necessarily […]
3 HR Basics for Small Business Owners
One of the most exciting aspects of running a small business is hiring employees, assembling a team, and creating a positive and proactive company culture. But if developing your team is exciting, it can also be a little bit daunting. This is especially true when it comes to human resources responsibilities. The reality is that […]
Educating Employees About Workplace Benefits
Educating Employees About Their Benefits Benefits packages can be a powerful way to attract and retain top talents. Indeed, in competitive hiring markets, being able to offer superior health coverage, flexible PTO, or perks such as pet insurance can make all the difference. One thing for business and HR leaders to keep in mind is […]
Managing During Crisis: Tips and Guidelines
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested us in profound ways. For many of us, it may feel as though the last year has been an unending crisis, with teams and workplaces forced to make constant adaptations and innovations just to stay in business. The silver lining is that these strange times present managers with an opportunity […]
