Writing job descriptions: An 8-question checklist Inaccurate or incomplete job descriptions can create costly legal risks. Here are eight questions managers should ask themselves when drafting a job description.
Survey: With retention slightly better in ‘23, how employers hope to improve in ‘24 Employers spent much of 2023 trying their best to retain top talent, as workers continued showing a willingness to change jobs. Among their top retention tactics, according to a new report by the iHire online recruitment site: offering higher pay and bonuses, plus greater job flexibility and more re
Get 2024 off to a great start with 6 goal-setting tips Setting goals for 2024 can help you move forward with purpose. Here are six strategies that can help you and your team start on the right path.
Actions managers can take to help improve employee well-being As the calendar turns to 2024, employee well-being looks to remain a critical factor in staff retention rates. What can you do to create a safe, inclusive and caring environment?
Satisfy employee cravings for development According to a recent Culture Amp report, three in 10 employees feel that their manager “doesn’t show interest in their career aspirations, and therefore, also doesn’t help them understand what growth opportunities exist within the company.” Hopefully, you don’t fall into this category, but if you d
Steps to fostering accountability on your team When you know how something needs to be done, it’s hard not to want to do it yourself. While this approach might work for some entrepreneurs or sole proprietors, people leaders need to delegate. And when mistakes happen—because they will—you must keep your cool and work with your employees to correc
Hourly workers require a new approach for being managed—how to pull it off The realm of hourly worker management is largely unexplored and neglected in the wider scope of management. But not for Scott Greenberg, a business keynote speaker and author, who shared some important insights into the world of managing hourly workers. Greenberg expressed how crucial it is to ackno
5 essential skills for project management While it might not be their official job title, many managers get called upon to act as project managers—overseers of the life cycle of a project from conception to completion. What abilities does such a role entail?
Set resolutions that stick Follow this advice to set New Year’s resolutions that you actually see through.
Top 10: The most productivity-inspiring songs and most popular artists for workplace listening According to an apparently rigorous analysis of Spotify playlists by TollFreeForwarding.com—why a phone-number brokerage does this, we don’t know—these are the top songs for promoting workplace productivity.