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Webinar on Developing Effective Employee Handbooks for 2020: Critical Issues and Best Practices

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E mployeehandbooks increasingly provide for employers the opportunity to make their workforce more committed to and supportive of organizational goals. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to develop effective employee handbooks, ensuring that they are aligned with strategic and business objectives, are properly drafted, and effectively implemented.  The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          A review of the NLRB’s recent memorandum on employee handbooks ·          How organizations can reduce the gap between policy issuance and effective implementation ·          Learn about employee handbook template and the dimensions of critical handbook policies LEARNING OBJECTIVES Key employee handbook issues in 2019 A review of the NLRB’s recent memorandum on employee handbooks How organizations can reduce the gap between policy i...

Webinar on When and How to Fire: Keeping the Best, Increasing the Zest, and Dropping the Rest

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Developing and sustaining high performing teams requires the acumen to decide how to help the skilled employees grow, turn around the less-than-stellar teammates and drop the ones unfit for the team. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to significantly decrease your employee turnover by offering targeted feedback, goal-setting, and proactive problem management, and motivating employees at work instead of forcing discipline. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          How to motivate high performing employees and how to challenge them ·          How to set goals and objectives for employees that are average performers ·          How to retain best employees and letting them go when you must LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn how to significantly decrease your employee turnover by offering targeted feedback, goal-setting, and proactive problem manage...

7 Dangers Micromanagement Can Bring to Your Organization

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Different managers use different techniques and strategies, depending on the workforce composition and  organizational culture , when it comes to managing the employees and their work. However, in an attempt to drive the team towards the desired result, many managers make the blunder of embracing micromanagement. Micromanagement is closely observing or controlling the work of subordinates, and is one of the most detrimental habits that can cripple the organization from the inside. When a manager or the boss constantly lurks over your shoulder or holds up a microscope to every single thing that you do, you lose the drive, morale and creativity. It creates stress, distrust, and over-dependence, making the employees feel that they aren’t good enough to work on their own. Micromanaging is the management’s way of ensuring that every task is performed exactly the way the authorities want it but the employees eventually lose confidence and motivation to take initiatives. Micromanageme...

Strategic Interviewing: How to Hire the Right Person for the Right Job

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What will be discussed? T he cost of making poor hiring decisions is significant in terms of lost productivity, quality, customer satisfaction - not to mention the costs associated with termination, possible legal ramifications and then having to recruit and train a replacement. Our upcoming webinar discusses the skills and a practical, proven step-by-step approach to strategic interviewing &selection that the managers can utilize themselves and/or introduce to their organizations for better hiring decisions. What you’ll learn? ·          Five key components of an interview and common errors made by interviewers ·          A check list to determine if an interviewer is ready for an interview ·          An overview of a behavioral interview LEARNING OBJECTIVES Few managers would disagree with the idea that their Recruiting, Interviewing and Sel...

Virtual Leadership Redefined: Practical Tips to Build, Engage and Manage Remote Teams

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Virtual teams and face-to-face teams are the proverbial 'apples and oranges' – and leaders who recognize this fact are the ones whose teams succeed. Our upcoming webinar discusses how companies can maximize their ROI of virtual teams and how leaders can enhance their effectiveness in leading and managing remote teams . The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Identify the nine critical success factors for virtual teams to get a higher ROI ·          Review the four-dimensional model of virtual teams: purpose, people, link, time ·          Do a reality check: The five advantages and three disadvantages of virtual teams LEARNING OBJECTIVES The focus of this webinar is to help companies maximize their ROI in virtual teams as well as help leaders enhance their effectiveness in leading and managing virtual teams. Get tips for managing r...

Success Formula for New Managers: How to Prove Your Efficiency?

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What will be discussed? Many managers begin their tenure with no previous managerial experience or training which often leads to poor results and dysfunctional teams. Our upcoming webinar discusses the essential skills that every manager in every industry must learn and the common mistakes to avoid . What you’ll learn? ·          Understand your challenges and strengths as new managers ·          Develop a plan to reach your goals and build a high performing team ·          Use delegation to develop people’s capabilities to perform LEARNING OBJECTIVES Individuals will be able to: Work productively with their teams Accomplish goals effectively and efficiently Resolve issues quickly Use mission-driven planning, delegation, motivation, and coaching to build a high performing team WHO WILL BENEFIT Newer managers at every level Su...

3-Hour People Intelligence Boot Camp: Managing Stressful Co-Workers

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Stressful people are everywhere and regardless of their role in life, these chronically frustrating folks waste your time, cost you money and make your life miserable. Our upcoming boot camp discusses how to deal with them in a way that’s a win-win for all. The boot camp covers the following key areas: ·          Learn how to work with the seven most common types of stressful people ·          Conflict management in the workplace  ·          How to deal with conflict with boss LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this up-beat, informative bootcamp, you’ll learn how to deal with stressful people in a way that’s a win-win for both of you. The webinar provides an insight on how to deal with difficult coworkers at work, conflict management in the workplace and how to deal with conflict with boss. WHO WILL BENEFIT Anyone who works with difficult people and wis...