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How to Lay Off Employees
Last year I had to learn how to lay off employees. I learned the way many of us learn these things. By doing it. It wasn’t fun. It wasn’t exciting. But it got accomplished. Here’s what I learned about how to lay off employees from that experience. 5 tips for how to lay off employees…
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Hiring, Onboarding, Culture, and More on DriveThruHR
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with the great team over at DriveThruHR about some of the things that are “keeping me up at night,” so to speak. We discussed hypergrowth (how to prepare for 50% growth in less than a month), what it means to hire for culture fit, and more. It…
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Whoa! Where I’ll Be This Week
With this blog I normally try to stick to HR content that you can put to good use, but today I’m going to lean back and give a quick update on the things that are going on. Talking social for HR Tuesday I am speaking to a local SHRM chapter (Winfield) about social media for…
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Offer Solutions, Not Comments
I don’t have cable. My life is a wee bit busy and I know that access and availability would mean more wasted time in front of the TV. But I will confess that I really like watching Justified and one other show online. The other night I was watching Justified and one line stuck in…
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The Tipping Point: When do Coaching Sessions Stop and Policies Start?
If you’ve hung around here for very long, you know I’m not a big fan of policies. We don’t have a massive handbook for new hires that they have to sign on the first day claiming that they’ve read and understood the entire thing. I don’t look for opportunities to create new policies. I don’t…
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How to Build a New Team (Starting Today)
Many of us think we know how to build a new team, but it isn’t as easy as many of us might think. This process happens every day in organizations, whether people realize it or not. Let’s look at what I normally tell managers when they consider adding a new staff member: Manager: I’d like…
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Company Merger Process (Dealing with Employees You Didn’t Hire)
It is difficult to describe the company merger process with regard to the effects on employees, but one that I want to touch on today is one that has been a consistent focus area for us in recent years. As a government contractor, if we win a contract, we take over all employees currently working…
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