How to Accept Being Behind
What we’re about to say is going to sound a bit sacrilegious to some managers: You shouldn’t necessarily feel guilty for falling behind at work.
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Embracing the Virtual World: Why Some Pandemic-Era Hiring Practices Are Here to Stay
As a managing partner at Strawn Arnold & Associates, I have spent more than a decade recruiting senior executives, building management teams, and cultivating lasting relationships with talent working on the front lines all the way to the C-suite.
Mindful Reflections Through Infertility and Pregnancy
As an employer, you’ll sometimes encounter employees who are struggling with infertility or pregnancy issues. The issue is stressful for everyone, but it can help to understand their perspective.
How HR Can Take Advantage of Its Family-Building Benefits
Family-building benefits are among the most sought-after benefits being offered in 2021. In our new work-from-home climate, COVID has not deterred employees from pursuing family-building but rather has created more demand on employers for this robust benefit. More than ever, the responsibility is on employers to create an environment conducive to the sustainability of work/life […]
The Importance of Taking Good Notes
Effective note taking may seem like such a basic skill that it’s too elementary to include in a corporate training program or so fundamental that you’d assume all employees would have already learned it at some point. Unfortunately, that is often not the case.
Individual Disability Insurance Offers Support and Flexibility to Clients During Unpredictable Times
As a financial adviser or broker, you evaluate clients’ unique needs to provide them with appropriate solutions that protect them from the unexpected. In a world where “one size fits all” insurance plans are sometimes the norm, it can be a challenge to find the right mix of solutions to ensure your clients are fully […]
Socially Distanced Team Touch Points
When COVID-19 began spreading in the United States in late winter, employers and employees alike watched closely, wondering whether the virus would require their office to shift to remote work for a week or 2. Managers and their staff members considered how much of a hassle it would be to work on projects from home. […]
Employers: Check Your Statements! Your Unemployment Charge Benefit Statements, That Is
It is worthwhile to closely review unemployment charge statements to help confirm accurate pandemic SUI benefit relief.
Repeat It Back to Me
Virtually all managers have experienced situations in which an employee failed to follow instructions. While there are certainly cases in which an employee was simply negligent or disobedient, it’s also extremely common for the underlying issue to be miscommunication. The manager believes he or she communicated one thing, but the employee thinks he or she […]
Using Benefits to Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
Employees who provide care for others often find these responsibilities present conflicts with work. After all, things like medical appointments often fall during the same hours as a standard workday—just one example of how caregiving responsibilities can impact employers, no matter how conscientious the employees are.