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Use the following description to teach your supervisors how the critical thinking process works. You can also go over each step of the process in more detail by describing a common workplace situation and then discussing each step trainees would follow to think critically about it. The critical thinking process begins with defining questions clearly […]
Makris, senior counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and Rhoma Young, of the HR consulting firm Rhoma Young & Associates, offered tips for ensuring that performance appraisals are used legally and effectively. Their suggestions came in a recent BLR®/HR Hero® audio conference. From a legal perspective, performance appraisals are important because they can help defend […]
The goals of a training session on critical thinking skills should include helping trainees: Understand what critical thinking is and how it can help on the job. Use the critical thinking process effectively to improve job performance. Understanding what critical thinking is leads directly to discussion of how it can strengthen a supervisor’s work performance. […]
The other day my 19-year-old daughter told me, “It takes teamwork to make the dream work.” I’m sure she didn’t come up with that on her own, but it was new to me. Dan Oswald, CEO of BLR®, offered his thoughts on teamwork in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter. Teamwork is defined as […]
As we leave the recession behind, the hot button for HR is going to be retention, says consultant Ronald Katz. HR will have to focus on holding on to your most valuable assets and then on getting the highest effort out of them. Voluntarily Give Their Discretionary Effort Some employees do just enough not to […]
Most of the money and time companies spend on training is wasted, says John Tschohl, president of Service Quality Institute and author of Achieving Excellence Through Customer Service. That’s because the majority of companies use outdated training ideas and boring training methods. He says that over the years in his work in the training field, […]
Most of the money and time companies spend on training is wasted, says John Tschohl, president of Service Quality Institute. That’s because the majority of companies use outdated training ideas and boring training methods. “Training that is poorly presented goes in one ear and out the other. It’s no wonder employees don’t change their attitudes […]
By Drenna D. Shive, PHR Let’s face it; if you’ve worked in HR for any period of time, you probably know what needs to be done to prevent employment discrimination and lawsuits. But often times, your managers don’t know. They rely on you … or do they? I have seen more times than not, managers […]
I’m beginning to feel my age. Last night, a good friend celebrated a milestone birthday (I won’t say which milestone, but you can probably guess). His wife asked everyone to come in 1970s garb or as a character from the decade, so I went as J.R. Ewing. Our babysitter (born in 1995) had no idea […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, Attorney Tom Makris and Consultant Rhoma Young offered real world tips for improving performance appraisals. Today, Consultant Sharon Armstrong details the 10 most common rating errors. Most HR professionals look forward to conducting annual performance reviews about as much as a trip to the dentist, but as the economy improves, performance appraisals […]