Employee Relations

Many managers don't enjoy giving performance reviews, and that's too bad. Reviews are an excellent opportunity to take a pause from the urgent-but-not-important to communicate with a staff member....

Passive aggression is a deliberate and masked way of expressing hidden anger. In many workplace settings, where adults spend the majority of their waking hours and corporate hierarchies inhibit...

Unless you work by yourself, at sometime or another, you'll have to give feedback about how someone else is doing in their job. Having worked with people from all over the world, one constant...

We were taught as children not to point our finger at people. It was considered rude and it put people on the spot. Even if your hands are in your pockets it is still possible to point your finger...

We've all experienced it - that sinking feeling in the pit of one's stomach when they see them: the unwanted huggers. Here are a few tips to avoid the unwanted squeezes, without being rude...

Writing a Thank You note is one way to show gratitude not only in the business world, but also your personal life. Most people don't bother to write them, making it easy for you to set yourself...

Most managers or leaders do not have a constructive method for giving negative feedback. Either they avoid the situation altogether because they fear confrontation, or they present criticism in...

Do you have a friend, coworker or neighbor who doesn't speak English? Wish them Happy Birthday in their own language, it will be a special greeting for them.

When is it time to implement an employee drug & alcohol testing program? No one wants to alienate employees with mandatory drug and alcohol testing but if an employee is abusing a substance,...

Many times we spread ourselves so thin because we dread saying "No." We find ourselves feeling guilty when we can't do everything that people ask of us. It nags us to "let people...

You want to step up in your workplace, but your Boss is a little intimidating, or you're just a little afraid to say the wrong things.

What works to motivate an employee? Threatening them? Not really, although it might motivate the employee to quit. Read on for something that will likely work better.

The DISC Profile also commonly referred to as the DISC Test is a behavioral assessment based on the theories of William Moulton Marston among others. DISC uses four behavior types classified as...