HR Compliance
Top 10 Strategies for Managing (and Minimizing) Interruptions in the Workplace
Anticipating the pressure and finding ways to redirect it in more meaningful directions so you can maintain control of your work is important. While interruptions at the workplace are inevitable, it doesn’t mean that they cannot be minimized or reduced. How you deal with interruptions and what your strategies for handling them matters. Learn to effectively handle interruptions so you can refocus quicker and..
Top Habits of Highly Successful HR Departments
Any HR professional knows that there is never a lack of work in their department. From replying to an employee’s question about benefits to following-up with a manager on how to best restructure her department, there seem to be fewer hours in the day to accomplish all the tasks that HR needs to do. And this is the perfect reason why it makes sense to stop, assess, and understand what highly successf..
Training New Technical Writers
The objective of the webinar is training to become Technical Writers. Technical Writing is labor-intensive. By that, I mean that someone learns to be a Technical Writer by creating Technical Documents. Simply stated, a Technical Writer learns to do by doing. Training for Technical Writers involve General Comments about Creating Technical Documents, actually Creating Technical Documents, understanding the di..
Understanding Diversity in the Workplace
The definition of diversity in any given situation depends on who you ask. People define the concept based on their individual backgrounds and upbringing. As a result, these definitions are as numerous as the individuals defining it. In today's workplace, there needs to be a consistent definition to facilitate a harmonious work environment. The talk will assist an organization to define and develop a divers..
Understanding Pay Structures and Compensation Systems
Having a competitive and well-designed compensation system is the cornerstone of employee recruitment and retention for most organizations. But did you know, that 30 percent of U.S companies have no formal pay structure in place? And that number increases for small businesses - 50 percent of companies with 100 employees or less are lacking a proper compensation system. When you have an ill-designed or inade..
Understanding the D.I.S.C. Personality Assessment and How It Can Communication In Your Organization
Communication is a two-way process to exchange ideas. We communicate in order to elicit some type of response. Some examples of a response could be more knowledge, a specific action, or some type of emotion.Understanding the D.I.S.C. profile will help understand the four different personality type and how they like to receive information. Do you have a clear understanding of how to communicate with others? ..
Unlimited PTO – Financial, Emotional And Practical Considerations For Implementation
Unlimited PTO – Considerations for Implementation – will walk you through everything you need to consider prior to implementing “unlimited” time off to your employees. The goal of this presentation is not to convince you it’s the “right” thing to do, because this type of time-off program is not for everyone. Indeed, you may walk away with the sound belief that your current vacation policy is just right for ..
Update Your Business Writing Skills – The Rules Have Changed!
Someone, somewhere, for some reason, decided that English needed to change. They changed the rules for punctuation, spacing, and style without notice or warning. If it has been five years or more since you've taken a business-writing course, then you NEED to take this one! This course offers effective strategies to sharpen your writing skills by structuring your ideas logically, exercising diplomacy in lett..
Using Behavior Based Interviewing To Select The Right Candidate
Companies erroneously spend too much time looking for the correct skills and knowledge for the job and paying little or no attention to attitudes and behaviors necessary to a candidate perform at a high level. The fact is that most involuntary terminations occur because of improper attitudes and behaviors.The best way to hire the correct candidate is to see into the future and see how that candidate will pe..
Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Better Performance
This session will go over how to construct a balanced scorecard. We will cover how to survey the key deliverables for success, how to measure them, how to set standards, and how to assign values to each. The balanced scorecard is not new. However, not enough companies are using it.We will discuss using the balanced scorecard as a basis for a manager and executive bonus system. We will use an actual example ..
Verbal Self-Defense For Workplace Violence
De-escalation, diffusion, Verbal Judo, or “talking someone down", are all names for keeping the potentially violent person from becoming an actual violent person. This program will provide strategies, tactics, and techniques for keeping situations from devolving into dangerous confrontations. We’ll take a quick look into the problem of workplace violence, how often it happens and what is the effect on indiv..
Wage & Hour Misclassifications
With new regulations, you want to make sure you’re in compliance with all levels of your staff. We discuss compensation at the hourly and salary levels, DOL definitions and exemption categories. We will talk about the new generations and how their work preferences fit into the wage and hour labyrinth. Don’t forget the most common myths! Stay up to date on the changes and stay out of trouble with the Departm..
Wage Garnishments: Best Practices for Compliance and Accuracy
One of the most frustrating payroll tasks is dealing with garnishment orders. The rules on the amounts of pay that can be subjected to garnishment orders, the priority of garnishments that apply, and the Federal and state laws that come into play are complex. Failing to comply with the rules can result in costly penalties.Join us to receive step-by-step guidance on how to evaluate and process the various ty..
We Need to Talk – Having Difficult Conversations
Having difficult conversations isn’t fun for anyone. Telling someone they smell nice, saying no to a client, or having to tell an employee they need to find another job is something that no one looks forward to doing. We feel anxious and uncomfortable. Yet, our roles demand that we know-how, and are willing to have those difficult conversations. We need to be effective and build trust and respect, without d..
Website Hot Issues: The Next Disability Law Litigation Hotspot
The Web is an increasingly important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. It is essential that the Web be accessible to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with diverse abilities. The Web offers the possibility of unprecedented access to information and interaction for many people with disabilities. The accessibili..