Category: Management Risks & Obligations

  • The Employee Engagement Fallacy: 4 Myths Busted

    by Jonathan Raymond of Refound  Posted on 10-12-2016 I’ve never met a manager who consciously intends to make their employees overwhelmed, stressed-out, and miserable. And yet, the data is clear. Most employees are disengaged and leave their job because of the way they feel about their boss. Isn’t it strange that we look at that phenomenon and…

  • Bullying Behavior & Emotional Intelligence

    By Margaret Wood 11/2/2016 What is Workplace Bullying? Workplace bullying includes any inappropriate conduct or comment by a person towards a worker that the person knows or reasonably ought to have known would cause that worker to be humiliated or intimidated. Bullying is different from aggression. Whereas aggression may involve a single act, bullying involves…

  • Key Factors in Successful Sales Plans

    The most pertinent reason for an unsuccessful sales plan was failure to gain buy-in from sales representatives through training and communication, directly followed by gaining buy-in from sales managers.

  • Intermittent FMLA Leave-the Do’s & Don’ts

    It’s a given: Intermittent FMLA leave is a giant thorn in the side of HR people everywhere. But not all intermittent leave requests are equal…

  • 3 Clauses to Include in Severance Agreements

    The EEOC sued CVS, claiming the pharmacy chain’s severance agreements with employees contained a general release of claims and a covenant not to sue that illegally restricted worker’s rights to file charges or cooperate with the agency…