Horrible Bosses: Follow These HR Policies To Avoid Workplace Violence

July 6, 2011 By amyletke 1 Comment

Just a couple days ago, the premise of the upcoming movie “Horrible Bosses” seemed pretty funny. Three disgruntled employees seek vengeance on their over-the-top and inappropriate bosses. The movie follows the trio’s attempts at knocking off their bosses. But this dramatized scenario became all too real this week in Louisville. On Tuesday, a LG&E employee walked into LG&E’s South Service Center on Jennings Lane and fatally shot his supervisor before taking his own life. Suddenly, the movie doesn’t seem so funny. Louisville Metro Police have not disclosed information on what may have led to the shooting, but one LG&E employee said there was tension between the two workers. Sgt. Robert Biven, a LMPD spokesman said, “There is nothing rational about this.” He added, “There is an alternative way to work things out without people getting … [Read more...]

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Part 4 – My Boss Stinks! – Top 7 Tips on How to Deal With Poor Management

March 26, 2010 By amyletke Leave a Comment

Alright. So after our little break from the bad bosses blog series to go over some of the finer ways to deal with March Madness in your office, we bring to you today the final posting in the bad bosses blog series. The first post in the series got some very heavy exposure in the blogosphere community. Make sure you check that out along with the rest. Here are links to the first three in case you missed them. How to Deal With Poor Management - Part 1 How to Deal With Poor Management - Part 2 How to Deal With Poor Management - Part 3 So without further adieu, here is the final post in the beating bad bosses blog series, courtesy of IntegrityHR. So, what do you do if you are unfortunate enough to have a bad boss? It's a difficult situation, and one that you need to assess thoroughly before taking any action. However, here's the best advice that we can provide to you. The … [Read more...]

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Beating Bad Bosses Blog Part 3 – Our Top 7 Tips on How to Deal With Poor Management

March 19, 2010 By amyletke Leave a Comment

Do you ever wonder why your boss still has a job - or how he/she got there in the first place? In our last blog post addressing poor management, we listed a few more descriptions of bad managers. I actually find it quite eerie that I am going through this list right now. It seems over the last week as I have been writing these blogs that I have encountered nearly every type of bad manager in some form. Lucky for you we'll have your how to deal with poor management answers soon. Be sure to keep up! Here are the final two types of bad bosses : 6) The Incommunicado Manager: Needless to say, the managers who fail to communicate can fall under several of these categories. Perhaps they aren't communicating information from corporate to their employees or suggestions from their employees to corporate, but either way they appear to be lost with no goals, no clear expectations, … [Read more...]

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Beating Bad Bosses Blog Part 2 – Our Top 7 Tips on How to Deal With Poor Management

March 16, 2010 By amyletke Leave a Comment

Part 2 of the Beating Bad Bosses Blog Series In our last blog post we discussed two of the top 7 bad bosses and just how they can be destructive to an organization. Today, in this second installment of the series we will discuss a few more of these oh-so-undesirable types of managers. In Part 3, we will discuss what you can do to beat them (legally). 3) The Non-Leader Manager: Just because individuals become managers, doesn't mean that they are leaders. This is where so many companies make the most dire mistake. Employees who are excellent at their jobs get moved into management positions, but while they can manage processes, they can't manage people (ever hear of the Peter Principle?). Maybe these are the managers who are afraid of confrontation, who are too wishy-washy, who fail to make a decision, and who refuse to cause a wave. Employees recognize quickly, though, … [Read more...]

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Beating Bad Bosses Blog – Our Top 7 Tips on How to Deal With Poor Management

March 11, 2010 By amyletke 3 Comments

The Start of a New Series Today marks the start of another IntegrityHR blog series. This will be an ongoing four part blog series coming to you over the next two weeks that gets down into the details of how to deal with poor management. Don't miss this one. It might save your job, or even your company! There's a saying in corporate America that people don't leave jobs, they leave their managers. Promotions and pay increases notwithstanding, this is the case more often than not. The people you work with every day can make or break your experience on a job, and it's the manager of an organization that sets the tone and culture. A great boss can make you want to stay a job that may not pay as much as another down the street, while a bad boss makes the 20% raise you took seem like the devil's ransom. What makes a manager a "bad boss"? There are any number of things … [Read more...]

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HR Education: Do Your Managers Know How to Properly Use a Napkin?

November 23, 2009 By amyletke Leave a Comment

In the case of Inman v. Klockner Pentaplast of America Inc. (KPA), Dean Inman, a former vice president, alleged he was fired while the company was attempting to create a younger image. The district court originally determined that there was insufficient evidence of age discrimination. On October 22, 2009, however, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s initial ruling after oral arguments were presented and the AARP filed a brief in support of Mr. Inman. The crucial piece of evidence that overturned the decision? A napkin. I don’t know if it was a cocktail napkin or one fit for a full meal but it was certainly large enough to do a lot of damage for this company. Several months before the plaintiff was terminated, the president of KPA met with a consultant hired to recommend suggestions to overhaul the company’s image and operations. During … [Read more...]

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