Can You Discipline Employees for Bad Attitudes? In a word, yes. But wait! Read the rest --- You shouldn't just go off and write down "bad attitude" on a performance review when you have employee relations issues such as this. There are a number of things to consider,...
"The friends of my friends are my friends." I believe that is attributed to John LeCarre is his book Mission Song. Or perhaps it came from Winnie-the-Pooh. Either way, it is more than good sentiment - it is good advice to remember if you engage in social networking...
Remember when you were in school and got caught with gum? Didn't you always try to pass it off to the teacher that you just had a cough drop in your mouth? Well, social media is the new Juicy Fruit, and employees everywhere are making excuses left and right as to why...
Believe it or not, football practice is just around the corner, and for all of you Louisville fans out there, we've got a fiery new coach filling his players full of the kind of motivation we need for a great season. I love Louisville, but I'm also a diehard...
On March 18, 2010 Indiana House Bill 1065 was signed into law by Governor Mitch Daniels. The new law permits anyone who is legally authorized to own and carry a firearm to take a firearm onto company property, public or private. Now, before you get too incensed about...
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...
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...
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...
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...
When I was in college, I was under the illusion that I would make it as an accounting major. Then it happened. Late one night, under the light of the desk lamp in my dorm room, I was at a crossroads. Should I continue on my misguided attempt as an accounting major and...
In last week's blog post about the Importance of Policy Development we discussed that a lot of organizations simply don't put their policies down on paper, and end up getting in trouble because of it. The bottom line is, get it on paper, and it's that much easier to...
Today marks the start of a two part blog series full of information that has saved countless companies an extraordinary amount of time, money, and legal hassle. This series is all about those "unwritten policies" that are important and should be documented, but no one...