There are a lot of things that need to be covered in your Employee Handbook, and this week we continue the deep dive into the topics you need to have covered. Insurance You should align yourself with a good broker or insurance company that can … Read more

Company Benefits These are all the things you offer your employees besides salary. They can really make a difference when recruiting because they are often more important for employees than money. You don’t need to go overboard, but do determine what is standard for your … Read more

This week we are continuing our deep dive into what needs to be part of your employee handbook and your policies. Now we are at the toughest point – spelling out the way you will handle discipline and terminations. Disciplinary Process and Terminations In this … Read more

Overtime and Work Schedule Policies If your company has regular work schedules or potential for overtime, you need to define that in your Employee Handbook. I won’t go into all the possible rules for overtime here; suffice it to say that, if you have hourly … Read more

This week we will start to explore the policies that need to be clearly spelled out for your firm. Equal Employment Opportunity Yes, you do need to say that you are an equal employment opportunity employer. If you don’t, you just open yourself up to … Read more

This should be the guidebook for everything employee related within your company. There are numerous samples and templates available to you to create an employee handbook, but the cautionary words are less is more. The more complex your handbook is, the more rigidly you’ll have … Read more

Winning teams love to celebrate. We’ve all been involved with companies that have “employee of the year” awards or other annual rewards. Whether or not these are actually rewarding and motivating depends on how the recipients are chosen and the awards administered. A big part … Read more

Let me preface this by saying that collaboration is not as important in some companies as in others, and in some it’s not important at all. For example, some outside consulting firms might not care if their people work together productively, because collaboration isn’t a … Read more

While performance reviews can provide valuable feedback and coaching to an employee, most do not. The keys to a good performance review are consistency, brevity, clarity, and a mutual agreement on the plan going forward. Let’s go over each of these points in more depth. … Read more

Your employees are a great source of information about how your company is doing, both internally and externally. Remember, your job is to grow your people. As the CEO, you want to know what your employees think and feel about your organization so you can … Read more