How Much is Consistent Turnover Costing Your Staff?
Good employees can be hard to find these days, so it’s important hold onto the ones you already have. This is also true because employee turnover can impact more than you may realize. When employees leave, it also has a big influence on the remaining staff—and the more people they see exiting, the worse it […]
Eliminating Workplace Stereotypes: Are tattoos still taboo?
As Bob Dylan once predicted: “the times, they are a changin’.” And this is still true as each generation pushes different boundaries than the ones before. Right now, it’s become very popular—and quite common—for working-age people to have at least one tattoo. But even though our society is becoming more accepting of body modification, does this mean employers […]
Home Grown Talent: Are You Doing Enough to Develop Your Best Employees?
Struggling to hire the dynamic employees you need? Grow them yourself! In a tight talent market, employee development is critical to your business’s continued success. Training improves your team’s skills, making them more valuable and versatile within your company. But developing your team does much more than increase and/or broaden their job skills; it’s a […]
Your Newest Workplace Management Challenge? Helping Human and Robot Workers Coexist
Think managing people is difficult? Get ready for an even bigger challenge: Managing humans and robots as co-workers. From autonomous cars and robotic pick-and-packers, to automated checkout lines and manufacturing “cobots,” technology is disrupting entire industries. This automation is causing fundamental shifts in how work is performed. Case in point? McKinsey & Co. predicts that […]
Your 2019 Recruitment Plan: Hire Better and Staff Smarter
Skill shortages. Position vacancies. Growth targets. Changing workloads. Your Middle Tennessee business’ challenges, priorities and goals are as unique as a winter snowflake. But regardless of what you’re trying to achieve this year, a strategic staffing and recruitment plan will help you stay on track. If you’re new to workforce planning, this earlier post explains […]
Is That Employee Just a Grinch – or Breaking the Law?
Employees can be rude. Thoughtless. Boorish. But there’s a difference between grinch-like behavior and workplace harassment. And while there are no laws against acting like a jerk on the job, your employees have the right to work in an environment that’s productive and respectful. The problem is, many Middle Tennessee employers struggle to understand the […]
