CoAdvantage- From the perspective of a business owner, there may be only one thing worse than a bad employee: a bad manager. According to a Gallup Poll, managers account for an astounding 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores. Nothing – not wages, not benefits, not work environment – impacts employee engagement (and related
-> Continue reading 4 Ways to Deal with a Bad Manager or Management Team
CoAdvantage- HR is a fast-moving and challenging field that can be overwhelming, especially when non-HR people are handling HR tasks (as is the case at startups and small businesses where the owner often handles many HR-related activities personally. Where can you find information and support for managing the wide array of HR duties – payroll,
-> Continue reading 6 Resources for HR Managers and Small Business Owners
CoAdvantage- Over the past year, we’ve written extensively on how remote working affects the workforce (including productivity) and how employers can get the most of this approach. We’ve answered questions like how to manage workers who are bad at remote working, how to keep morale and engagement high, and how managers specifically should approach remote
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CoAdvantage- It’s well established that workplace stress leads to lower productivity. That’s bad news because even before the COVID-19 pandemic, workplace stress was already on the rise, and COVID-19 has just worsened it even further. The MetLife 2020 Employee Benefit Trends survey found that two out of every three employees are experiencing greater stress now
-> Continue reading 5 Strategies to Improve Stress Management in the Workplace
CoAdvantage- As early as last summer, COVID-19 had already begun prompting employers to re-evaluate their benefit offerings. Should you do the same? According to one report, as many as one in five employers have been dropping coverage or considering doing so. Twice that number (40%) have taken the opposite route, saying they view benefits as
-> Continue reading Should COVID-19 Have Any Long-Term Impact on Your Benefit Offerings?
CoAdvantage- One of the most difficult and unpleasant tasks all employers must face: eventually ending the relationship with certain employees as the result of employee misconduct or underperformance. Truly, firing an employee is terrible, no matter the circumstances or people involved, and it’s a situation that can turn ugly in a flash. But with a
-> Continue reading How to Fire an Employee From Start-to-Finish
CoAdvantage- Does HR help your organization adapt to changing circumstances and inspire innovation? That’s not always the case. HR can sometimes be a drag on innovation when its own processes are rooted in a dogmatic, rigid understanding of its role. Remember, it’s your people who drive innovation at your organization. Researchers in Research Technology Management
-> Continue reading How HR Can Help Facilitate Organizational Innovation
CoAdvantage- Undoubtedly, most of us are glad to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror and look forward to 2021 with the hope that this year will see life return to normal as the pandemic recedes. Still, COVID-19 remains with us as we head into the new year and will likely continue to cast a long
-> Continue reading HR Outlook 2021: How COVID-19 Will Affect Human Resources in the New Year
CoAdvantage- Businesses today must manage mind-boggling amounts of information, data, and records. In 2020, the sum total of data in the world equaled about 40 zettabytes (or about 40 trillion gigabytes)! And the data we manage is growing fast; in 2010, there was only an estimated 1.2 zettabytes. The proliferation of business information creates challenges
-> Continue reading Why Small Businesses Need Records Retention Schedules for Records Management
CoAdvantage- Remote work – or working from home (WFH) – is here to stay. It was already on the rise even before COVID-19, growing by 91% over the past ten years. But with the pandemic, it has become the new normal. In fact, many organizations are now already planning on telework as a long-term practice.
-> Continue reading The Top 3 Implications of Remote Work Over the Long-Term Due to COVID-19
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