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Negative employee attitudes and less-than-professional behavior can poison the workplace atmosphere. Here are some tips for nipping negativity before it derails morale, ensuring discipline warnings are legally compliant and investigating even seemingly frivolous complaints.
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Coping with toxic co-workers
You know the types: the co-worker who seeps negativity and hostility; the gossip-monger; or the critic, who always nitpicks others’ work. So, what happens when you have several in one workplace? In some cases, a toxic work environment ...
- Centerpiece | Workplace Communication | Workplace Conflict
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4 ways to destroy an employee’s day
What makes an employee productive? Unproductive? “The key factor you can use to make employees miserable on the job is to simply keep them from making progress in meaningful work,” say researchers Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer.
- Centerpiece | Leaders & Managers | People Management
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In addition to giving job-specific tests, the best way to tell if applicants carry the skills to perform specific tasks is to ask very direct questions about how they’ve used each skill in the past. Here are ...
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6 promising tech innovations
It’s hard to know exactly what new tech ideas will make the biggest impact on business in the near future and change how we do things. But, according to John Brandon, here are a few worth keeping an eye on: ...
- Centerpiece | Office Technology | Web Tools
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Fight the ‘war of independence’ with IRS
Small business owners often clash with the IRS over the classification of workers. Usually, the employers claim certain workers are independent contractors; the IRS says they’re employees. If you’re challenged by the IRS, don’t throw up the white flag ...
- Centerpiece | Small Business Tax | Small Business Tax Deduction Strategies
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Prepaid gift cards are an increasingly popular tool to motivate and reward employees. However, employers often weaken the impact by simply handing them out without a strategy. Get the most out of prepaid cards with these tips:
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Unlimited time off can spur productivity
Americans simply don’t know how to take a vacation. Only 57% of U.S. workers use all the vacation days they’re allotted, compared with 89% of workers in France, a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found. How to turn it around? ...
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Casual dress codes: Legal pointers, sample policy
While a casual dress policy may be a great way to boost morale during the warm days, tank tops and flip-flops are more appropriate attire for the beach than for the office. The key ...
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10 ways to give employees something to smile about
The greatest compliment CEO Paul Spiegelman gets from candidates who apply for jobs at his company comes in the form of a question: Why is everyone smiling? He says the answer is simple: They’re happy. Here are 10 tips for ...
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