HR Newsletter Archive

As a manager, one of the key skills is providing feedback on staff performance.

How easy is it to give positive feedback, when someone has performed a great job? Easy isn't it?

How easy is it to give constructive feedback, when someone...

Through every recession, business has had to redefine itself in order to come out on the other side. We want the turbulence to be over—but we aren't going back to business as usual. Here are some ideas that fall into four basic themes:

• Cutting...

While leafing through the New York Times last weekend, I came upon a disturbing article. Not surprising, I know. Today’s papers are filled with stories of death, destruction and general gloom and doom. This particular article was

Dear Joan:

I am a business owner who has had an employee work for me for approximately three years. She is a very well trained employee at that. She made a MAJOR mistake in one of our business dealings, in which she had to redo...