Today, more and more data is electronically stored on hard drives, smart phones, CDs, flash drives, e-mail servers, and other storage devices. However, storing data electronically has its risks — mainly the likelihood that essential information will be destroyed by accidental deletion, scheduled e-mail deletions, system upgrades, or other methods. Preserving your electronic records is …
Why Successful Supervisors Need Training?
Help them Understand How to Supervise! Being a highly successful supervisor today requires a fundamentally different skill set than it did even 5 years ago. Your managers are under new pressures to do more with less and derive more value from each employee. It can be hard for them to think about being a progressive …
What’s NOT Harassment … And What Is!
Some employees seem to think that whatever a manager does that annoys them is harassment. Do not be intimidated by this offshoot of “PC” thinking and inform your supervisors and managers that they have a basic mission: directing your staff and managing their performance. Neither is harassment. Managing is Not Harassment Here’s what managers can …
Developing & Implementing a Social Media Policy
Developing and implementing a company social media and blogging policy requires consideration of a variety of factors. In our forms section, we present three samples of different types of social media policies. One is a simple statement of general principles which by inference does not restrict employees but rather relies on their good sense and …