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If You Don’t Own a Circus… You Shouldn’t Be Hiring Clowns!

Dec 22nd, 2009 | By Aaron Queen | Category Employee Issues, Lead Articles, Management, Press

A Layman’s Journey to Effortless Human Resources, author Lola Kakes

As a business owner, you want to expand your company by building a solid team, not a three-ring circus.
There’s a reason human resources work is often compared to running…



Human Resource Management at Work

May 22nd, 2009 | By Lola Kakes | Category Lead Articles, Management

Human Resource management is the process a company uses to ensure the effective and efficient use of their “people” talents to accomplish organizational goals. If these resources are managed properly and effective, the organization would most likely increase profits,…



Building a Team – How to ACE it

Feb 19th, 2009 | By Lola Kakes | Category Management

There are many types of teams – there are sport teams, debate teams, dance teams, teams of horses, and there are of course, business teams. There are even more types of teams, which you could probably list if you wanted.…



Have I Got a Deal for You… — Business Ethics and Conduct

Nov 14th, 2008 | By Lola Kakes | Category Lead Articles, Management

A few years ago the news was all about Enron and how the “books were cooked”. Today we are going through an economic downturn with a major issue in sub-funded home loans. Many home owners will not only lose their…



First Line Supervisors – the “Achilles’ heel” in Discrimination Cases

Jul 31st, 2008 | By Cathy Baniewicz | Category Management

Having the correct human resources policies and procedures in place is not sufficient to prevent findings of unlawful discrimination if your supervisors are not properly trained. Often someone is promoted into supervision without any experience managing people. First line supervisors…



Payroll Expense Management

Jul 4th, 2008 | By Ellen Kirton | Category Employee Hiring, Management

An important element of a company’s profitability is their payroll expense.
Tags: employee cost control, employee expenses, employee management

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Jun 26th, 2008 | By Lola Kakes | Category Lead Articles, Management

Employee retention is one of the key issues facing businesses of all sizes. We know that turnover is expensive
Tags: anger management, Management, retention, turnover

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