Welcome to the strangest Christmas ever. We have hunkered down, and feel battered by COVID-19, a free-falling economy, and polarized … Continue reading What Employees Want for Christmas 2020: Someone Who “Gets It” (part 3 of a series)
“What I really want from my employer for Christmas,” the employee said, “Isn’t the ham the company expediter delivered. I … Continue reading What Employees Really Want for Christmas
Question: Employer’s Concern: Rash of Workers’ Compensation Claims We’re getting a rash of workers’ comp claims from our telecommuting employees. … Continue reading Suspect Telecommuting Employees of Passing Off Accidents as Covered Workers’ Compensation Injuries
Question: We suspect one of our managers of secretly working a second job during work hours. We believe he disguises … Continue reading Manager Secretly Works a 2nd Job During Paid Work Hours
If you dread meetings–attending them, hosting them–and long for meetings to become more than a necessary evil, you can make … Continue reading Meetings Are Us
Question: After unsuccessfully responding to job listings on LinkedIn and Indeed.com for five weeks, I finally received a request to … Continue reading Landing A Job With Video Interviewing
If you’re a manager struggling your way up the steep virtual workplace learning curve, you may discover the COVID-19 pandemic … Continue reading Managing Virtual Teams in a COVID-19 era
As a manager, how can I supervise employees at remote locations – particularly when I never see them? If I … Continue reading How To Supervise and Survive Virtual Teams
Does your organization include employees in many states – or even countries? If so, you need to think outside all … Continue reading How to Create Teamwork Among Virtual Employees and Digital Nomads