Getting It Over With, 25 Minutes at a Time Procrastination is a vicious cycle of suffering long-term consequences by seeking short-term rewards. The thought of doing a task that we don’t want to do triggers the area of the brain that recognizes pain. To relieve that “pain,” the brain diverts attention to something more interesting.
Conventions, conferences, expos, trade shows. Each may be a little different in nature, but they all mean one thing: something different to do! These gatherings may not be the most exciting experience, but they’re something to put on the calendar and look forward to. To desire new experiences is to be human! And every business
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It\’s that time of year! The holiday season and the end of the calendar year may mean your employees are applying a lot of Paid Time Off to their time cards. You may even want to start setting up a new PTO policy for the upcoming year. We know that can be a daunting setup.
Employees come and go, but these instructions are forever! When you need to add, edit, inactivate, or terminate an employee, always come back to the Employee Setup page, under the Setup menu.
Setting Up a New Employee Read Post »
Making a strong first impression and properly integrating a new hire into a new position is imperative if you wish to inspire loyalty and high morale in new employees. Often, businesses may be forced to terminate an employee immediately or an employee may leave a business without giving the business ample time to replace the
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As an employer, you control the financial well-being of your employees. When it comes down to the finances of the company, it is often finding the balance between what is best for the company and what is best for its workers. For example, look at benefits that employers offer to their employees such as dental
How to Deal With Employees\’ Requests for Raises Read Post »
Employers often have to make tough decisions based on certain situations that may arise in the company. When interacting with employees, the employer must balance what is best for the company and what is best for the people within that company. An excellent method for achieving the optimal result in these types of situations is
Reacting v. Responding in Difficult Employer Situations Read Post »
A project manager is required to ensure that employees stay focused and on schedule. A project manager is required to motivate employees and to drive a project toward its completion. There comes a tipping point, however, where project management becomes micromanagement and the expected value of having a project overseer becomes negative. Management is a
What Distinguishes Project Managing from Micromanaging? Read Post »
There are many factors that we consider where we would like to work. Other than directly getting paid, the benefits they offer can be one of the greatest incentives to go work for a particular company. Benefits can help a company look more attractive to potential workers by lowering their expenses rather than offering higher
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Net neutrality has become a hot topic in the news in recent months as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai repealed a 2015 decision to change how the internet was handled on the federal level. While this issue affects every internet user, many in the public do not fully understand what has happened and
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