Documents tagged 'Employees'

Start Spreading the News

Author: Zechariah Subscribe to users feed

Published: 22/07/2008

For most companies, open enrollment is a 30-day period in which employees have the opportunity to select their benefits for the next year. Making an informed decision about which health plan to select is critical for employees, but it can be a little overwhelming, especially if there...

Educated Choice

Author: Zechariah Subscribe to users feed

Published: 22/07/2008

How to control health care costs continues to dominate discussions among benefit administrators, chief financial officers, CEOs, insurance brokers and health benefit companies. When you lower your costs, your employees often react by thinking they will receive fewer benefits. Offering...

Be The Best Boss You Can Be

Author: Cash Miller Subscribe to users feed

Published: 21/07/2008

Being the person in charge can often be very exhilarating for someone experiencing such a feeling for the first time. Whether you are in charge of a project with a team of company employees that are reporting to you or a single employee that you might be responsible for. Either way we all get a...

The Impact Of Allergies In The Workplace

Author: Zechariah Subscribe to users feed

Published: 19/07/2008

(NC)-In the spring allergy sufferers try hard to make it through their work day as they deal with a variety of symptoms such as itchy, watery eyes, and sniffles. Their heads may feel clogged up and their symptoms may make it hard to think, not to mention the drowsiness they may be...

How Not to Screw Up Your Software Investment

Author: Ted Hebert Subscribe to users feed

Published: 18/07/2008

Among the companies I've worked with one of the biggest money holes is poor software training. So many companies, from Fortune 100 down to 10-20 employee businesses believe that the training provided by the software manufacturer is sufficient. It never is because while the software company may...

Three More Reasons Why CEOs Fail

Author: Steven Sonsino Subscribe to users feed

Published: 18/07/2008

There are two main reasons why chief executives fail to hang on to their jobs: a decline in the company's finances, and failure to communicate bad news in the best way. But there are many other reasons, too, that can contribute to a CEO's lack of success. Here we'll take a look at three that...

Sustaining Results From Six Sigma

Author: Tony Jacowski Subscribe to users feed

Published: 15/07/2008

Employee engagement has been a strong contributor to the success of the businesses. However, Six Sigma initiatives are at a risk of losing on the efforts made due to downsizing in the last few months. Companies are facing the challenges of sustaining the energy and the resources to get the...

An Easy Way to Serve Spanish Customers in Their Native Language

Author: Art Gib Subscribe to users feed

Published: 12/07/2008

On everything from groceries to electronics, multi-language instruction labels attest to the rise of Spanish-speaking consumers in American society. Spanish holds a pretty strong place in the world language arena as well. For example, out of more than 5,000 languages, Spanish ranks third for...

The Great British Time Squeeze

Author: Patrick Omari Subscribe to users feed

Published: 12/07/2008

The United Kingdom has embraced the return of the 'long hours culture'. Over 3 million people have begun working over a 48 hour week. The number of people working long hours increased at a faster rate over the last year than the decline in excessive working between 1998 and 2006. The recent...

Can Your Business Benefit From Management Training?

Author: Bart Icles Subscribe to users feed

Published: 09/07/2008

Business isn't perfect, it's actually very far from perfect. Every employer, I don't care who it is, faces internal problems that include but aren't limited to, employee differences, failure to meet company expectations and goals, and lack of productivity from employees. Sadly, these problems...