Employee Relations Articles

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Sunday, 3rd August 2008 @ 11:43 AM

In any organization it is easy to get caught up in the small portion your tasks deal with on a daily basis. If we are in accounting or marketing or customer service then we tend to only see those departments and their needs and issues. Part of this problem is because those are the problems we are trained to see. The other part of the problem is that often leaders in the organization don\'t share the big picture of things with their staff. How often does customer service know marketi... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Sunday, 3rd August 2008 @ 10:57 AM

Teamwork is one of the most effective things you can teach your employees because it effects things like productivity, work environment, and communication and much more. Here are the top 10 skills team members should develop so that together as team they can succeed and form an effective team. 1-Listening: There is a time to talk and a time to listen and the time to listen comes twice as often as the time to talk. We can often find ourselves so concerned about what we have to say that we... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Tuesday, 29th July 2008 @ 3:15 PM

What is one of the biggest differences between a good business and a successful business? Two business could have all the same resources, sell the same quality product to the same market and yet one will become successful and the other will make enough to keep operations going. What is the difference between the two organizations? When it comes to strategically managing their organization one will be proactive in the planning and implementing and the other will be reactive. Being proactiv... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Tuesday, 29th July 2008 @ 1:57 PM

Working as team can be a hard goal to strive for because it feels like such an uphill battle. Trying to coordinate multiple people\'s schedules, values, lifestyles, and goals can seem not worth the effort and so time consuming that it is just a bigger headache then a help. Don\'t give in because it is hard, once teamwork in the workplace in achieved you will watch not only business sore but also the individuals that work for the organization will become empowered. Here are some inspira... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Monday, 21st July 2008 @ 4:31 AM

Businesses know that it is a important to create a culture where the customer feels they are receiving value and being valued. It is ultimately the customer that is supporting your business and their words and their feelings are what are going to keep your business successful. Leading your organization in a way that encourages customer orientation takes some strategic management. First, make sure everyone understands the priorities. If there is confusion on what the real priority is ther... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Monday, 21st July 2008 @ 2:58 AM

Teamwork begins at the top, most of us will set back and nod our head as people and training organizations tell us that teamwork is important, but we don\'t realize that applies to us. We think yeah it would be great if the technology department would be a team or if our Human Resource department would step it up together. We don\'t realize though that the team effort of a business starts at the top. It is the executives, managers, supervisors and leaders that set up the environment of... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Friday, 18th July 2008 @ 10:54 AM

We all know what is like to have a hectic morning where you just don\'t seem like you had enough time to get ready or sleep or prepare for work. We rush in through the office door and then sit down and start to work on our list of tasks with the same frantic effort. We rush around over 5 or 6 different tasks starting several but never really knowing what we are accomplishing. We are busy the entire time we are at work but by the end of the day we aren\'t any closer to our goal then we ... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Bart Icles @ Friday, 18th July 2008 @ 9:37 AM

Wikipedia has probably one of the most complete yet simple definitions of teamwork \"Teamwork is the concept of people working together cooperatively as a team in order to accomplish the same goals/objectives.\" If you stop and think teamwork is one of the most important aspects of every business. There isn\'t a business that doesn\'t talk about the need to their team to work together. Why though is it viewed as so beneficial? The majority of us are programmed to ... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Cash Miller @ Wednesday, 2nd July 2008 @ 12:26 PM

A small business is like a child that over time will grow up and mature. It will have its troubles. Its growing pains and growth spurts. But hopefully over time it will grow up and become something that everyone can be proud of! Most small businesses though will have employees. Whether it will be one, twenty, or a hundred these people will become the caretakers of the business. They\'ll be responsible for helping to nourish and guide it. And hopefully they\'ll take as much respo... more...

Business » Human Resources » Employee Relations | By Gregory Smyth @ Wednesday, 21st May 2008 @ 11:13 AM

The booming Asian economy is drawing an increasing amount of business process outsourcing. Many US companies are seeking help to improve communications and team efficiency through intercultural management training. It may confuse you to realize that the challenges you counter are not unique to your team and the offshore group. Avoidable misunderstandings over the significance of deadlines and relationship building are blown up not only by distance and time zone; they are also embedded in... more...