You know what it feels like to be on a great team. There's trust, collaboration, caring, and incredible energy. You want to go to work every day. On the other hand, you also know what it feels like to be on a dysfunctional team. It's exhausting. You feel like you're swimming against an incoming tide […]

Having to deal with toxic people is overwhelming and frustrating. The non-sensical conversations, ad hominem attacks, misrepresentations, deception, lack of taking responsibility for their actions, defensiveness, back-stabbing, condescension, and sarcasm are exhausting. You'd like to just get the job done, without feeling like you're going into battle. You avoid them as much as possible, find […]

Special Guest: Roly Walter: Founder of Appraisd We now know how to survive the pandemic, the next part is about how to thrive with remote working and remote management.  In this episode we talk to Roly about his vision for performance management and what it means today, post-pandemic and in a world that seems entirely […]

Engage for Success East Midlands Area Network are pleased to host an event led by Nottingham Business School to explore issues of employee engagement in SMEs. The free online event is open to anyone interested in employee engagement in SMEs. The session will explore the challenges for SMEs, consider the role of employee engagement in attracting and retaining employees, […]

OVERVIEW Managing leaves of absence under the major federal mandates can be confusing. Some employers with good intentions will administer both leaves by using the same forms, overlapping the requirements, and consolidating the processes. However, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) need to be administered using their […]

Leaders can be trained to lead strategically by developing and following a Strategic Frame of Reference which involves: » Drafting their team's current Mission - including their primary customer and the key products, services and value they provide to that customer » Utilizing a SWOT/Situational Analysis - identifying their team's internal/current strengths and weaknesses and […]

It's a lot more than just "sexting." or visiting inappropriate websites! Do you have a social media policy? Are employees aware of it and have they been trained in its proper application? Is your social media policy aligned with all your other policies and/or collective bargaining agreement(s), the National Labor Relations Act (Section 7 Rights) […]

One of the primary objectives of every auditor is to assess organizational risks and evaluate the effectiveness of the controls established by management to mitigate those risks. The Institute of Internal Auditors has set forth the standards for auditors to use in accomplishing that objective Every organization is set up to accomplish its primary business objective. […]

Are you unsure how to respond to a disabled employee? Would you like an employment lawyer to walk you through every step of the process? If yes, then this is the session for you. Expect to learn from real-world examples that HR professionals are really encountering in the trenches. You will understand every step of […]