Today, more and more data is electronically stored on hard drives, smart phones, CDs, flash drives, e-mail servers, and other storage devices. However, storing data electronically has its risks — mainly the likelihood that essential information will be destroyed by accidental deletion, scheduled e-mail deletions, system upgrades, or other methods. Preserving your electronic records is required by law if paper copies are not maintained for required periods. Preservation can also be an important step towards putting your organization in the best position to defend potential lawsuits. Every employer should develop procedures for ensuring that electronically…Read More
Help Them Understand How To Supervise! Being a highly successful supervisor today requires a fundamentally different skill set than it did even 5 years ago. Your managers are under new pressures to do more with less and derive more value from each employee. It can be hard for them to think about being a progressive and inspirational leader when they are just trying to meet daily job demands. Supervisors generally aren’t born into the role. They are most often promoted through the ranks and suddenly, sometimes overnight, find themselves leading others, even if they haven’t…Read More
Some employees seem to think that whatever a manager does that annoys them is harassment. Do not be intimidated by this offshoot of “PC” thinking and inform your supervisors and managers that they have a basic mission: directing your staff and managing their performance. Neither is harassment. Managing is Not Harassment Here’s what managers can and SHOULD always do and none of these are harassment: Insist upon work performance. You can set standards and insist that workers meet the standards! Criticize for poor work performance. It’s perfectly acceptable to do performance appraisals and to talk…Read More
Developing and implementing a company social media and blogging policy requires consideration of a variety of factors. In our forms section, we present three samples of different types of social media policies. One is a simple statement of general principles which by inference does not restrict employees but rather relies on their good sense and judgment. More precise but relatively less legalistic is another policy we offer which sets out a code of conduct but does so in general terms. Finally, we offer a formal social media and publicity policy. In selecting the policy which best suits…Read More
