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Policy vs. Performance: Striking the Right Balance in Small Business Leadership
Is your small business relying too much on policy—or too little? Discover how leaders can blend rules with results to build a thriving team
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Small Business Hiring & Retention: The HR Solutions You Need
2025 might be throwing some curveballs, but small businesses can knock them out of the park with the right HR strategies. Read more here
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HR Tips for Small Businesses in 2025 -Boost Engagement and Ensure Compliance
Boost Engagement and Ensure Compliance now can help create a workplace that’s more engaged, productive, and compliant.
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The Future of Work "Remote Work": Flexible, Inclusive, and Strategic
Remote work offers great potential for flexibility, inclusivity, & digital connectivity, helping employees achieve better work-life balance.
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Rethinking Employee Engagement 2024
The term “Employee Engagement” gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? In its simplest form, it means the level at which...
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Preparing for the Grand Finale!
As we bid farewell to another (dare we say) fantastic year, it's crucial to ensure that your employee relations strategy is not just...
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What does your parking lot say about your leadership style?
Throughout my career, I have found that the best form of coaching is through examples and experiences. There is a unique way to use what...
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Can You Hear Me Now??? Active Listening
Do you sometimes feel like your message is not just getting across? That for some reason or another your meetings or employee...
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5 Ways to Handle Employee Compensation, Benefits and Total Rewards During a Recession
When it comes to rewarding top performers if the budget isn't there, there are other ways to create recognition and retention.
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HR PODCAST: Supporting your shop employees
Deanna Baumgardner - joined NOLN (National Oil and Lube News) HR Podcast to discuss her approach for supporting your shop employees with...
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Floating holiday definition and meaning
Our very own, Ellen Slane was featured again but this time on the HR resource website On Pay. A floating holiday is flexible paid time...
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5 Key Points for a Recognition Strategy
Everyone knows how important performance management is but what sometimes gets overlooked or doesn’t get as much attention as a part of...
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Feature: Perks for Part Time Employees
In a recent article on Fender Bender our very own Penny Yountz was asked about part-time employee retention. Interview by: Matt Hudson In...
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What equals a leader?
If you are a supervisor, you are a leader. If you are a mentor, you are a leader. If you are a “boss”, you are a leader. If you are an...
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Feature: How to get Authentic Employee Feedback with Employers Advantage
Deanna Baumgartner, the founder and owner of Employers Advantage was recently featured in one of Ratchet + Wrench latest blog: How to get...
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Mental Health Matters Series, Part 3
Work is good for our mental health (it really is!) but a negative working environment can lead to physical and mental health problems. A...
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Mental Health Matters Series, Part 2
This is the second in a three-part series about how leaders can evaluate their approach to C.A.R.E.S (Culture, Allocates, Realigns,...
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Mental Health Matters Series, Part 1
This is the first in a three-part series about how leaders can evaluate their approach to C.A.R.E.S (Culture, Allocates, Realigns,...
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Rewards and Recognition: Takeaways
We wanted to wrap up our rewards and recognition series with a few takeaways: As managers and leaders, exhibit the behaviors you want to...
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Rewards and Recognition: Virtual Employees
Last week, we shared with you some ways to create a rewards and recognition program or rethink your current process. This week, we wanted...
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