Category: Human Resourses Training
Staying Present in a Performance Review – Key Tips
Even with effective planning, performance reviews can take many turns during the conversation. Here are some common patterns that can occur in the conversation, and ways to keep things on track and focused on outcomes. Start with identifying projects or tasks that were key areas of focus for the year.…
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Tips: Preparing to Give a Performance Review
It’s time to evaluate your employees’ performance, and as with many important conversations, effective preparation is key. Your first step should be to objectively reflect on each person’s contributions over the past year. Here are some tips: It is easy to consider only the past few weeks when considering performance—a…
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The Ethics of Telework – The Employee Perspective
Over the past year, more and more workplaces have embraced telework or work from home – and some may never go back to a full presence in the office. Telework offers many benefits for employees, but it also requires a high level of trust. Ethical behavior by employees is essential…
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The Ethics of Telework – The Manager Perspective
As more organizations expand their telework programs, it is often up to supervisors to maintain the link to employees and to make sure that mission-critical work is completed. To maximize the benefits of telework, managers need to build trust with employees and behave ethically towards them. What does this mean…
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The Business Ethics of COVID Vaccines
As COVID-19 vaccinations continue across the country, it is raising unique ethical questions for organizations. Here are some common ones: Should we require my employees to get vaccines for their own good and the good of team members and customers? Do we need to give employees paid time off to…
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Respecting Diversity in a Time of Telework
A client shared an interesting story about a recent experience related to disability awareness and telework. First, some background. The organization has been working well remotely for several months. Because the team has a good understanding of diversity principles, it follows the following ground rules: It is a cultural norm…
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Developing Your Leadership Skills in Diversity and Inclusion
As cultural dynamics change in an organization, it is important for leaders to continue their own development and training. As a training category, “Diversity and Inclusion” is an important set of both principles and skills, and covers a wide range of topics, including: Generational Differences Unconscious Bias Workplace Culture Cultural…
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Building Inclusiveness: One Conversation at a Time
We are marking Black History Month at a unique time in our history. Political upheaval and conflict, increasing COVID-19 case counts and the national changes that come with a new Administration draw our attention outward to watch the news and check in on family and friends. Marking a diversity holiday…
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Assessment: Diversity and Communications
Often, discussions about diversity quickly become discussions about structural or systemic problems or patterns over time – and thus become a sociology debate, rather than a personal assessment. In reality, despite the complexities of diversity in the workplace, what most of us really control occurs at the level of the…
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Five Tips for Building a Diverse Workforce
It is generally believed that diverse teams make better decisions, because they are more likely to bring in multiple perspectives – and therefore, better represent customers and clients. In addition, when organizations work to improve diversity, it can also lead to broader applicant pools for new jobs – increasing the…
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