Recently added articles from Supervision:
Surviving the relationship game.
May 01, 2009; ... Most people agree that successful relationships of any kind are never easy. When you combine people from varying backgrounds with different personalities and different views of the world, mishaps are bound to happen. For example, worker number one makes an innocent comment about something ...
Retain and motivate the next generation: 7 ways to get the most out of your millenial workers.
May 01, 2009; ... Finding and keeping good, young talent can be challenging for any business. And in today's economy, the next generation can hold the key to boosting your bottom line. Most new graduates are eager to showcase their talents in the workplace, have not picked up bad working habits from years ...
Business sustainability: the strategies to achieve, the leadership that makes it happen.
Apr 01, 2009; ... Sustainability - you often hear the "buzz" word being tossed around in "eco-friendly" circles, by your local and national government agencies, in corporate jargon, and through the media. It's also a term that surfaces frequently on the business front, particularly in an economic climate ...
Leading & succeeding in tough economic times.
Apr 01, 2009; ... Remember your high school coach's admonition, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going?" As it turns out, the old coach was right. Of course, he was talking about star athletes in tight game situations; but he could just as well have been talking about star supervisors, ...
The employee free choice act: labor unions have "organized" congress.(Employee Free Choice Act )
Apr 01, 2009; ... Don't look now, but Congress is poised to expand its efforts to rescue our country from the throes of a recession by bailing out the American labor unions. This bailout is called the Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA") and it has become the primary reward sought by the AFL-CIO for its ...
Break through the terror barrier to achieve your goals.
Apr 01, 2009; ... How many times have you started a new project, reached for a new goal, or set out to accomplish something big, only to abandon the project or goal soon after starting? Why do people often start out with grand aspirations, and then throw in the towel relatively soon? In a word: ...
Neutralizing the power of workplace gossip.
Apr 01, 2009; ... Every office has a grapevine through which news travels quickly but surreptitiously. Some of the news is accurate, some carries a kernel of truth, and some is completely off base. No matter how true or outlandish it might be, such information falls under the heading of gossip. While a ...
Rally your employees: point toward a better future.
Apr 01, 2009; ... The economy isn't in the best shape. Maybe you've noticed. Your employees certainly have. The bad news - job losses, home foreclosures, bankruptcies, and a tanking stock market - comes, in the words of Shakespeare, not single file but in battalions. And prognostications by ...
Managing a new area? take time to loiter.(Viewpoint essay)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Anytime we walk into a new work area as the new management person there is a natural anxiety that accompanies this experience - both for us and for the people we will be supervising. Whether we are the new manager of a work unit, a section, division or department the anxiety and fear of ...
Labor law for supervisors: discrimination without intent.
Apr 01, 2009; ... How does an employee demonstrate that unlawful employment discrimination has occurred? How does an employer demonstrate that unlawful employment discrimination has not occurred? Over time, Congress, the Supreme Court and various federal agencies have provided answers to these two ...
Wit and Humor.(Cartoon)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Recently, a young woman came into my father's insurance office with her newborn twins. Dad asked her if she ever had any trouble telling them apart. She gave him a funny look before responding. "No, 1 haven't had any problem. This is Benjamin and this is Elizabeth." ...
Ethical decision making in tough times.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Good golly, what is going on in organization's today? Many organizations cannot do the "Right Thing". In our topsy-turvy world, organizations are casting about ethically like a ship without a rudder. Everyday, a company, or governmental agency is being skewered regarding their unethical ...
Taking it up a notch: tools and techniques to motivate yourself and your group.
Mar 01, 2009; ... It's the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and we're behind by three runs. The capacity crowd is roaring and you, the manager, are calling for your best pinch hitter to go to the plate. "Hit it out, friend, you shout, and we'll all get to go home." You say that because you know the ...
The reemergence of personality testing as an employee selection procedure.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Once upon a time in American corporate life personality testing was as common as ants at a Fourth of July picnic. Then suddenly in the 1970s personality testing vanished as quickly as dry leaves before the wind from the human resource scene and ceased to be used as a pre-employment ...
How to harness the power of praise.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Some managers claim the best way to motivate staff is through the wallet: increase pay, expand allowances or give more cash incentives. While money is certainly useful, it is not the only key to human motivation. In the current economic climate, learning how to harness the power of praise ...
Take action on your goals.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Chances are you've read countless books and articles on how to improve yourself, professionally and personally. You may have even attended a self-improvement or business enhancement workshop or two. But if you're like the majority of people, despite all this knowledge, your professional ...
Managing in the new millennium: conducting layoffs in an uncertain economy.
Mar 01, 2009; ... In today's uncertain economy, a vast number of organizations have made the tough decision to lay off a portion of their workforce. This decision has proven painful for the organization, the employees being laid off, and those employees remaining. A decision to layoff workers ...
Labor law: cat's paw liability.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Can a company be held liable under employment discrimination law for a supervisor's selective negative reporting of workplace conduct that results in an employee's discharge? Can this liability result when the managers responsible for the discharge have no actual knowledge of the selective ...
Super vision wit and humor.
Mar 01, 2009 ... A father was reading Bible stories to his young son. He read, "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned to salt." His son asked, "What happened to the flea?" A newly-married man asks his wife, ...