People Development & Staffing

07/31/2018

Tuesday Tip - The LESS your people care, the MORE rules you need. The more rules, the less ownership. Good people in a good place make good decisions.

07/24/2018

Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker.

Strong leaders embrace their critics and make themselves stronger. - Adam Grant

Are you listening?

07/16/2018

Monday Motivation - Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. ~unknown

07/13/2018

Blind Hiring does it help with diversity - does it help with the UNCONSCIOUS bias?
Name - often reveals race and gender.
Hobbies/Interests - could reveal religion, if they have children (think Little League coach).
Volunteer work - may include religion, race or political affiliation.
Dates for educational milestones - often indicates age and older candidates are less likely to be called

The goal of blind hiring is to judge potential hires exclusively based on their abilities. No personal information about the candidate is considered.

07/10/2018

Tuesday Tip - when giving references always respond in good faith. In other words without knowingly providing false or misleading information. Stick to the facts, avoid giving opinions.

06/15/2018

Friday Freebie - An essential function of a job will determine if you can require an employee to undergo a medical exam. If you have an older employee with balance problems that can't climb ladders and it poses a direct safety threat, a medical exam is necessary. If it is not a safety threat, don't hold the employee to a higher standard based on age - or to a lower one either.

05/18/2018

Friday Freebie - Many employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. Any work-related injury or illness requiring medical treatment beyond first aid requires a record.Your 2017 OSHA Form 300A is due by July 1, 2018.

Recordkeeping | Injury Tracking Application (ITA) - Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records to OSHA

05/16/2018

Wednesday Wisdom - If you care you will share. When you don’t give feedback, it’s irresponsible to the employee and your company.

04/24/2018

Preparation preparation for the next leadership workshop! Proper planning leads to participant learning!

03/23/2018

Friday Freebie - An Arizona employer must post no-smoking signs at all entrances to buildings.

03/09/2018

Friday Freebie - You CAN NOT ask if a candidate has a car. The question of whether an individual owns a car is irrelevant, unless the position requires an employee to use his or her personal vehicle to travel between worksites, or other locations, as a PRIMARY job duty. Whether candidates use public transportation, bike, carpool, or drive to work really has no bearing on how they will perform in the job.

03/08/2018

How does your team rate? Google did a long term study looking into what mattered the most when it comes to team effectiveness. And what mattered the most was trust - people feeling psychologically safe to express ideas, share concerns, or ask tough questions openly.