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Address an Employee Sexual Harassment Complaint
Do you need to know how to address an employee sexual harassment complaint in your workplace? You can use these recommended steps to investigate sexual and all other forms of workplace harassment. Find out how.
Conduct a Simple Training Needs Assessment
Do you want to quickly understand the training needs of a group of employees who work similar jobs? Just gather the employees together and ask them. You'll be amazed at how effectively - and quickly - this recommended training needs assessment produces results.
Provide Feedback That Has an Impact
Want to know how to deliver feedback that has an impact with employees? You can make sure that your feedback has impact by carefully choosing your words and approach to avoid a defensive response. Find out how to give feedback.
Implement a Book Club at Work
Looking for an easy way to share information and develop employees at work? Form a book club in which a group of employees voluntarily read the same book. Combine the book reading with a regularly scheduled discussion meeting to double the impact of the book. Ask one employee to lead the discussion about the week's assigned chapter or two. Ask a second employee to lead the discussion about the relevance of the book's teachings to your organization. You'll magnify learning with a book club.
Receive Feedback With Grace and Dignity
Interested in hearing about how others view your work? Make it easy for them to tell you. If they think you'll appreciatively consider their feedback, you'll get lots more. And, that is good, really.
Spice Up Your Company Meeting: Ten Tips for Planning and Success
Are you the planner of the monthly or periodic company or department meeting? They can be deadly dull if you're not careful. You know the drill. A bunch of talking heads line up to give people important company information. People are interested, but the most effective meetings woo their attention with thought-provoking questions and answers, audio-visuals and participation. Learn more.
Manage the Perfect Project
Want to complete projects successfully - on-time, within budget, and involving the appropriate people to ensure integration? These project management steps will ensure you practice effective project management.
Develop Group Norms
The members of every team and work group develop particular ways of interacting with each other over time. Effective interpersonal communication among group members and successful communication with managers and employees external to the team are critical components of group functioning. With the potential power of the impact of these interactions on group success, why leave group member interaction to chance? Adopt group relationship guidelines or group norms early to ensure group success.