Category: Learning & Development

HR managers get blindsided often enough, but that shouldn’t happen with retaliation claims, says attorney Judith A. Moldover, because you can see them coming. Who feels good about someone complaining about them? No one, so it’s simply human nature to retaliate, says attorney Judith Muldover of the New York City law firm of Ford and […]

In yesterday’s Advisor, we shared common mistakes supervisors make. Today, more tips and an introduction to a supervisor training system that teaches supervisors how to discipline—and do 49 other tasks. In addition to those presented yesterday, Jonathan Segal, a partner with Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen in Philadelphia, offers two more common mistakes supervisors make, […]

Everyone agrees that supervisors need to document their HR actions, but many have writers’ block. Just remember, says attorney Jonathan Segal, you didn’t hire them for this skill. Here are common mistakes, and ideas for doing it better. The hardest part of writing a discipline memo is writing the first sentence, so give your supervisors […]

By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady Virtually all HR and safety training material you’d ever need, as often as you need, at one low flat fee. That’s BLR’s new Employee Training Center. CEO Bob Brady gives you the details. Since the day I founded BLR in 1977, I’ve known employee training to be a […]

In real estate, it’s location, location, location, and in HR, it’s document, document, document. Yes, it’s the most-hackneyed saying in the history of HR, but it’s still the most important. Time after time, lawsuits are lost or settled because documentation doesn’t exist or is inadequate, inaccurate, or doesn’t support management’s statements. Somehow, you need to […]

Managers often want to know why they need documentation to fire an “at-will” employee. Simple, says today’s expert. Without it, you can end up in court explaining why your managers are so stupid that they fire people for no reason. In theory, with at-will employees, either party can terminate the employment arrangement: At any time […]

Help, no kidding. New supervisors are in for a great ride, but if you don’t train them well—and fast—they’re going to crash and burn. Here are tips and news about a new audio conference especially for new supervisors. Last issue we posed 9 problem areas for new supervisors and promised that today, we’d offer some […]

There are few times in business as treacherous as the first few months for new supervisors. They have new-found power and are eager to do the right thing—but they don’t know what it is. Pity the new supervisor. Sometimes they do the wrong thing, because they think they have to do something, and sometimes they […]

Last Advisor, we talked about 7 things not to say; today we’ll cover 3 things supervisors should say, and tell you about a new audio conference that will keep you, your supervisors, and your managers from saying “stupid things.” “Gee, I never knew that.” “Where does it say I was supposed to do that?” Aren’t […]

Supervisors and managers with the best of intentions say the worst possible things. Some are said out of concern and some out of a desire to “act like a manager.” But they’re all dangerous. Here’s a rogues’ gallery of 7 of the most troublesome. 1) I think you’re depressed. Shouldn’t you see somebody? Comments like […]