Employee Relations Articles

Doing some research to find the compensation sweet spot will retain great workers without breaking the bank

Kansas’ Pat the Plumber was a young company but growing quickly when the 2008 recession hit. When it was profiled in Cleaner magazine in 2011, it was still in the early stages of overcoming that setback. The years of perseverance ended up paying off.

Contractor relies on the latest and greatest technology to provide a range of options for customers’ problems.

Frequent conversations with employees about performance and plans for the future will help your company.

You want to retain good employees, not see them leave. But if it does happen to you, here’s some advice on how to best respond.

Here are three strategies for making your organization a place where people want to come to work

If you want happy and productive workers, avoid these sometimes trite, oftentimes dismissive phrases and take a more direct approach to communication

If you’re lucky, your office and field employees get along naturally and you’ve never had to actively work to develop that relationship. Here are some tips on how to improve it if that’s not the case.

Do you want workers who will give their all every day? Get back to the basics of treating people with respect and recognize it when they do something to help the company.

Your business can benefit from a culture of candor that allows opinions to be heard.

These strategies can help your employees develop the type of buy-in you had when first launching your company

With the right strategy, a high level of employee turnover doesn’t have to be inevitable.

Finding a mentor or being one are ways to grow your career and help improve the company overall

Washington's Greenfield Services does all it can to make employees feel like they're part of a team