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Job Security is Dead; Reset Your Workplace with Radical Transparency - Workplace Coach Blog
Job security is dead; employees feel trapped; 81% worry about losing their jobs; 76% expect layoffs to rise.
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Revenge Quitting - Workplace Coach Blog
Revenge quitting—abrupt resignations paired with destructive behaviors—has become the latest workplace trend, and the damage is real. A 2024 survey of 2,300 employees reports that that nearly one out of every six employees had witnessed a coworker del
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The January Resignation Rush Is Upon Us - Workplace Coach Blog
The January Resignation Rush is coming. Research shows job applications surge 22% higher in January than the average month, https://www.worklife.news/talent/hr-leaders-brace-for-january-resignation-rush/.
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Quiet Vacationing: What’s the Real Story | Workplace Coach Blog
Quiet vacationing: What's the real story: employees pretending they're at work while they're really vacationing: the statistics and truth
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Employees Turn to AI in a Seismic Shift | Workplace Coach Blog
AI in the workplace: employees turn to AI in a seismic shift; the reality, the trends, the implications and the fears
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Employers and Employees Battle Over Employee Dissent on Gaza | Workplace Coach Blog
Employee dissent: employers & employees need to up their game; what employers are doing & need to do when employees speak out
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Employers, Can You Handle Gen Zers? If Not, Better Get Ready. | Workplace Coach Blog
Employers need to learn to manage/motivate Gen Z employees, who they view as difficult but who now outnumber Boomers. 4 strategies that work.
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Do Employers Need to Come to Grips with Employees’ Mental Health Struggles? | Workplace Coach Blog
Do employers need to come to grips with employees' mental health needs? Yes, because they're real & impact the workplace
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Escaping Golden Handcuffs | Workplace Coach Blog
Escaping golden handcuffs: you have the key for unlocking those handcuffs: use your analytical and people skills & create your future
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Unhappy Employees: Fix the Problem by Changing the Workplace | Workplace Coach Blog
Unhappy Employees: Fixing the Problem by Changing the Workplace: One employer and one employee at a time: 3 concrete strategies that work
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Unhappy Employees, An Essential Truth, and Solutions | Workplace Coach Blog
Unhappy employees, an essential truth, and solutions that work to increase employee engagement, motivation, productivity and retention
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The Israel/Hamas Conflict Rocks Our Workplace – Workplace Coach Blog
Question: I supervise a tight-knit team of professionals that work hard and play hard. To describe them as intense would be an understatement. They all care about current events and their heated discussions add spice to the workday. Even more important, t
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The Israel/Hamas Conflict Rocks Our Workplace – Workplace Coach Blog
Question: I supervise a tight-knit team of professionals that work hard and play hard. To describe them as intense would be an understatement. They all care about current events and their heated discussions add spice to the workday. Even more important, t
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Employee Works a 2nd Job and Works a Con on His Manager – Workplace Coach Blog
Question: I supervise a talented but difficult employee, whose performance has always been spotty but recently went downhill. Lately, “Scott” has dragged himself into the office every morning. He looks exhausted. His eyelids half-close during staff
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Employers: You Don’t Need to Bring Employees Back to the Office to Build a Culture | Workplace Coach Blog
Building a company culture with hybrid or remote employees: here's what leaders need to do and here's how to involve employees
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Employers: You Don’t Need to Bring Employees Back to the Office to Build a Culture | Workplace Coach Blog
Building a company culture with hybrid or remote employees: here's what leaders need to do and here's how to involve employees
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Employers: You Don’t Need to Bring Employees Back to the Office to Build a Culture | Workplace Coach Blog
Building a company culture with hybrid or remote employees: here's what leaders need to do and here's how to involve employees
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Is It Time You Rose To The Challenge? | Workplace Coach Blog
Is it time you rose to the challenge? Avoid the leadership vacuum. Address problems and bullies. Learn to handle conflict.
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Employees Forced to Return to the Office Quit–In Droves | Workplace Coach Blog
Employees forced to return to the office quit in droves. 3 questions employers need to ask themselves. Employers solutions.
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Workday Dead Zone & The Triple Peak Workday | Workplace Coach Blog
Employees have changed how they’re working—as wise employers race to catch up. Here’s what’s new: Workday dead zone Managers and …
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Workday Dead Zone & The Triple Peak Workday | Workplace Coach Blog
Employees have changed how they’re working—as wise employers race to catch up. Here’s what’s new: Workday dead zone Managers and …
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Workday Dead Zone & The Triple Peak Workday | Workplace Coach Blog
Employees have changed how they’re working—as wise employers race to catch up. Here’s what’s new: Workday dead zone Managers and …
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Workday Dead Zone & The Triple Peak Workday | Workplace Coach Blog
Employees have changed how they’re working—as wise employers race to catch up. Here’s what’s new: Workday dead zone Managers and …
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The Ex-employee Bandit | Workplace Coach Blog
The ex-employee bandit: a departing employee that walks out the door with the employer's client and computer files--what employers can do.
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The Ex-employee Bandit | Workplace Coach Blog
The ex-employee bandit: a departing employee that walks out the door with the employer's client and computer files--what employers can do.
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The Ex-employee Bandit | Workplace Coach Blog
The ex-employee bandit: a departing employee that walks out the door with the employer's client and computer files--what employers can do.
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Low Morale? Employees Lost Heart & Disengaged? Here’s How to Fix That with Team Building That Goes Beyond Rah-Rah
Low morale? Employees disengaged? Here's how to fix that with team-building activities that go beyond rah-rah to real.
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Special Free Access to the Managing for Accountability App | Workplace Coach Blog
Accountability: free access to the managing for accountability apps to the first 15 blog readers who have a wonderful use for the apps
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Special Free Access to the Managing for Accountability App | Workplace Coach Blog
Accountability: free access to the managing for accountability apps to the first 15 blog readers who have a wonderful use for the apps
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Special Free Access to the Managing for Accountability App | Workplace Coach Blog
Accountability: free access to the managing for accountability apps to the first 15 blog readers who have a wonderful use for the apps
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Delivering Bad News to Those Who Deserve It | Workplace Coach Blog
Disciplinary meetings: delivering bad news to problem employees: what delay costs you and how to effectively conduct meetings
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Noncompete Agreements: I signed one; can I break it? | Workplace Coach Blog
Noncompete agreement: I signed it; can I break it? How much legal trouble will I be in? Do employers need to panic? The changing laws.
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Confidentiality Agreements No More: It’s now safe to tell the truth about my ex-employer’s lies | Workplace Coach Bl
Confidentiality agreements no more: It's now safe to tell the truth about my ex-employer's lies: what's changed
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When Employees Need to Vent Because Management Messed Up…for more than a year | Workplace Coach Blog
Managing an employee venting session so it doesn't explode
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Remote Employees: Employee Dream, Employer Nightmare | Workplace Coach Blog
Remote employees: an employee dream that becomes an employer's nightmare, the real tax and liability issues and what you need to navigate
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Free Podcast on How to Build Accountability…In Yourself, In Your Employees | Workplace Coach Blog
Accountability: free podcast on how to create accountability in yourself, in others, on how accountability is a game changer
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Enticing Employees Back into the Office: 3 Strategic Employer Mistakes | Workplace Coach Blog
Return to the office: enticing employees back to the worksite: 3 strategic employer mistake that kill morale, productivity & retention
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Why Leaders Fail: A Cautionary Tale | Workplace Coach Blog
Why newly promoted leaders fail: a cautionary tale: the reality and what failing leaders can do before they resign or find themselves fired
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Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration
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The Signs of Potential Disaster Were Present at Walmart—Are They Present at Your Workplace? | Workplace Coach Blog
Workplace violence signs were present before the murders at Walmart; are they present in your workplace: here are 6 warning signs
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Guns in the Workplace | Workplace Coach Blog
Guns in the workplace, what you need to know...about your coworkers, your employer, and the reality you face
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Inflation’s Impact on Employees and the Workplace | Workplace Coach Blog
Inflation's impact on employees and the workplace: financial worries and other the stunning survey results
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Crises: 5 Key Take-aways for Employers | Workplace Coach Blog
Elon Musk's Twitter Crises: 5 Key Take-aways for Employers
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Digital Presenteeism: Faking You Care, Faking You’re Even There | Workplace Coach Blog
Digital Presenteeism: Faking You Care; Faking You're Even There; the trend, the costs, what employers, managers and employees need to do
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Tough Love—What if the manager needs it as well as the “star in his own mind” employee? | Workplace Coach Blog
tough love for an employee who's a star in his own mind and for a manager who's "had it"
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Employee Uses FMLA to Cover Drinking | Workplace Coach Blog
Alcoholic employee claims FMLA leave after calling in sick 2 to 3 Mondays a month.
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Surviving the Dreaded “You’re Fired” Interview | Workplace Coach Blog
How to terminate an employee: surviving the dreaded "you're fired" interview; how to prepare; what to do and say
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Firing Without Backfiring, Avoiding the Revenge of the Difficult, Fired Employee | Workplace Coach Blog
Firing without backfiring: avoiding the revenge of the difficult, fired employee: just cause; good faith and 22 questions
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Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration
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Signing Bonuses: A Wise Move? The advantages, disadvantages and how to make them work | Workplace Coach Blog
Signing bonuses: a wise move? Advantages, disadvantages & how to make them work --- and how to realize when an applicant has a better offer
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Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration
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Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration
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Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration
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I Smell Danger and So Should Your Boss | Workplace Coach Blog
Sexual assault or a pattern of sexual harassment can turn tragic and needs to be immediately investigated
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Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration
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Navigating Workplace & Life Challenges; Coaching & Inspiration
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College…No Longer the Golden Ticket for Employers or Employees | Workplace Coach Blog
college...no long the golden ticket for employers or employees, what kind of job can you get without a degree
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Employers are Hiring and Laying Off at the Same Time | Workplace Coach Blog
50% of employers are planning layoffs, yet many are hiring at the same time; here's whose laying off employees
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Quiet Quitting: The New “Just Say No” Employee Pushback | Workplace Coach Blog
Gone are the days when most employers could count on employees competing to go “above and beyond” to rise faster …
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Does Your Employer Have Long COVID; Check Out These Symptoms | Workplace Coach Blog
Does your employer have long COVID; check out these symptoms; and here's the treatment
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Are We Headed Into A Recession Or Not? The Answer May Surprise | Workplace Coach Blog
Are we headed into a recession or not? The answer may surprise...because the indicators don't mean what they once did.
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Laying Off Employees Who Don’t Expect It: consider the alternatives & don’t destroy morale | Workplace Coach Blog
Laying off employees who don't expect it: consider the alternatives; how to do it without destroying morale
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If You Want Your Business to Live, Consider This–And Get Your Father On Board | Workplace Coach Blog
Question I grew up working in our family’s business under my dad’s mentorship. I’ve learned a lot from him and …
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Post-pandemic Management: Employees Have Changed; Here’s What Employers Need to Figure Out | Workplace Coach Blog
post-pandemic workplace: employees have changed; here's what employees need to figure out & manager solutions
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Romance 2022: 3 Real-life potential hot messes | Workplace Coach Blog
Romance 2022: 3 real-life potential hot messages, the new workplace dynamics and the rules for employers and employees
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Love Contracts: Help for Hot Messes | Workplace Coach Blog
Love contracts: help for hot messes & a tool to handle perceived or potential sexual harassment situations
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A Crucial First Step Many Managers Forget To Take | Workplace Coach Blog
onboarding: a crucial first step many managers forget to take
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Accountability in the Workplace: a 1 hour session on how to create a thriving accountability culture | Workplace Coach Blog
Law Office Manager & Medical Office Manager have teamed together to sponsor this fast-paced 1-hour manager/leader briefing. Here’s what the …
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Recruiting Gen Z Employees? Employers, Change Your Ways. | Workplace Coach Blog
Recruiting Gen Z Employees? Employers Change Your Ways; here's what you need to realize & the changes you'll want to make in your recruiting
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Gen Z: Don’t Make Crucial Mistakes When Managing Them | Workplace Coach Blog
Gen Z: Managing Gen Z: What Works; What Doesn't
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Roe v. Wade in the Workplace | Workplace Coach Blog
Roe v. Wade in the Workplace, what to do when the discussion turns ugly
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CEO Tells the Truth About Why He Fired Two Senior Managers | Workplace Coach Blog
CEO tells the truth about what he learned about his company during the pandemic--that employees were the lifeblood
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We Just Fired Our CEO | Workplace Coach Blog
We just fired our CEO: five action steps; why CEO's become corrupt
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Caregiver Wipeout: Caught in a Vise Between My Employer’s Expectations and My Family’s Needs | Workplace Coach Blog
Caregiver Wipeout: Caught in a Vise Between My Employer’s Expectations and My Family’s Needs: what the laws say
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Betrayed by My Employer — How Can I Fight Back? | Workplace Coach Blog
Employer rolling back vaccine mandates. How you can fight back. The leverage you have.
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Employer/Contractor Win/Win Turns into a Lose | Workplace Coach Blog
Making employees into independent contractors poses risks -- here's how to understand the regulations
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It Isn’t the Pay; It’s What You Won’t Fix | Workplace Coach Blog
it isn't the pay that costing you employees in the great resignation; it's what you won't deal with
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Emoji Harassment | Workplace Coach Blog
Emoji harassment: what you didn't know; what it could mean to you
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Fallout Against Russian-born Employees | Workplace Coach Blog
Ukraine invasion fallout against Russian-born employees
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Remote employee moonlighting: opportunity for employees; challenge for employers | Workplace Coach Blog
Remote employee moonlighting: opportunity for employees; challenge for employers
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Restoring Trust in the Workplace: What managers can do to restore mutual trust that lasts for the long haul | Workplace Coach Blog
Restoring trust in the workplace: what managers can do to return mutual trust that lasts for the long haul
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Pay Attention to Internal Warning Signals & Red Flags | Workplace Coach Blog
New job landmines; pay attention to internal warning signals & red flags
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Fired For Using My Company’s Email During Non-Work Hours: Or Was There More to the Story? | Workplace Coach Blog
Fired for using my company's email during non-work hours, or was there more to the story?
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Are Remote Employees Second-class Citizens? | Workplace Coach Blog
Remote work can hurt your career -- here's how to fix that
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Omicron and the Supervisor as Duct Tape | Workplace Coach Blog
Omicron hits the workplace and supervisors have to duct tape the workplace together
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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on OSHA Vaccine-or-testing Rule: What employers need to know/do | Workplace Coach Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on OSHA vaccine mandate: what employers need to know and do now
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Winning the Talent War: What Employers Need to Understand | Workplace Coach Blog
winning the war for talent; solutions and strategies that enable employers to win
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Zoom and Doom CEO fires 900 Employees over Zoom . . . When Senior Managers Lie & What to Do ABout it | Workplace Coach Blog
Doom and Zoom CEO fires 900 employees in a 3 minute Zoom, what to do if you work for a senior manager who lies
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When Work Ethic Goes Too Far: An Important Story Hidden in the Mayfield Candle Factory Disaster | Workplace Coach Blog
workplace safety: an important story hidden in the mayfield candle factory disaster
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Is Your Harassment Policy Out-of-date?: Does it protect your remote workers? Does it ban trolling, doxing, and dogpiling? | Workplace Coach Blog
Online harassment. Hate speech. Doxing. Trolling. Is your harassment policy out of date? Does it protect your employees and your company?
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Religious Exemptions: A way out for employees or a tricky challenge for employers? | Workplace Coach Blog
Question: If I’m to believe the stack of religious exemptions on my desk, a miracle unfolded in our company last …
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Don’t Lose Your New Employees Their 1st Week: The Reality & Drama of New Job Remorse | Workplace Coach Blog
How to retain employees: don't lost your new employees their first week: the reality and drama of new employee job remorse
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A Surprising New View on the Risk Employers Take When Terminating Employees for Refusing Vaccines - Workplace Coach Blog
A surprising new view from an attorney on the risk employers take when terminating employees that refuse vaccinations
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How Employers Can Lure Employees Back to the Office - Workplace Coach Blog
How employers can lure back to the workplace; pragmatic suggestions employers & HR can implement today
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The Reality of Vaccine Mandates in the Workplace - Workplace Coach Blog
The reality of vaccine mandates in the workplace: the facts, the pros, the hows.
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Walk of Shame: How It Backfires - Workplace Coach Blog
Walk of shame & employee theft; how it backfires
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Is It True? Will Employees Resign Rather Than Get Vaccinated? - Workplace Coach Blog
Will employees resign rather than get vaccinated? Here's the truth and here's how you can find out the truth in your workplace.
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You Worked Remotely During the Pandemic…But Your Employer Says You Have to Come into the Office? Not So Fast. - Workplace Coach Blog
If you worked remotely during the pandemic, you may have grounds to insist you should still be allowed
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Can Employers Ask Applicants "Are You Vaccinated?" - Workplace Coach Blog
Can employers ask applicants "are you vaccinated?"--not before making the job offer
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When Your Daughter is Also Your Employee and About to Get Fired - Workplace Coach Blog
How do you fire you child in the family business, when you want her to inherit the business?
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You Worked Remotely During the Pandemic…But Your Employer Says You Have to Come into the Office? Not So Fast. - Workplace Coach Blog
If you worked remotely during the pandemic, you may have grounds to insist you should still be allowed
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Find Out What Your Employees Want—Before You Lose Them - Workplace Coach Blog
Escape the great resignation, find out what your employees want before you lose them.
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My Employer is Strong-arming Me to Get Vaccinated with a Pay Cut - Workplace Coach Blog
Are employer's insurance surcharges on unvaccinated employees fair?
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If You’re a Supervisor Writing Documentation, Watch What You Write—It Can Bite You - Workplace Coach Blog
If you're a manager writing documentation, watch what you write
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The #1 Mistake Managers Make When Disciplining Employees - Workplace Coach Blog
The most effective way to start a disciplinary meeting; IMPACT, make the employee care
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Fired Because I Won't Get Vaccinated - Workplace Coach Blog
firing unvaccinated employees: an employer's right
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That Glowing Reference? It's Fake. - Workplace Coach Blog
Fake resumes & fake references; the reality & the consequences
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We Suspect Our Employees Provided Us Fake Vaccination Cards - Workplace Coach Blog
Suspect you've received a fake vaccine card? How to tell & what to do.
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Smoking Gun: can I ignore it? - Workplace Coach Blog
If you investigate anonymous rumors you unload a smoking gun
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Time for a Game Change - Workplace Coach Blog
Game-changer: accountability: tools, tactics, and strategies
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Can I Be Fired for Admitting to My Boss I’m on the Job Market? - Workplace Coach Blog
Can I be fired for job hunting?
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Are We Making a Mistake to Require Employee Vaccinations? - Workplace Coach Blog
Can employers require employees to get vaccinated?
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What 5 attorneys, 21 business leaders, 6 HR professionals, 13 non-profit organization leaders and 4 authors say about Managing for Accountability - Workplace Coach Blog
Accountability in the workplace: a toolbox for managers, leaders and professionals
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Delta Variant: What Employers/Employees Need to Do Today - Workplace Coach Blog
You’ve heard. Now you need to act. If you had hoped the pandemic had faded away, you need to buckle …
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Documentation That Makes the Case The Employee Deserved to be Fired - Workplace Coach Blog
As an expert witness (qualified in Court in management best practices, HR, and workplace issues), I’m often handed documentation by …
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What Do You Mean You Gave My Job Away? - Workplace Coach Blog
When an employer gives away an employee's job after her daughter dies
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Can Employers Ask Me If I'm Vaccinated? Can Employers Decide Who to Hire Based on Vaccination Status? - Workplace Coach Blog
Can employers ask employee if they're vaccinated? Can they made employment decisions based on vaccination status?
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Delta Variant Fears Further Split the Workplace - Workplace Coach Blog
Delta variant feears create workplace tensions; employees need to intervene
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What you can do today & every day. - Workplace Coach Blog
Accountability is a choice for us and our leaders
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The Difference Accountability Makes - Workplace Coach Blog
Accountability and what it takes
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Netflix Fired 3 Executives for Slack Chat: More to the Story - Workplace Coach Blog
Netflix Fired 3 Executives for Slack Chat: Right? Wrong?
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You Love Being Your Own Boss: Tips for Finding Higher Quality, Better Paying Freelance Work - Workplace Coach Blog
Freelance success: tips for finding higher quality, better paying work
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CELEBRATE!: Managing for Accountability - Workplace Coach Blog
Leadership + managing for Accountability: the tools you need in one fast read
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Guns In Cars in the Parking Lot - Workplace Coach Blog
Can employers ban employees from having guns in their personal cars at work?
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Surfside Condo Disaster Reminds Us: When You Serve on a Board, You Hold Lives and Livelihoods In Your Hands - Workplace Coach Blog
Surfside Condo disaster reminds us when you serve on a board of directors, you hold people's lives in your hands
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I Fired Her Because She's Slow, But Now She's Sued. Can She Win? - Workplace Coach Blog
Can an employee who works slowly and has bad habits win a wrongful termination lawsuit?
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They've Tasted Freedom & Betrayal: the pandemic changed employees; can employers adapt? - Workplace Coach Blog
The pandemic changed employees; can managers adapt?
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Managing for Accountability: A Business Leader's Toolbox: pre-order price is $7 less than after 8/4/21 - Workplace Coach Blog
leadership: Managing for Accountability: a toolbox
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Performance Reviews: Dread Them? Ditch Them?Replace Them? - Workplace Coach Blog
performance reviews: dread them? ditch them? replace them? Here's what you need to know.
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My Employer Drew a Line in the Sand Against Remote Work - Workplace Coach Blog
Employee options when an employer insists on a return to the company worksite
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Who Misrepresented What? The Potential Cost of Leaving an Awful New Job - Workplace Coach Blog
Did the employee or the employer misrepresent? The cost of leaving an awful new job.
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Bullying and real and/or perceived retaliation compromises a community's vision - Workplace Coach Blog
workplace bullying and real &/or perceived retaliation compromises health care and a community's vision
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You Can Sue for Anything. Even When You're in the Wrong. - Workplace Coach Blog
Ex-employee sues her employer for firing her for racism after she acts in a racist manner
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Is the Problem You? - Workplace Coach Blog
manager training: is the problem you? 4 fixes
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No Love Lost: What Do Employers Need to Realize to Keep Employees Onboard? - Workplace Coach Blog
Employees are heading for the doors in droves. What do employers need to realize & what can they do?
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5 Steps for Addressing Workplace Bullying - Workplace Coach Blog
Workplace bullying costs. Here are 5 steps that effectively tackle workplace bullying.
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How Not to Hire a Narcissist - Workplace Coach Blog
How not to hire a narcissist, Signs & signals. 5 key strategies.
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The Competent Jerk: Managing a Top Performer Who Alienates His Coworkers - Workplace Coach Blog
Managing the competent jerk, getting him to change
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Finding Out Why Your Best Employees Are Quitting - Workplace Coach Blog
Finding out why your best employees are leaving: how to conduct a dynamite exit interview
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Can My Employer Make Me Get Vaccinated - Workplace Coach Blog
mandatory vaccination in the workplace, is it legal? what are the downsides?
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Manipulative Employee Trapped Me - Workplace Coach Blog
When a manipulative employee traps you, act to get out of the trap
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Trouble Unleashed: How to Resolve Conflicts in a Virtual, Remote Work Environment - Workplace Coach Blog
Virtual, remote workplaces can be petri dishes for conflict. Here's how to prevent/resolve virtual workplace conflict.
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Exciting Opportunity...How a Mental Health Organization Took the Ball and Ran - Workplace Coach Blog
Writing a stellar ad that attracts just the right applicant--and you can have free help too
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Bosses, Don't Let Yourself Be Tricked Into Firing the Wrong Employee - Workplace Coach Blog
Managerial decision-making when making firing decisions
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5 Action Steps for Regaining Trust - Workplace Coach Blog
When employees or coworkers no longer trust you, they don’t tell you. Why would they? They don’t trust how you …
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No Love Lost: Employees Head for the Doors - Workplace Coach Blog
Employees leaving their jobs in record numbers--employers need to "get it" and act fast?
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Attract & Hire Outstanding, Accountable Employees - Workplace Coach Blog
how to write ads that attract the best employees & 25% off coupon on Managing for Accountability
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A Terrific Applicant; A Hard-to-fill Position and an Outstanding Warrant - Workplace Coach Blog
When your #1 candidate has a warrant for her arrest AND you REALLY want to hire her
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Combatting Employee Isolation with Virtual Team-building - Workplace Coach Blog
Combatting employee isolation and disengagement with virtual team-building: 4 great options
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A Major Change & Accountability - Workplace Coach Blog
A major change and accountability; your 25% off coupon & why I'm posting 4 not 5 times weekly
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Resume Fraud: increasingly prevalent in today's virtual environment - Workplace Coach Blog
Resume fraud, increasingly common, and how you can protect yourself
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Vaccinated Employees Skirmish with Unvaccinated Coworkers - Workplace Coach Blog
Vaccinated v. nonvaccinated employees; what employers need to know
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Top Producer "Cracked Up": What To Do Now: An Employer’s Ability to Address Employee Stress Is Key to Success in 2021 - Workplace Coach Blog
Employer duty in handling employee mental health
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Alcoholic Manager Slams into Another’s Car: Can His Employer Continue Ignoring the Situation? - Workplace Coach Blog
Alcoholism in the workplace: rumors, problems, solutions
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Drunken Manager Shut Down Our Zoom Call - Workplace Coach Blog
Drinking Shut Down Our Zoom Call Question: We had to shut down our all-hands Zoom meeting three weeks ago when …
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Rule-breaking CEOs - Workplace Coach Blog
HR and CEO get into trouble when CEO doesn't follow company policy
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Conducting a Virtual Investigation: the landmines to avoid - Workplace Coach Blog
Conducting a virtual workplace investigation: what you need to know & landmines to watch for
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Mandatory COVID Vaccination: New Guidance & Update - Workplace Coach Blog
mandatory COVID vaccination: new guidance & update for employers & employees
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Managing Post-pandemic - Workplace Coach Blog
Managing post-pandemic, offer your employees location & schedule flexibility for their benefit and yours
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Performance Reviews: Dread Them? Ditch Them? Replace Them? - Workplace Coach Blog
Performance reviews; why don't they work and what's a GREAT alternative?
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If Your Employee Won't Admit the Truth, You Need To - Workplace Coach Blog
You know your employee tells little white lies; the ball's in your court, what do you do?
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COVID Vaccination Update—in light of the vaccine’s “Emergency Use Authorization” status - Workplace Coach Blog
Will COVID vaccination be mandatory in light of the contradiction between EEOC and FDA guidance?
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Many of Our Employees Refuse Vaccinations - Workplace Coach Blog
Should we make COVID vaccination mandatory? Many of our employees plan to refuse it.
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Can a prospective employer ask for a W-2 as proof of salary history? - Workplace Coach Blog
If a prospective employer asks you for a W-2, is it legal? How do you handle the question?
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Want to be a Great Supervisor: Do a 180: Coach - Workplace Coach Blog
If you want to be a great supervisor, become a trusted coach who respects employees
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How HR Shoots Itself in the Foot - Workplace Coach Blog
HR can help employees and organizations; except when it doesn't; here's how to turn that around
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Retention Strategies a "Must" During a COVID-19 - Workplace Coach Blog
Employee retention strategies are a must during COVID-19. Here are 5 specific tactics leaders need, along with specific information.
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Prove You Respect Your Employees & Their Investment in Your Company - Workplace Coach Blog
Employee development boosts employee engagement, productivity, profits, morale, and retention--discover ten no-cost/low cost methods for providing employees development opportunities.
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Lead Us Through This Mess: COVID-19 Leadership Truths - Workplace Coach Blog
COVID-19 requires leadership to inspire, communicate transparently, provide crisis plans, create trust and team
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Your Employees Know the Truth; Ask Them - Workplace Coach Blog
You know your company has problems; conduct skip-level meetings to get to the truth.
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A Christmas/New Year’s Surprise - Workplace Coach Blog
What's a gift you can give your employees that costs 0 but matters hugely & produces amazing long-term benefits: impact & habit of gratitude and reognition
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Flexibility: What Employees Want & Need for Christmas 2020 (Part 2) - Workplace Coach Blog
Employers & employees benefit from flexible work hours--it's a benefit that costs nothing but significantly increases employee satisfaction
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Mandatory COVID Vaccinations: The Rules - Workplace Coach Blog
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations: Here are the rules employers need to follow
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What Employees Really Want for Christmas - Workplace Coach Blog
Employee engagement and productivity; what employees really need during COVID-19
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When A Fired Employee Won't Move On, You Need To - Workplace Coach Blog
When a fired employee won't move on & continues to text your employees with lies, send her packing
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COVID-19 & First Responders: Work Comp: Justice or Injustice? - Workplace Coach Blog
COVID first responders & workers compensation: justice needed
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Suspect Telecommuting Employees of Passing Off Accidents as Covered Workers' Compensation Injuries - Workplace Coach Blog
Employer protection against fradulent workers' compensation claims by tele-commuting employees
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Zero-tolerance: Can You Afford It? - Workplace Coach Blog
Zero-tolerance policies in employee handbooks--the benefits, the risks.
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The Job Applicant Scammed You: You Let It Happen - Workplace Coach Blog
Reference checking job applicants so you won't make hiring mistakes
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Suspect Our Employee of Lying to Get Extra Time Off; Can We Fire Him Without Proof? - Workplace Coach Blog
Your employee lies about COVID to get extra leave. Can you fire him or do you need proof?
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Don’t write a positive reference for a problem employee; instead... - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: After an investigation, we fired one of our employees for threatening and stalking two co-workers. He now demands a …
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Employees Stage a Thanksgiving Rebellion - Workplace Coach Blog
Employer policies & holiday celebrations
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Can We Use a Contact Tracing App to Protect Our Business & Employees? - Workplace Coach Blog
Using a contact tracing app; what you need to know as an employer or employee
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We Suspect Drug Addiction in a Top Producer - Workplace Coach Blog
Handing a senior manager who may be a drug addict
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Getting the Truth From Job Applicants - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: Every job applicant I’ve interviewed in the last ten days claims to be a “team player” and “motivated by …
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Dueling Managers Clash; Everyone Else Is Caught in the Cross-fire - Workplace Coach Blog
Mediating clashing supervisors
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We have two flawed managers, which one should we promote? - Workplace Coach Blog
You can't promote a flawed maanger unless you fix him/her
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Manager Secretly Works a 2nd Job During Paid Work Hours - Workplace Coach Blog
Manager secretly moonlights/daylights; can he be fired?
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Employee Political Dispute Escalates to Danger Level - Workplace Coach Blog
Political discussion in the workplace; employee rights & employer duty
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Tattoos are Us - Workplace Coach Blog
Tattoos and body art; do you want to discriminate against employees with tattoos?
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Can't Stand 2 More Weeks of This Supervisor - Workplace Coach Blog
How to get a great new job, when you suddenly quit.
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Meetings Are Us - Workplace Coach Blog
If you dread meetings–attending them, hosting them–and long for meetings to become more than a necessary evil, you can make …
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Twilight Ethics - Workplace Coach Blog
Ethical breaches. What do they cost? Can you afford yours?
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Do Employer Owe Employees Paid Sick Leave When They Self-Quarantine - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: After I spent a weekend bar hoping, I felt remorseful, and self-quarantined so I wouldn’t bring COVID into my …
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I've Been Told Never To Fire An Employee On A Friday; But I Really, Really Want to - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: I’ve been told to never to fire an employee on Friday, but I really don’t want this employee back …
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My Employer's Shenanigans Cost Me My Job - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: After coronavirus hit, my employer changed a dozen of us to contractor status. None of us understood why or …
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My Co-worker Cyberstalks Potential Hire, Looking for Dirt - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: According to rumor, one of my co-workers conducts unauthorized criminal background investigations on prospective employees without their knowledge or …
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Be a Coach, Not a Supervisor; Here's What It Takes - Workplace Coach Blog
Be a coach, not a supervisor What’s the difference between coaching and supervising? Most of us value those who coach …
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Managing a Team When You Have No Firing Authority - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: I supervise 15 employees, the largest crew in our company. I’m expected to handle employees who don’t show up …
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My Boss Refuses to Wear a Face Mask - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: In past weeks, it’s just been four or five us in the office. Two of us wear masks when …
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Are Post-Accident Painkillers Causing a Star Employee to Make Errors? - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: One of my top employees, “Mary,” was rear-ended at a stop light three months ago and suffered from whiplash …
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I Don't Want to Wear a Face Mask; Can My Employer Make Me? - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: My employer’s “back to the office” email informs us we’re required to wear face masks anytime we’re not at …
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Am I Safe When I Tell the Truth About My Manager’s Flaws on a Survey Monkey Survey - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: I raised allegedly confidential concerns about my former manager’s behavior last year. After that, I felt like I had …
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Does My Employer Have to Pay My Office Expenses? Are They Liable for My Safety? - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: COVID19 has caused employers large and small to require the employers work from home rather than their employer’s worksites. …
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Employees & Their Families Sue Employers Over COVID-19 Exposure - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: My partner and I have owned and operated our business for twenty-three years. When the pandemic first hit, we …
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Employees Push Back Against Returning to Work, Choosing Unemployment - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: We didn’t expect the pushback we got from two of our furloughed employees when we called them back to …
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Your Company's Culture - Truth or Lie? - Workplace Coach Blog
You feel it the moment you enter the organization. Ask employees “what’s it like around here?” and they confirm the …
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Employees Could Take A Company Down During COVID - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: Our small business is hanging on by a shoestring. Three of our employees attended a fourth of July barbecue. None of them wore masks. Another barbeque guest was COVID-infected. One after another each of our employees became become ill, forcing m
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It's Official: Exciting news:) - Workplace Coach Blog
It’s official: I’ve agreed with the high-quality publisher Business Expert Press to write 3 books: Managing for Accountability: A tool box for business executives and owners; Reality-based Management: How to use five key performance tools to p
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6 ?s to Answer Before Returning Your Workplace to a "New Normal" - Workplace Coach Blog
You’ve been operating your company with a skeleton crew. In less than ten days, you plan to resume “new-normal” operations. Before you welcome your furloughed employees back to the workplace, make sure you can answer these six questions. Can you imp
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Can My Employer Fire Me For Going to a Bar or Do I Have Any Freedom Left? - Workplace Coach Blog
Question: My employer sent a two-part email to every employee last week. “As you know we’ve had a local spike in COVID-19 infections. The health department has provided a list of the establishments, primarily bars, where COVID-19 individuals spent ext
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Darth Vaders & Toxic Employees - Workplace Coach Blog
In the end, it may not be the pandemic, a bad economy or tough competition that takes your company down, it might be a handful of managers and employees who make everyone else miserable. You’ve met them. “Darth” who doesn’t hesitate to offer caust
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Employee Fakes COVID To Get 2 Weeks Off - Workplace Coach Blog
When your employee or coworker calls to let you know he tested positive for COVID, you respond immediately with sympathy and worry, and then spring into action and offer what help you can. If you are his employer, you tell your employee to take care of hi
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COVID-19: How to Create a New Normal | Workplace Coach Blog
Join Dr. Lynne Curry as she helps explain how to create a new normal in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How to Make Layoffs with Heart: Three Questions | Workplace Coach Blog
Join Dr. Lynne Curry as she helps three different people understand how to make layoffs with heart.
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Who's the REAL person? - Workplace Coach Blog
You thought the job applicant knocked it out of the park with his resume and his answers to your interview questions. You interviewed the references he provided. Do you make the offer? Not so fast. Have you checked out the real person behind the resume an
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Whipsawed: Navigating the mask-wearing minefield between customers: for business owners/employees - Workplace Coach Blog
The mask-wearing/not-wearing minefield %
