Protecting Your Employees from the Flu
According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the flu contributes to roughly 111 million lost workdays every season and nearly $7 billion in sick days and lost productivity. As a human resource (HR) manager, you can reduce these instances by taking extra precautions around the office to protect your employees from the...
Award Banquet Planning Guide
Staying organized and maintaining clear communication are the keys to planning a successful award banquet. Just think about the last time you went to a poorly-planned event—perhaps the caterer ran out of food, or maybe the venue couldn’t accommodate all of the guests. For a company event, an unorganized award banquet can be frustrating for...
Corporate Gift Ideas for Employees
Now that we’ve entered into Q4 it’s time to start thinking about annual reviews. What are you planning to do this year to recognize your employees? Perhaps you’re giving out raises or maybe you’d like to recognize your top salesperson with an award. Whatever your budget allows, we have some great corporate gift ideas starting...
Handling Difficult Situations & Workplace Conflict
Not all workplace behaviors are appropriate, and if you’re in a managerial role or human resource position, at some point you’ll have to address the problem with your employee(s). Sometimes personal hygiene is lacking or an employee’s work attire is not professional—and what about the workplace coquetry and harassment conflicts? It’s not always easy handling...
Maryam Mirzakhani: The First Woman to Win the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”
The Fields Medal, more commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize of mathematics, is a prestigious honor awarded every four years to “recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.” For the first time since the award’s inception more than 75 years ago, the recipient of the 2014 Fields...