How Should I Deal With A Difficult Subordinate?

Difficult Employee

“What do you do when your subordinate suddenly does not ask questions, avoids speaking to you would rather seek answers from your colleague? When I asked, she said that I’m nit-picky, my standards are too high and I ask too many questions. She prefers very minimal supervision and abhors protocol.” You have a subordinate not [...]

Tips For Conducting Phone Interviews

Telephone Interview

If your company is experiencing a high-growth stage, or a temporary or crisis-hiring situation and you plan to run an advertisement with your phone number for immediate contact, you need to train your HR department how to adequately handle the onslaught of inquiries the ad will generate. If the representative answering your calls is not [...]

Proper Steps To Firing An Employee Legally

Fired Employee

Raise your hand if you set up shop chomping at the bit to show off your growth and success by hiring your very first employee? Anyone? For me, hiring employee number one smashed the achievement barricade I established for my bricks-and-mortar business – and announced to the world that my venture had not only “made [...]