Hiring Temp Workers: 5 Legal Reminders

  Employing temporary or “temp” workers can often be a great way to fill vacancies in your business, but you’ll need to get your legal ducks in a row. Temps are often hired through staffing or “temp” agencies and may not be actual employees of your business. However, many companies have instituted temp-to-hire policies in which an employee has a short-term contract with that company which may lead to...

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Three of the Most Common Delegation Ah-ha’s

One of the biggest shifts that most rising leaders have to make is the shift from being the go-to person to someone who builds teams of go-to people.  As you take on more and more scope in your leadership role, you can’t continue to operate as the go-to person who acts as if you’re personally responsible for everything that happens. You need to be accountable and own the results but you can’t expect yourself to do everything that...

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4 Ways Leaders Can Create a Candid Culture

  When leaders want to create an open culture where people are willing to speak up and challenge one another, they often start by listening. This is a good instinct. But listening with your ears will only take you so far. You also need to demonstrate with words that you truly want people to raise risky issues. Take the former president of a major defense company, whom I will call Phil. No one at the 13,000-employee firm believed...

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