Looking for a way to motivate or incentivize employees to meet a goal or objective? Whether it’s sales, productivity, service, quality, teamwork, or just a change in behavior, incentive programs can be an effective tool to meet your organization’s needs and objectives. Here are the most important elements of an incentive program.
HR Guide to Summer in the Workplace
It’s that time of year again. Memorial Day signals the return of warm weather, summer activities, and plenty of HR and workplace issues from enforcing dress code and attendance policies to planning a company outing or event. This is your guide to managing summer in the workplace.
Majority of Local Employers Hiring New College Graduates
The results of the 2011 Intern & Recent Grad Pay Rates & Practices Survey, conducted by ERC and NOCHE, showed that slightly over two-thirds (67%) of Northeast Ohio employers were in the process of hiring or planning to hire new graduates for positions in their organizations. The widespread majority of employers hire these graduates for entry-level positions, though some organizations hire them for mid-level/non-supervisory roles.
6 Ways to Manage New ADA & Legal Changes
The final 2011 ADA regulations had important implications for HR and managers when managing employees’ medical conditions and impairments. Here are six ways we gave to strategically manage this issue in particular and other legal changes that may affect your business in the future.
ERC Partners with ADP
ERC has partnered with ADP, one of the world’s largest providers of business outsourcing solutions, to offer its members significant discounts on ADP’s Workforce Now solution. ERC members will receive the first month at no charge and 50% off implementation fees.
Growing Your Rising Stars
Your organization may have some rising stars – high achieving employees with the ability to move up in your organization and carry the demands of your organization’s most challenging and promising opportunities. You may love their work, think highly of their potential, but notice a few skills or abilities that need some development before promoting them to the next level. Here are a few ways to grow and engage your rising stars.
5 Common Management Challenges
Communication, management of conflict and performance, and management of potential liabilities are all challenges managers experience. Here are some practical ways to deal with these common management challenges and support and develop your managers.
University Hospitals Partners with ERC to Offer Member Discounts
University Hospitals, one of the nation’s leading health care systems, has partnered with ERC to offer significant discounts to its members.
3 Steps to a Great First Impression with New Hires
Remember your first day at your job? Did you feel excited? Did you feel welcome? Did you feel like the organization was prepared for your arrival and happy you were there? Or, did you leave that day with a serious case of “buyer’s remorse” thinking you made a terrible decision? Here are three simple steps to make sure you make a great first impression with your new hires!
4 Ways to Develop and Retain Leaders
Do you have some people in your organization who you might label as “high potential” or perhaps an “emerging leader”? If so, what are you doing to develop and retain those employees? If the answer is “nothing” or you’re not sure what you can or should do, here are a few ideas to consider.
Why Y? Working with Gen Y and Surviving
As generational research steams ahead and more and more gigabytes are collected, we are fast looking for answers to an age-old question. “Why are these young people so weird?” Wait! Did I say that? Yes, but just so you know, there are young people among us that have tattoos, pierced lips and tongues that are bright, multi-talented —and they don’t wear button down shirts!
10 Ways to Manage Pay & Performance
Most employees want the opportunity to earn more pay based on performance, but such initiatives can be difficult for employers to create and administer. Here are 10 things to consider when managing pay and performance.
