Thoughts on HR

There are two things we see happen frequently in small businesses that result in management problems. The first is giving someone the title of manager but not empowering them with the responsibility to actually manage. The second is giving someone both the title and...

Unfortunately, there are countless situations of people being promoted to a position of authority without any training on effective management techniques. When that happens, many new supervisors default to an authoritative approach. They use fear and intimidation as management tactics, yet much of it stems from their own fear of being exposed as an unqualified manager.

The definition of a hostile work environment can sometimes seem pretty subjective. But as with many workplace situations, it’s all about perception to the employee. And as we all know, perception is reality, especially for the employee who feels they’ve been subjected to a hostile work environment.

This blog isn’t about harassment training and a long list of things that training should cover. It’s about the importance of talking to your employees about it and making sure your company culture doesn’t support it. It’s also important to recognize that harassment is...

In many of our previous blogs, we’ve talked about being clear, concise, and consistent when it comes to employee matters. The importance of precedent directly aligns with consistency. Precedent is a simple concept, although not always easy for employers to follow. It...

Many business owners and managers struggle with addressing employee behavior. That struggle often stems from a fear of conflict, whether that conflict is in confronting the individual employee or creating a larger issue of conflict within the organization as a whole....

WhyHR is pleased to welcome Brittany Anderson to our team! Brittany will be supporting clients on the administrative side to ensure that all employee HR files contain the necessary paperwork and signatures and are well organized. Ensuring employee files are organized...

For the past three years, this company has operated under the name Vanguard Results. Naming a business isn’t an easy task, and I chose something that personally resonated with me and the fact that I wanted to offer a new approach to small business human resources. On...

The performance improvement plan is an important tool for any manager in any company, but it’s often misunderstood. Is a PIP a form of disciplinary action? Yes, somewhat. Is it the form you fill out because you eventually want to terminate someone? No. A performance...

Today’s workforce can include up to five generations: traditionalists, baby boomers, generation X, millennials (aka generation Y), and generation Z. It comes as no surprise that those generations may have different work styles and be motivated by different things....