GUIDELINES FOR FIRING EMPLOYEES by Don Phin When employers ask if they can terminate employees, theyre really asking, If I fire them, can they sue me? Before y...

HELP YOUR EMPLOYEES HELP THEMSELVES by Don Phin More and more employers are discovering the advantages of helping employees through todays rough times. Don Phin explains...

Finding out if someone is truthful is an art, not a science. The best truth-detecting machine on the market, the polygraph, is illegal in the hiring process. Imagine if there were an invention that could detect the truth with 100% accuracy, as predicted by futurist James Halperin in The Truth Machine.

According to Dr. Rollin Glaser, a specific formula can be followed to improve employee performance. It affects five basic areas:
Goal setting
Delegating
Training and development
Coaching and counseling
Performance appraisal interviewing
Having litigated performance issues for the past 15 years, I can tell you that Glaser is right on the money. Let me touch on what he has to say about each of these subjects.

When asked, 99% of employers will give a former worker dates of employment. About one in three will say if the employee is...

Profit and control have been the driving themes of the manufacturing industry over the past 150 years. However, as we get deeper into the knowledge economy, we find both of these concepts evolving. The issue of profitability is turning into the issue of sustainability. The issue of control is turning into the issue of empowerment.

Over the years, we’ve stressed the benefits of having standard operating procedures (SOPs) for everything that a business does. As a reminder, here are nine reasons why SOPS make sense.

MANAGING DOWNSIZING, LAYOFFS, AND RIFS by Don Phin Many companies are facing the reality that they have no alternative to eliminating hours, reducing pay, or terminating employees nd...

Eventually, almost every employer after employer needs to deal hiring low wage earners who are seldom motivated toward high performance.

NOW THAT I'VE GOT THEM, HOW DO I KEEP THEM? by Don Phin Employee retention is an issue that affects every company. A host of factors have played a role in retention in recent years: hist...