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They've Tasted Freedom & Betrayal: the pandemic changed employees; can employers adapt? - Workplace Coach Blog

The pandemic changed employees; can managers adapt?

The employees who returned to the worksite after the pandemic aren't the same employees who left--what do managers need to do differently?

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Managing for Accountability: A Business Leader's Toolbox: pre-order price is $7 less than after 8/4/21 - Workplace Coach Blog

leadership: Managing for Accountability: a toolbox

Managing for Accountability: tools, strategies, solutions

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Performance Reviews: Dread Them? Ditch Them?Replace Them? - Workplace Coach Blog

performance reviews: dread them? ditch them? replace them? Here's what you need to know.

Performance Reviews: Dread them? Ditch them? Replace them? PR weaknesses & how to fix them.

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My Employer Drew a Line in the Sand Against Remote Work - Workplace Coach Blog

Employee options when an employer insists on a return to the company worksite

Why employers want employees back in the office; how to reach a middle ground.

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Who Misrepresented What? The Potential Cost of Leaving an Awful New Job - Workplace Coach Blog

Did the employee or the employer misrepresent? The cost of leaving an awful new job.

The power of a payback agreement

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Bullying and real and/or perceived retaliation compromises a community's vision - Workplace Coach Blog

workplace bullying and real &/or perceived retaliation compromises health care and a community's vision

A real life story, now page A-3 of the newspaper.

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You Can Sue for Anything. Even When You're in the Wrong. - Workplace Coach Blog

Ex-employee sues her employer for firing her for racism after she acts in a racist manner

Ex-employees can sue for anything, even when they're wrong. But can they win. https://bit.ly/3yTgfVh

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Is the Problem You? - Workplace Coach Blog

manager training: is the problem you? 4 fixes

Management truths

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No Love Lost: What Do Employers Need to Realize to Keep Employees Onboard? - Workplace Coach Blog

Employees are heading for the doors in droves. What do employers need to realize & what can they do?

How to stop your best employees from quitting.

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5 Steps for Addressing Workplace Bullying - Workplace Coach Blog

Workplace bullying costs. Here are 5 steps that effectively tackle workplace bullying.

5 effective steps for addressing workplace bullying & how it pays off

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How Not to Hire a Narcissist - Workplace Coach Blog

How not to hire a narcissist, Signs & signals. 5 key strategies.

How not to hire a narcissist, clues that narcissism exists, effective strategies for not hiring a narcissist

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The Competent Jerk: Managing a Top Performer Who Alienates His Coworkers - Workplace Coach Blog

Managing the competent jerk, getting him to change

How to manage the "competent jerk": a top performer who alienates his coworkers

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Finding Out Why Your Best Employees Are Quitting - Workplace Coach Blog

Finding out why your best employees are leaving: how to conduct a dynamite exit interview

Finding out why your best employees are leaving, how to make exit interviews pay off.

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Can My Employer Make Me Get Vaccinated - Workplace Coach Blog

mandatory vaccination in the workplace, is it legal? what are the downsides?

Can an employer require vaccinations? What do employers need to understand because taking that leap?

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Manipulative Employee Trapped Me - Workplace Coach Blog

When a manipulative employee traps you, act to get out of the trap

Manipulative employee believes he has you over a barrel, should you end it and how?

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Trouble Unleashed: How to Resolve Conflicts in a Virtual, Remote Work Environment - Workplace Coach Blog

Virtual, remote workplaces can be petri dishes for conflict. Here's how to prevent/resolve virtual workplace conflict.

8 fixes for conflict in a remote, virtual work environment

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Accountability, a game changer. Accountable employees do what they say they will, and more.

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Exciting Opportunity...How a Mental Health Organization Took the Ball and Ran - Workplace Coach Blog

Writing a stellar ad that attracts just the right applicant--and you can have free help too

When your company needs the very best A+ candidates -- including those not even considering your job postings.

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Bosses, Don't Let Yourself Be Tricked Into Firing the Wrong Employee - Workplace Coach Blog

Managerial decision-making when making firing decisions

When one employee sets up another, watch out

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5 Action Steps for Regaining Trust - Workplace Coach Blog

When employees or coworkers no longer trust you, they don’t tell you. Why would they? They don’t trust how you …

Your best employees leaving. Employee morale & productivity @ all time lows. 5 action steps to turn it around.

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No Love Lost: Employees Head for the Doors - Workplace Coach Blog

Employees leaving their jobs in record numbers--employers need to "get it" and act fast?

The tsunami of employees heading for the door; here's how to get ahead of the problem so you can retain your best employees.

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Attract & Hire Outstanding, Accountable Employees - Workplace Coach Blog

how to write ads that attract the best employees & 25% off coupon on Managing for Accountability

Fixing your job postings & ads to attract the most outstanding and accountable employees, plus a 25% off coupon on Managing for Accountability

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A Terrific Applicant; A Hard-to-fill Position and an Outstanding Warrant - Workplace Coach Blog

When your #1 candidate has a warrant for her arrest AND you REALLY want to hire her

Employer strategy when a perfect job candidate has an outstanding warrant against her.

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Combatting Employee Isolation with Virtual Team-building - Workplace Coach Blog

Combatting employee isolation and disengagement with virtual team-building: 4 great options

Virtual team-building: here's why & here's how -- 4 amazing options.

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A Major Change & Accountability - Workplace Coach Blog

A major change and accountability; your 25% off coupon & why I'm posting 4 not 5 times weekly

Employees that are all in, invested in your company; accountability is a choice, a decisions -- here's a roadmap to make that happen

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Resume Fraud: increasingly prevalent in today's virtual environment - Workplace Coach Blog

Resume fraud, increasingly common, and how you can protect yourself

Resume fraud. Increasingly prevalent. How employers can protect themselves.

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Vaccinated Employees Skirmish with Unvaccinated Coworkers - Workplace Coach Blog

Vaccinated v. nonvaccinated employees; what employers need to know

Vaccinated employees skirmish with unvaccinated employees -- over masks & distancing -- what the CDC now recommends & doesn't in terms of loosening safety protocols

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Top Producer "Cracked Up": What To Do Now: An Employer’s Ability to Address Employee Stress Is Key to Success in 2021 - Workplace Coach Blog

Employer duty in handling employee mental health

Employee stress, anxiety, depression, mental illness: an employer's potential solutions.

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Alcoholic Manager Slams into Another’s Car: Can His Employer Continue Ignoring the Situation? - Workplace Coach Blog

Alcoholism in the workplace: rumors, problems, solutions

Handling the alcoholic employee: solutions, risks, challenges.

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Drunken Manager Shut Down Our Zoom Call - Workplace Coach Blog

Drinking Shut Down Our Zoom Call Question: We had to shut down our all-hands Zoom meeting three weeks ago when …

On-the-job drinking radically increased during the pandemic; here's the reality & what yu can do

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Rule-breaking CEOs - Workplace Coach Blog

HR and CEO get into trouble when CEO doesn't follow company policy

When CEOs and principals violate their own policies, what happens? Especially if it's talking on a cell phone while driving?

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Conducting a Virtual Investigation: the landmines to avoid - Workplace Coach Blog

Conducting a virtual workplace investigation: what you need to know & landmines to watch for

Conducting virtual rather than in-person investigations. Can it be done? Landmines to avoid.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination: New Guidance & Update - Workplace Coach Blog

mandatory COVID vaccination: new guidance & update for employers & employees

New guidance 2/8/21 for employers re: mandatory COVID vaccinations

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Managing Post-pandemic - Workplace Coach Blog

Managing post-pandemic, offer your employees location & schedule flexibility for their benefit and yours

Managing post-pandemic; giving employees flexibility/employer/business results & benefits; managing in 2021; remote workers.

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Performance Reviews: Dread Them? Ditch Them? Replace Them? - Workplace Coach Blog

Performance reviews; why don't they work and what's a GREAT alternative?

Performance Reviews: Dread Them, Ditch Them, Replace Them, what are your thoughts & what have you done to fix them, change them, use alternatives?

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If Your Employee Won't Admit the Truth, You Need To - Workplace Coach Blog

You know your employee tells little white lies; the ball's in your court, what do you do?

You've invested time & money in this employee, is it time to call it quits? Can you trust him?

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COVID Vaccination Update—in light of the vaccine’s “Emergency Use Authorization” status - Workplace Coach Blog

Will COVID vaccination be mandatory in light of the contradiction between EEOC and FDA guidance?

News employers/business owners need to have re: COVID vaccinations (& my 3rd post on this intricate topic).

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Many of Our Employees Refuse Vaccinations - Workplace Coach Blog

Should we make COVID vaccination mandatory? Many of our employees plan to refuse it.

What can/should you do when your employees refuse to get vaccinated? What are the legal pros/cons?

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Can a prospective employer ask for a W-2 as proof of salary history? - Workplace Coach Blog

If a prospective employer asks you for a W-2, is it legal? How do you handle the question?

As an employer can you ask for an employee's prior W-2 to verify salary & work history? What are the risks? If you're an employee, how do you handle the question/request?

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Want to be a Great Supervisor: Do a 180: Coach - Workplace Coach Blog

If you want to be a great supervisor, become a trusted coach who respects employees

Strategies that make good supervisors outstanding: coaching skills

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How HR Shoots Itself in the Foot - Workplace Coach Blog

HR can help employees and organizations; except when it doesn't; here's how to turn that around

Everything HR could and should do.

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Retention Strategies a "Must" During a COVID-19 - Workplace Coach Blog

Employee retention strategies are a must during COVID-19. Here are 5 specific tactics leaders need, along with specific information.

Retention during a pandemic or another crisis: here's how and why to do it.

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Prove You Respect Your Employees & Their Investment in Your Company - Workplace Coach Blog

Employee development boosts employee engagement, productivity, profits, morale, and retention--discover ten no-cost/low cost methods for providing employees development opportunities.

10 easy ways to give your employees professional development & reap the benefits yourself: loyalty, retention, productivity, succession planning, employee engagement

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Lead Us Through This Mess: COVID-19 Leadership Truths - Workplace Coach Blog

COVID-19 requires leadership to inspire, communicate transparently, provide crisis plans, create trust and team

Lead us through this mess, leadership truths for navigating the pandemic: trust, transparency, crisis planning, communication, team

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Your Employees Know the Truth; Ask Them - Workplace Coach Blog

You know your company has problems; conduct skip-level meetings to get to the truth.

A terrific way to learn the truth, build morale, inspire employees, fix problems not yet on your radar before they harm productivity or cost you employees.

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A Christmas/New Year’s Surprise - Workplace Coach Blog

What's a gift you can give your employees that costs 0 but matters hugely & produces amazing long-term benefits: impact & habit of gratitude and reognition

Give your employees a welcome Christmas/New Year's surprise, recognize who & what they are & what they do & say thanks! It costs nothing & you & they reap long-term benefits

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Flexibility: What Employees Want & Need for Christmas 2020 (Part 2) - Workplace Coach Blog

Employers & employees benefit from flexible work hours--it's a benefit that costs nothing but significantly increases employee satisfaction

Employee engagement & motivation; retention; an employer strategy that costs $0 & reap savings

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Mandatory COVID Vaccinations: The Rules - Workplace Coach Blog

Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations: Here are the rules employers need to follow

Mandatory COVID Vaccinations: what you need to know as an employer/employee/business owner

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What Employees Really Want for Christmas - Workplace Coach Blog

Employee engagement and productivity; what employees really need during COVID-19

Are you giving your employees what they want & need for engagement & productivity?

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When A Fired Employee Won't Move On, You Need To - Workplace Coach Blog

When a fired employee won't move on & continues to text your employees with lies, send her packing

Former employee haunts you after you fire her for cause

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COVID-19 & First Responders: Work Comp: Justice or Injustice? - Workplace Coach Blog

COVID first responders & workers compensation: justice needed

I wrote this for first responders, after a physician and a nurse emailed me, would love to hear your thoughts & comments.

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Suspect Telecommuting Employees of Passing Off Accidents as Covered Workers' Compensation Injuries - Workplace Coach Blog

Employer protection against fradulent workers' compensation claims by tele-commuting employees

Suspect telecommuting employees of passing off accidents as covered workers' compensation accidents

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Zero-tolerance: Can You Afford It? - Workplace Coach Blog

Zero-tolerance policies in employee handbooks--the benefits, the risks.

Zero tolerance policies for drug abuse, violence, guns; can you afford the risks or is there a better way?

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The Job Applicant Scammed You: You Let It Happen - Workplace Coach Blog

Reference checking job applicants so you won't make hiring mistakes

Finding the truth from job applicants; relying on reference letters & learning they're fakes; resume fraud.

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Suspect Our Employee of Lying to Get Extra Time Off; Can We Fire Him Without Proof? - Workplace Coach Blog

Your employee lies about COVID to get extra leave. Can you fire him or do you need proof?

Can you fire an employee you suspect of lying to you about a friend's COVID to secure extra vacation?

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Don’t write a positive reference for a problem employee; instead... - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: After an investigation, we fired one of our employees for threatening and stalking two co-workers. He now demands a …

He's violent to the level you're scared of him; he demands a better reference letter than you've written, what is your best way through?

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Employees Stage a Thanksgiving Rebellion - Workplace Coach Blog

Employer policies & holiday celebrations

Will COVID surge after Thanksgiving. What policies can managers set to protect the workplace.

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Can We Use a Contact Tracing App to Protect Our Business & Employees? - Workplace Coach Blog

Using a contact tracing app; what you need to know as an employer or employee

Employers struggling to protect their workplace consider contact tracing apps: what are the risks & the precautions?

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We Suspect Drug Addiction in a Top Producer - Workplace Coach Blog

Handing a senior manager who may be a drug addict

How can HR or an employer fix the problem if a top producer uses drugs?

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Getting the Truth From Job Applicants - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: Every job applicant I’ve interviewed in the last ten days claims to be a “team player” and “motivated by …

Interview questions that help managers select employees who handle challenge & are team-players

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Dueling Managers Clash; Everyone Else Is Caught in the Cross-fire - Workplace Coach Blog

Mediating clashing supervisors

Dueling supervisors clash & everyone lives with it, until one person decided enough is enough#

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We have two flawed managers, which one should we promote? - Workplace Coach Blog

You can't promote a flawed maanger unless you fix him/her

The problems w/ micromanagers & overly easy-going managers & a solid strategy for determining who to promote.

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Manager Secretly Works a 2nd Job During Paid Work Hours - Workplace Coach Blog

Manager secretly moonlights/daylights; can he be fired?

Moonlighting & daylighting; manager lacks integrity & secretly works a 2nd job; we suspect him, can we fire him without pushback or risk?

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Employee Political Dispute Escalates to Danger Level - Workplace Coach Blog

Political discussion in the workplace; employee rights & employer duty

Political discussions @ work? Who's at fault when employee political discussions turn into a brawl? What policies can employers use?

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Tattoos are Us - Workplace Coach Blog

Tattoos and body art; do you want to discriminate against employees with tattoos?

You don't like tattoos? Does that mean you won't hire someone with a tattoo? What if that costs you a great employee?

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Can't Stand 2 More Weeks of This Supervisor - Workplace Coach Blog

How to get a great new job, when you suddenly quit.

Can an employee leave without 2 weeks' notice & claim the workplace was so intolerable that s/he had no choice?

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Meetings Are Us - Workplace Coach Blog

If you dread meetings–attending them, hosting them–and long for meetings to become more than a necessary evil, you can make …

If you dread meetings–attending them, hosting them–and long for meetings to become more than a necessary evil, you can make it happen. Last Thursday and Friday, I hosted a two-day, fifteen-hour meeting that the seventeen attendees said “zoomed by,” “was fun, kept me engaged the entire time;” and “made an hour seem like five minutes.” Here’s how we did it.

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Twilight Ethics - Workplace Coach Blog

Ethical breaches. What do they cost? Can you afford yours?

Ethics in the workplace -- what's the cost to the person who shaves the truth?

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Do Employer Owe Employees Paid Sick Leave When They Self-Quarantine - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: After I spent a weekend bar hoping, I felt remorseful, and self-quarantined so I wouldn’t bring COVID into my …

An employee makes high-risk choices, then does the right thing & stays home; does his employer owe him paid sick leave?

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I've Been Told Never To Fire An Employee On A Friday; But I Really, Really Want to - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I’ve been told to never to fire an employee on Friday, but I really don’t want this employee back …

Should you fire an employee on a Friday, or not? What are the risks? The reasons?

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My Employer's Shenanigans Cost Me My Job - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: After coronavirus hit, my employer changed a dozen of us to contractor status. None of us understood why or …

Can employers turn employees into contractors? What risks do they take? Was this cost-savings or something more?

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My Co-worker Cyberstalks Potential Hire, Looking for Dirt - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: According to rumor, one of my co-workers conducts unauthorized criminal background investigations on prospective employees without their knowledge or …

Does it place an employer @ risk when one of their employees cyberstalks prospective hires on provides the "scoop" to the employer's hiring managers?

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Be a Coach, Not a Supervisor; Here's What It Takes - Workplace Coach Blog

Be a coach, not a supervisor What’s the difference between coaching and supervising? Most of us value those who coach …

Coaching gets results from employees in productivity, retention, morale, here's why & how

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Managing a Team When You Have No Firing Authority - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I supervise 15 employees, the largest crew in our company. I’m expected to handle employees who don’t show up …

Managing a team & problem employees when you have no authority to fire anyone.

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My Boss Refuses to Wear a Face Mask - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: In past weeks, it’s just been four or five us in the office. Two of us wear masks when …

When managers refuse to wear face masks, where the law & company liability now stand & what rights/recourse an employee has.

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Are Post-Accident Painkillers Causing a Star Employee to Make Errors? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: One of my top employees, “Mary,” was rear-ended at a stop light three months ago and suffered from whiplash …

What happens when a good employee can't handle the physical pain and to maintain a level of performance & appearance turns to pain killers?

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I Don't Want to Wear a Face Mask; Can My Employer Make Me? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My employer’s “back to the office” email informs us we’re required to wear face masks anytime we’re not at …

Can an employee refuse to wear a face mask or will the employer fire him/her for not wearing a face mask?

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Am I Safe When I Tell the Truth About My Manager’s Flaws on a Survey Monkey Survey - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: I raised allegedly confidential concerns about my former manager’s behavior last year. After that, I felt like I had …

How safe are online "confidential", "anonymous" surveys?

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Does My Employer Have to Pay My Office Expenses? Are They Liable for My Safety? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: COVID19 has caused employers large and small to require the employers work from home rather than their employer’s worksites. …

Do employers have to pay for employee home office expenses when employees work remotely? Who's responsible/liable for employee safety when employees work from home?

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Employees & Their Families Sue Employers Over COVID-19 Exposure - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My partner and I have owned and operated our business for twenty-three years.  When the pandemic first hit, we …

What are the risks; what do employers/businesses need to do; what are the chances of the lawsuit winning?

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Employees Push Back Against Returning to Work, Choosing Unemployment - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: We didn’t expect the pushback we got from two of our furloughed employees when we called them back to …

The COVID reality, employees choose unemployment over work, what happens to them; what their employers have to consider.

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Your Company's Culture - Truth or Lie? - Workplace Coach Blog

You feel it the moment you enter the organization. Ask employees “what’s it like around here?” and they confirm the …

Your company's culture: does your company/employer say one thing & do another? Do you live/enact your company's values?

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Employees Could Take A Company Down During COVID - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: Our small business is hanging on by a shoestring. Three of our employees attended a fourth of July barbecue. None of them wore masks. Another barbeque guest was COVID-infected. One after another each of our employees became become ill, forcing m

Employees who don't take COVID seriously; policies employers can put in place & employee freedoms

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It's Official: Exciting news:) - Workplace Coach Blog

It’s official: I’ve agreed with the high-quality publisher Business Expert Press to write 3 books: Managing for Accountability: A tool box for business executives and owners; Reality-based Management: How to use five key performance tools to p

3 new books coming out:)

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6 ?s to Answer Before Returning Your Workplace to a "New Normal" - Workplace Coach Blog

You’ve been operating your company with a skeleton crew. In less than ten days, you plan to resume “new-normal” operations. Before you welcome your furloughed employees back to the workplace, make sure you can answer these six questions. Can you imp

?s to answer for your employees & your company

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Can My Employer Fire Me For Going to a Bar or Do I Have Any Freedom Left? - Workplace Coach Blog

Question: My employer sent a two-part email to every employee last week. “As you know we’ve had a local spike in COVID-19 infections. The health department has provided a list of the establishments, primarily bars, where COVID-19 individuals spent ext

Employee off-duty freedom v. employer need to protect the business & coworkers