Human Resources Archives

Chester Elton 09/08/2008 Author of A Carrot a Day and Managing with Carrots Why is it a good idea to treat your small business employees like customers? Chester Elton and Jim Blasingame talk about ways to get and keep your employees engaged by using recognition and grateful behavior, including saying "thank you" for a job well done.

Jane Howard Pierce Howard 08/21/2008 Authors of The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work Does your personality indicate a high need for stability? Pierce and Jane Howard talk with Jim Blasingame about why you should know how stress affects your personality so you know how much of it to take on. And for small business owners, it's critical to determine if the personality of an employee candidate matches with the level of stress they will have in that assignment.

Barbara Pagano Elizabeth Pagano 06/30/2008 Authors of The Transparency Edge How creative do employers have to get to acquire and keep good talent? The mother and daughter team of Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano join Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of allowing employees to go on sabbaticals for up to four weeks, as a way of motivating them to value their employment.

Chester Elton 06/04/2008 Author of A Carrot a Day and Managing with Carrots How do we get our employees to be engaged in their work? Chester Elton talks with Jim Blasingame about some of the key elements business managers must use in order to establish a culture of recognition and engagement in your business.

John Fuller 06/03/2008 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Trained Investigator When should a small business have a policy that deals with harassment in the workplace? John Fuller joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the incidence of harassment reporting, how small business owners can prevent harassment and how to deal with a harassment claim.

Jane Howard Pierce Howard 05/27/2008 Authors of The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work and The Owner's Manual for the Brain What does your personality have to do with how you enjoy your vacation? Pierce and Jane Howard talk with Jim Blasingame about what you should know about yourself before you plan your vacation activities.

Robert Thomas 05/02/2008 Senior Research Fellow with Accenture's Institute for Strategic Change and author of Crucibles of Leadership Do you know how to grow as a leader? Robert Thomas talks with Jim Blasingame about the key characteristics of successful leaders, including the role that experience plays in leadership growth.

William Hubbartt 02/22/2008 President of Hubbartt and Associates What does the 21st century employee privacy landscape look like? Bill Hubbartt and Jim Blasingame talk about how employee privacy and employer practices have changed over the past 10 years.

Pierce Howard 02/11/2008 Author of The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work and The Owner's Manual for the Brain What do you need to know about how your brain works during a business day? Pierce Howard talks with Jim Blasingame about the impact of caffeine, light and sleep have on your productivity.

Quint Studer 02/04/2008 Author, Results That Last How do you prepare your team for a slower economy? Quint talks with Jim about how to communicate effectively with your staff to make sure they are dealing with real challenges and not the myths that are often perpetuated by the media.

William Hubbartt 01/22/2008 President, Hubbartt & Associates How do your benefits offerings for employees stack up? Bill and Jim talk about some of the benefits elements that can help small businesses to be competitive in the employment market.

Matthew Heath Josh Hilgers 01/18/2008 Senior Health Analyst, Innovative Benefits Consulting, LLC.; Co-owner Is your small business taking advantage of health savings accounts? Matt and Josh talk with Jim about how HSA's work and how to use them in your small business to save money and get more employees covered.

Leigh Branham 01/09/2008 Author of The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave How do we make sure that our employees are engaged? Leigh talks with Jim about what we have to do to make sure that our employees are contributing to our success and not sabotaging it.

William Hubbartt 12/21/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Do you know about the new I-9 form that you'll be required to use? Bill joins Jim to talk about this new form, how to get it, how to use it and why can turn into a big ugly deal if you don't.

Jane Howard Pierce Howard 12/13/2007 Authors of The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work and The Owner's Manual for the Brain Should you pay attention to personality traits when planning a holiday party and give gifts? Pierce and Jane thinks so and they talk with Jim about how to incorporate personality into your decisions.

William Hubbartt 11/16/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Do you have employment agreements with your employees? Bill talks with Jim about the good and bad elements of employment agreements, but why he thinks they are important to have.

Tom Beauregard 11/08/2007 CEO of United Essentials Would you like to reduce your health care insurance costs? Tom and Jim talk about a number of ideas on how to hold down these costs, while customizing your coverage.

Jane Howard Pierce Howard 10/26/2007 Co-authors of The Owner's Manual for Personality At Work and The Owner's Manual for the Brain Does our personality determine how we deal with change? Pierce and Jane talk with Jim about this and how to manage the different personalities in our organization when change is occurring.

William Hubbartt 10/19/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Do you have an employee policy manual in your small business? Bill talks with Jim about why you should have a policy manual that evolves as your business grow.

Dana Atteberry 10/11/2007 Director, HRTools How does a "HR department in a box" sound? Jan and Dana talk with Jim about some of the critical issues small businesses face with regard to managing people in an effective and professional way.

Richard Rawson 10/02/2007 President of Administaff For Jim, it doesn't get any better than combining a discussion about small business and golf, which he does with Richard as they talk about the 4th annual Administaff Small Business Classic in Houston, TX, and the charities that benefit from this event.

William Hubbartt 09/19/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Do the pay plans you have employees on contribute to your success plan? Bill and Jim talk about ways to make sure that you’re paying employees for performance, not just for showing up year after year.

John Dini 09/14/2007 President, Management Performance Network and author of 103 Tips for Better Hiring What does the future look like for baby boomer business owners when they're ready to sell? John and Jim talk about some of the issues that are going to be in play, and all of them aren't favorable.

Leigh Branham 09/10/2007 Author of The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave What's the difference between an employee in your small business that's satisfied and one that is engaged? Leigh has the answer and talks with Jim about how you can identify the difference in your employees, why you should care, and what to do about it.

William Hubbartt 08/17/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Are your people performing as well as you think they should? Bill talks with Jim about how to establish guidelines for performance and a pay structure that supports those guidelines.

Bill Dunkelberg 08/16/2007 Chief Economist for the National Federation of Independent Business How's the national economy doing? Bill joins Jim to report that the economy is doing just fine, according to the thousands of small business owners he talks to each month, plus he reports on other important issues, such as credit availability, etc.

Teresa Garton-Charles 08/08/2007 Team Manager, Administaff Does your small business have employee handbooks? Teresa talks with Jim about why employee handbooks are important and what elements should be included.

Renee Schaaf 07/25/2007 Vice President, Retirement and Investor Services, The Principal Financial Group How does a business transform its 20th century benefits programs into 21st century reality? Renee and Debra join Jim to explain how one company did this with great success.

William Hubbartt 07/20/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates The federal minimum wage has increased and Bill talks with Jim about when and what small businesses must do to comply with this new law.

Rick Gibbs 07/11/2007 Senior Human Resource Specialist, Administaff Regardless of what kind of small business you own, teleworking of some kind, is in your future, and Rick joins Jim to talk about how to make this happen successfully, without creating a casualty list.

Jon Fitch 06/19/2007 Yahoo! HotJobs Career Expert What are the college graduates you'll be interviewing soon looking for in an employment package? Jon talks with Jim about what graduates told him about this during a recent survey.

William Hubbartt 06/18/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Do you know how to compensate family members who work in your business? Bill talks with Jim about how to handle this issue which can be done productively and effectively, or which when done poorly, can create lots of problems for the business.

Mary Massad 06/13/2007 Director of human resource development for Administaff What are the key steps to recruiting the top employee candidates? Mary joins Jim to talk about the four key steps to begin this process and how to execute it successfully.

William Hubbartt 05/16/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Are you doing a good job of providing employees with periodic performance reviews? Bill talks with Jim about this process and what a survey shows employees feel about this process.

William Hubbartt 04/23/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates What do you do when you think an employee is doing the absentee scam? How much "paid time off" should a small business offer employees? Bill joins Jim to talk about these and other attendance issues.

Quint Studer 04/16/2007 Author, Hardwiring Excellence: Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference Making the decision about what to do with a low-performing employee is often a difficult one, but it must be done, and Quint talks with Jim about how to take the correct steps.

Randy Gibbs 04/11/2007 Senior HR Specialist, Administaff With more and more employees having access to the Internet, email, instant messaging, etc., how does a small business owner manage their the online behavior of their staff? Rick and Jim talk about how much surveillance is allowed by law, what you should do, how you should do it, and how to keep morale high while you're doing it.

Michael Muetzel 03/21/2007 Author of They're Not Aloof, Just Generation X Are the members of Generation X aloof and self-absorbed, or are they just demanding that those of us who are older actually do what we say. Mike and Jim talk about the very interesting relationship between the generations.

John Dini 03/20/2007 President, Management Performance Network and author of 103 Tips for Better Hiring Will Baby Boomers be able to sell their businesses in the next 5 to 10 years? John talks with Jim about the impact of the generational waves on Boomers' exit strategies.

William Hubbartt 03/16/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates DWD, or driving while distracted, is an old problem that has gotten worse, with all of the technology we use in our cars. Bill talks with Jim about how all of this can harm a small business and what to do about it.

Anna Brewer 03/06/2007 Director, HR Administrative Compliance, Administaff Anna joins Jim for the first time to explain why employee screening and background checks are so important to small businesses. She also explains the procedure for conducting screenings.

Paul J. Sarvadi 02/23/2007 Chairman & CEO, Administaff The minimum wage is going to be increased, but hopefully with some small business benefits included, and Paul talks with Jim about some of those issues that will be good for small business. They go on to talk about the negative impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on public companies and those that want to become public.

William Hubbartt 02/16/2007 President, Hubbartt & Associates Minimum wage is an economic fact of life for small businesses, and Bill talks with Jim about some of the guidelines and issues associated with paying minimum wage, including the differences between the Federal rate and local rates.

Bonnie Beirne 02/14/2007 Director of Service Operations, Administaff There is nothing new about office romance, but Bonnie talks with Jim about the importance for small business to be proactive about establishing the company's policies about fraternization, harassment and other relationship issues for employees.

Chester Elton 02/06/2007 Author of A Carrot a Day and Managing with Carrots: Using Recognition to Attract and Retain the Best People Jim and Chester talk about the missing ingredient in leadership and what bosses can do to gain the trust of their employees.