The Productivity Paradox—Understanding Different Positions in Your Organization
The WFH vs WFO Productivity Debate
As the world grappled with the challenges posed by the COVID-19...
How a Position Control System Shortens Your Time to Hire
Now more than ever, efficient hiring processes are critical for success. One area that often suffers...
Four Key Benefits of a Position Control System
As organizations strive for operational excellence and strategic workforce management, implementing...
Position Control vs. Position Management
In human resources, the terms "position control" and "position management" are often used interchangeably...
Your Organization is Made of Positions
You’ve heard it said over and over again: People are your most important asset. If you want to build...
What is Position Management (AKA Position Control)?
With all of the turnover happening as part of the Great Resignation/Reshuffling/Whatever, your organization...
How to Create an Org Chart
As organizations grow in size, they often grow in complexity as well. When an organization is small...
Scenario Planning for Organizational Sustainability
Whether your organization is experiencing rapid change or things seem calm for the moment, the future...
Fears About Returning to the Office
We recently surveyed thousands of U.S. workers to find out how they are feeling about their jobs due...
5 Reasons You Need a Better Org Chart for Workforce Planning
Given all of the uncertainty in the world today, effective workforce planning has never been more...
Your Staff May Be Leaving You
With millions unemployed around the world, your employees are grateful to have a job and wouldn’t...
FFCR Act (FFCRA) Documentation and Tracking
Businesses across the country are scrambling to understand the new Families First Coronavirus Response...
The Tools for Fixing Modern Management
Every year, millions of Americans start new jobs—in October alone, the U.S. economy added roughly...
Benefits of an Online Org Chart
Organizational charts have been around a long, long time. The first org charts were reportedly created...
Understanding the California Sick Leave Law
Over the last few years an increasing number of states have created or updated their sick leave laws...
Questions to Ask During a PTO Software Demo
Before you choose a PTO tracking system, you’re likely to research several different options in the...
Choosing a PTO Tracking System
It’s now 2019 and for a lot of companies that means the beginning of a new PTO year. With the new...
How to Apply for a Job Confidently, Without Being Obnoxious
I remember being in a college class where one of our assignments was to create a resume and a cover...
4 Common Resume Mistakes You Should Avoid
I review quite a few resumes. So far this year I’ve reviewed 268 resumes (I know this because of the...
How to Track PTO as a Growing Company
A lot of small companies track paid time off using paper forms, emails, or spreadsheets. As these...
How to Terminate an Employee and Not Feel Terrible Afterwards
No one wants to terminate an employee. It’s unpleasant for everyone involved! I feel fortunate that...
PTO Accruals - Yearly Lump Sum or Per Pay Period?
Transitioning from a manual PTO tracking process to using an online, automated PTO tracking system...
Ditch Your PTO Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets are great for a lot of scenarios within a business, especially those dealing with numbers...
Death to 360-Degree Performance Reviews
Please prove me wrong on this. I want to buy into the 360-degree performance review process, I really...
How to Manually Manage PTO
As the person responsible for overseeing your organization’s time off, yours is a big job! If you...
Should the PTO Year Begin on January 1?
With the help of modern software, designing and managing your PTO policies is easier than ever. Many...
Advantages of Offering PTO Rollover
Over the past few years as I’ve interacted with people searching for an online PTO tracking system...
Finding Dedicated Employees - Four Questions You Don’t Ask, But Should
Finding hardworking, dedicated employees is challenging. You collect resumes, perform screening interviews...
Three Ways to Ensure a Smooth Transition During Senior Management Changes
When upper management transitions occur, you want the process to be painless. This isn’t always easy...