Tag: Employee Management

New research has shown that Australian employees are more likely to ‘chuck a sickie’ because of poor management.

Remember that fight two of your employees had that wasn’t fully resolved? It could be the cause of absenteeism, bullying and harassment in your business.

With Mental Health Week (9-15 October) approaching fast, it’s important businesses implement strategies to manage stress and anxiety in the workplace for employees, managers and owners alike. With this in mind, here’s some tips for managing mental health in the workplace.

With career pressures causing higher stress levels for Australian workers, it’s vital employees implement tips to lessen stress triggers in the workplace.

Brett Morris blogs about whether or not you should take on your employees problems.

“Where do you draw the line? Sometimes you might find yourself facing a big monkey, or a small gorilla. Do you take those problems on?”

Managers must learn how to distance themselves from being problem solvers and instead as problem finders and givers, Brett Morris blogs.

“Popularly, these voracious problem finders are known as micromanagers. But because of the obsessive compulsive traits they display, we like to say that they’re suffering from Management OCD.”

Brett Morris blogs about how managers can create a business that’s able to function and prosper in their absence.

“Central to making this work, practically and effectively, is ensuring that when employees are faced with a problem, we don’t allow them to simply ‘handball’ their problems up to us.”

99 percent of small business owners making use of the Government’s Superannuation Clearing House have reported being satisfied with the service, and said they’d recommend it to other small businesses.

Brett Morris blogs about the most effective means of managing employees.

“In a frenetic business environment, managers are easily pulled every which way. Couple this time pressure with a lack of management maturity and too often managers fall into the fatal trap of attempting to manage their people as a group.”