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Sexual Harassment – What’s Happening?

Richard D. Alaniz
January 22, 2018
The tsunami of sexual harassment allegations that has engulfed so many rich, famous and powerful men that are reported on an almost daily basis raises a fair question – How will this affect the workplace where the not so rich and famous spend their workdays helping their company succeed?
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eLearning and Enablement: A Crash Course

Chris Largent
January 8, 2018
eLearning means different things to different people. Sure, it’s a method of education, but more and more we’re starting to see this education taken out of the context of the classroom and utilized in the business arena. In fact, since 2000, the eLearning industry has grown by nearly 900 percent, and over 77 percent of all U.S. companies already use some form of eLearning technology.
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Workplace Resolutions For the New Year

Richard D. Alaniz
December 18, 2017
Too often workplace policies are only considered in the context of some negative workplace action when it is actually occurs, such as a termination or other employment issue. Sometimes it may involve a legal claim by an applicant or employee. Whether our current policies are adequate for dealing with issues in the most regulated area of our economy, today’s workplace, rarely is explored or even considered.
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Job Management: Why the HVAC Industry Should Explore Emerging Digital Possibilities

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Richard Harris
December 4, 2017
Disputes occur in all sorts of companies for all sorts of reasons. In the HVAC Industry the dominant disputes stem from the shortage of skilled labor and discrepancies in the payment and invoicing process. However, with the Internet, advanced software means that the days spent chasing invoices and job details and trying to get ahold of remote workers are beginning to change - though faster in some parts of the world than others.
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What Every Supervisor Should Know

Richard D. Alaniz
November 20, 2017
It should come as no surprise to most employers that today's workplace has come to be regarded as the most regulated place in America. It is so because of one simple fact. The federal government, state government, and even local entities, such as cities, can and do issue workplace rules and regulations that require employers to do or not do a myriad of things.
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Seven Smart Financial Decisions That Will Grow Your Business

Manage your finances and cash flow carefully
Beth Kotz
November 6, 2017
Making intelligent, informed financial decisions is the best way to keep your business running smoothly and profitably. Businesses are very much like fine-tuned machines: each complicated part must be developed independently, but they must work well together to deliver consistent, long-term results.
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Responding to an OSHA Inspection

How to minimize violations and maximize safety
Richard D. Alaniz
October 23, 2017

Whether an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection of your workplace is triggered by a workplace injury, a formal complaint, or a programmed wall-to-wall inspection, being prepared beforehand will help limit exposure and help defend against any citations that may be issued.


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Seven Ways to Introduce Innovation into Your Company

Efforts fail because of people, not technology
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Steven Blue
October 9, 2017

The reason innovations fail is not because of technology. It’s never about the technology. Innovations fail because of people. The people who might employ a new technology may not be sold on it. Or they might be afraid of it. Or they might feel threatened by it. However, the biggest threat to a new innovation your company is trying to develop will be your own people.


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Five Must Have Workplace Policies

Avoid the vast majority of workplace issues
Richard D. Alaniz
September 18, 2017

Today's employers have an increasingly regulated and overly litigious landscape to navigate in managing their workplace. The continued growth of federal, state, and even local regulatory protections for employees, coupled with an overabundance of lawyers, has made virtually every workplace decision a potential lawsuit.


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Managing the Safety of Your Workers

Implementing wearables could save lives
Chris Holbert
September 4, 2017

Whatever wearable device makes the most sense for a particular construction company, the most important factor is that business owners and managers take advantage of these new technologies that could potentially save lives and improve the safety and health of their employees.


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