Today, I got a chance to discuss few policies with Manan Vora and Husen Daudi.
You can always become better. - Tiger Woods
While deciding some policies, Our Chief Operational Officer Manan Vora (having a strong experience working in USA and now serving SerpentCS) spoke the words as below and all the members of board of directors gave standing ovation.
" It Doesn't Matter How Many Resources You Have. If You Don't Know How To Use Them, They Will Never Be Enough !!! "
It says a lot really. Rest of the things are simply hard to express in words.
Human Resource Management
Human
Resource Management is the function within an organization that focuses
on recruitment, management, and the direction of the people in the
organization. Human Resources management is also performed by line
managers.
Team Building
People
in every workplace talk about building the team, working as a team and
my team, but few understand how to create the experience of team work or
how to develop an effective team. Here are twelve tips for building
successful work teams: Context, Commitment and culture!
Work Dress Code
Your
Company's objective in establishing a business casual dress code, is to
allow our employees to work comfortably in the workplace. Yet, we still
need our employees to project a professional image for our customers,
potential employees, and visitors. All casual clothing is not
suitable for the office. Business casual dress is the dress code
standard
Employee Recognition Letters
A
simple thank you letter, that recognizes specific employee
contributions, goes a long way in helping employees feel recognized and
rewarded. In fact, an employee recognition letter that accompanies a
bonus check or a gift magnifies the recognition an employee experiences.
Some employees experience such gratification that they post the thank
you and recognition letter in their cubicle, office, or workstation for
years.
Ways to Be Happy at Work
Working
at Google sounds very cool. I'd be the first to tout Google as a
motivating employer: free food, engineers who spend 20 percent of their
time on their own projects ... Google and other Fortune magazine top 100
employers provide best workplaces. At the same time, perks that enable
employees to spend all their time at work exploit people and destroy
work - life balance. So, even the best employer may not be best for
everyone. These are factors that will help you find happiness at work.
Difficult People
Difficult
people do exist at work. Difficult people come in every variety and no
workplace is without them. How difficult a person is for you to deal
with depends on your self-esteem, your self-confidence and your
professional courage. Dealing with difficult people is easier when the
person is just generally obnoxious or when the behavior affects more
than one person. Dealing with difficult people is much tougher when they
are attacking you or undermining your professional contribution.
New Employee Welcome Letter
A
welcome letter to a new employee who has accepted your job offer
confirms the employee's decision to accept the position. The new
employee welcome letter helps the new employee feel wanted and welcomed.
Develop an Employee Handbook
Prepare list of the policies, procedures, and professional
behavioral expectations in an employee handbook. This sample
employee handbook table of contents also covers pay, benefits,
performance expectations and legal issues.
Job Analysis
A
job analysis is the process used to collect information about the
duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, outcomes, and work
environment of a particular job. You need as much data as possible to
put together a job description, which is the frequent outcome of the job
analysis.
How to Develop a Policy
You
want to have the necessary policies and procedures to ensure a safe,
organized, convivial, empowering, nondiscriminatory work place. Yet, you
do not want to write a policy for every exception to accepted and
expected behavior. Policy development is for the many employees not for
the few exceptions
Conflict Resolution
As
an organization leader, manager or supervisor, you are responsible for
creating a work environment that enables people to thrive. If turf wars,
conflicts, disagreements and differences of opinion escalate into
interpersonal conflict, you must intervene immediately. Conflict
resolution, with you as mediator, is essential. Conflict resolution is
an immediate priority for your organization.
Organizational Culture
People
in every workplace talk about organization culture, the mysterious word
that characterizes a work environment. One of the key questions when
employers hire an employee explores whether the candidate is a good
cultural fit. Culture is difficult to define, but you generally know
when you have found an employee who appears to fit your organizational
culture
Performance Improvement Plan
The
Performance Improvement Plan (PDP) facilitates constructive discussion
between a staff member and the supervisor and clarifies the work
performance to improve. It is implemented, at the discretion of the
supervisor, when it becomes necessary to help a staff member improve
performance. The supervisor, with input from the affected employee,
develops an improvement plan; the purpose of the activities outlined is
to help the employee to attain the desired level of performance.
360 Degree Feedback
360
degree feedback is a method and a tool that provides each employee the
opportunity to receive performance feedback from his or her supervisor
and four to eight peers, reporting staff members, co-workers and
customers.
Trust Rules
How
important is trust in your organization? Without trust, you have
nothing. Trust forms the foundation for effective communication,
employee retention, and employee motivation and contribution of
discretionary energy, the extra effort that people voluntarily invest in
work. When trust is present, everything else is easier.
Nonverbal Communication
Is
there ever any doubt in your mind as to the mood of a coworker upon
their arrival at work? Nonverbal communication is the single most
powerful form of communication. More than the voice or even words,
nonverbal communication cues you in to what is on another person’s mind.
The best communicators are sensitive to the power of the emotions and
thoughts communicated nonverbally.
Make Meetings Work
People
spend so much time in meetings that turning meeting time into sustained
results is a priority for successful organizations. Actions that make
meetings successful require management before, during, and after the
meeting. If you neglect any one of these meeting management
opportunities, your meetings will not bear the fruit you desire from the
time you invest in meeting. Take these meeting management
actions to guide meeting attendees to achieve expected, positive
outcomes.
Say Thank You at Work
You
can cultivate an attitude of gratitude in your workplace by thanking
employees and coworkers frequently for their contributions. Saying thank
you is one of the easiest and best forms of employee recognition.
Leadership Values
Leaders
know what they value. They also recognize the importance of ethical
behavior. The best leaders exhibit both their values and their ethics in
their leadership style and actions. Your leadership ethics and values
should be visible because you live them in your actions every single
day.
Identify and Live Your Personal Values
Values
are traits or qualities that are considered worthwhile; they represent
your highest priorities and deeply held driving forces. When you are
part of any organization, you bring your deeply held values and beliefs
to the organization. There they co-mingle with those of the other
members to create an organization or family culture.
Sample Paid Time Off Policy
The
purpose of this Paid Time Off (PTO) policy is to provide staff with the
opportunity to take paid time away from work that can be used for such
needs as vacation, personal illness, family member illness, personal
time, doctor appointments, school or philanthropic volunteerism, and
other activities of the employee's choice. The company's goal, in
providing PTO, is to reduce unscheduled absenteeism, reduce the need for
supervisory oversight, and provide employees with flexible time off.
Sample Attendance Policy
Excellent attendance is an expectation of all employees of Your Company. Daily attendance is especially important for hourly employees whose customers and coworkers have the expectation of on-time product shipping and delivery. Emergency personal time is made available to employees for such unscheduled events as personal illness, immediate family member illness, and doctor appointments.
Excellent attendance is an expectation of all employees of Your Company. Daily attendance is especially important for hourly employees whose customers and coworkers have the expectation of on-time product shipping and delivery. Emergency personal time is made available to employees for such unscheduled events as personal illness, immediate family member illness, and doctor appointments.
Severance Pay
Severance
pay is money that an employer might want to provide for an employee who
is leaving their employ. Normal circumstances that might warrant
severance pay include layoffs, job elimination, and mutual agreement to
part ways for whatever reason. Severance pay usually amounts to a week
or two of pay for each year of service to the company. In some
instances, a severance package might include extended benefits and
outplacement assistance.
Bad Bosses
You're
weary. You're frustrated. You're unhappy. You're demotivated. Your
interaction with your boss leaves you cold. He's a bully, intrusive,
controlling, picky and petty. He takes credit for your work, never
provides positive feedback and misses each meeting he schedules with
you. He's a bad boss, bad to the bone. Dealing with less than effective
managers, or just plain bad managers and bad bosses, is a challenge too
many employees face
Motivation: Wants From Work
Some
people work for personal fulfillment; others work for love of what they
do. Motivation is different for different people. Some people work to
accomplish goals and to feel as if they are contributing to something
larger than themselves. The bottom line is that we all work for money
and for motivation reasons too individual to assign similarities to all
workers
Demonstrate Respect
Ask
anyone in your workplace what treatment they most want at work. They
will likely top their list with the desire to be treated with dignity
and respect. You can demonstrate respect with simple, yet powerful
actions. These ideas will help you avoid needless, insensitive, unmeant
disrespect, too.
What Employees Want
Every
person has different reasons for working. The reasons for working are
as individual as the person. But, we all work because we obtain
something that we need from work. The something obtained from work
impacts morale, employee motivation, and the quality of life. To create
positive employee motivation, treat employees as if they matter -
because employees matter. These ideas will help you fulfill what people
want from work and create employee motivation.
Behavioral Interview
Want
to know the best way to identify whether a candidate's characteristics
and motivations match the behaviors needed for your job? A behavioral
interview is the best tool you have to identify candidates who have the
behavioral traits and characteristics you believe are essential for
success in your open job. Find out more about how to prepare for and
conduct a behavioral interview.
Leadership Success Secrets
Key
leadership success secrets set great leaders apart from so-so leaders
in organizations. Leadership style is learned from mentors, learned in
seminars and exists as part of a person's innate personal leadership
skill set developed over years, and existing, possibly from birth.
Nature or nurture is a question often asked about leadership. I answer,
"yes," because I believe the combination of natural leadership skills
and nurture through leadership development defines leadership style.
Reward, Recognition, Award,...
Look
for convenient, appreciated, reasonably cost-conscious ways to provide
rewards and recognition, demonstrate your appreciation and say 'thank
you' for contributions that people make at work.
Employee Motivation
Employee
motivation is a continuing challenge at work. Particularly in work
environments that don’t emphasize employee satisfaction as
part of an embraced and supported overall business strategy, supervisors
and managers walk a tough road. On the one hand, they recognize their
power in drawing forth the best employees have to offer; on the other,
they feel unsupported, rewarded or recognized themselves. My word to
managers? Get over it. Employee motivation is always possible.
Paid Vacation Days Policy
Paid vacation days are time off
work provided to employees as a benefit. Paid vacation days are
generally accrued by employees based on years of service to the
organization.
HR OneStop Center
Looking
for information about any aspect of human resources, work force
management and development, self development, or business management for
your business or organization? You've found the right resource. Here
are all the resources you'll need to effectively start, manage and
develop your human resources department and all aspects of your
business. Find information about human resources, management, and
working with people at work.
Employee Empowerment
Looking
for real management advice about people? You want to create an
environment in which people are empowered, productive, contributing, and
happy. Don't hobble them by limiting their tools or information. Trust
them to do the right thing. Get out of their way; watch them catch fire.
These are the most important principles for managing people. They
reinforce employee empowerment, accomplishment, and contribution. These
management actions enable the people who work with you / for you to
soar.
Alternatives to a Holiday Office Party
Nixing
the blowout office party for the holidays this year? Here are ideas to
create the merry, merry in the ho-ho-ho season, without committing a lot
of employee time, hard earned cash, or energy. Your employees and their
families will appreciate your low key alternatives to an expensive,
energy-consuming office party. Here are the ideas you need for a happy
holiday without that expensive office party.
