Studies show cash rewards can lower performance. Looking to get employees more involved and engaged in their work? Unless your employees do mostly repetitive, mechanical jobs, you might want to skip the cash incentives. Not only don’t they work, they may actually lower performance, says business author Dan Pink. Others were more complicated. MORE >>

You need to be strong and confident as a supervisor – but that can be hard when you receive conflicting info on what it takes to be a good supervisor. We are all bombarded with management tips from all kinds of sources – many of which point us in the wring direction. What works and what doesn’t. Dealing with Difficult People MORE >>

Should you give him another chance? The days of employees skating by with poor performance are long gone. Now many employees not only perform their own jobs well, they also handle additional responsibilities. And the employees who can’t keep up stand out like a sore thumb. Will they improve? Measuring performance. in Florida. MORE >>

How to keep productivity up and stress levels down. . As companies tighten their belts, employees are having to take on more. – which means more employees are at risk of burning out. That’s the situation manager Terri Bales found herself in when one of her most seasoned workers claimed his worklolad had grown too large. “Do what?” MORE >>

When employee starts their first week, they are excited, eager to please and want to run through walls to make it happen. Sometimes, things can happen along the way to some of our good employees – and they lose that drive. Remind them how their work affects profitability, productivity and the customer. Review the big picture. Motivation MORE >>