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Red Lines and Policies – A Last Resort for Leaders

N2Growth Blog

response to Syrian chemical weapons dominates this week’s news. Leaders take the same approach with people they control and call their ultimatums policies using language like, “you will,” or, “you will not.” Red lines and policies are imprecise weapons. By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth.

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A Checklist of HR Policies and Procedures to Have in Place

HR Digest

Before starting any new business, it is imperative to have human resource policies in place. It is very tempting for a new business or entrepreneur to concentrate more on the physical aspect of a new business, but the more prudent route is to have some form of HR policy in place even if it is a bare-bones one, one-page format.

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Risk Management Solutions For Your Business

Strategy Driven

The earlier you decide to instigate risk management into your business processes, the better. For instance, if you own or are storing large quantities of fluid on-site (oil, chemicals, fluid, etc.), This will help protect what you have built this far, and hopefully prevent, control, or reduce any problems that may occur in the future.

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9 Things Your Business Needs for Protection

Strategy Driven

Multiple Insurance Policies. It would help if you considered managed IT services. Multiple Insurance Policies. Such on-site treatment includes first aid boxes and specialized care such as eyewash stations in industrial areas where shrapnel or chemicals are a risk. Accounting Strategists. Cyber Security.

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Management Tip Audio Interview with Nick McCormick

The Recovering Engineer

I do, though, have an audio interview that I recently did with Nick McCormick over at Joe and Wanda on Management. This is a brief (about 10 minute) conversation Nick and I had around one management tip that I offered for his podcast listeners. In the midst of all of this activity, I haven’t been thinking much about blog posts.

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How to Create a Safe Working Environment

Strategy Driven

Some working environments may also have additional risks, such as biological and chemical hazards. Managers should carry out a regular risk assessment and look at work activities to determine what hazards are present in the workplace. Provide the right equipment.

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4 Ways To Reduce Workplace Negativity By Increasing Consistency

Tanveer Naseer

In other words the business is growing and changing and there is a need for increased structure to support and manage the change. The brain craves certainty, and when you feel uncertain, the almond shaped structure in the brain called the amygdala releases chemicals into the blood stream that you experience as fear, anxiety and doubt.