Employee Relations
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15 April 2013 at 16 : 50 PM
Company Picnic 2013!
We had a fabulous time at the Houston Zoo on Saturday for our Annual Company Picnic! Check out photos from the event in the collage below and click here to view the entire photo album on our Facebook ...
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26 March 2013 at 16 : 07 PM
Improving Wellness- Money Might Be the Key for Business Owners
Many companies have embraced the emerging trend of offering wellness programs to keep employees healthy. However, some business owners are disappointed with lack of participation by employees or small ROI on fitness programs. Where are companies going wrong with their wellness programs? Money might just be the key. "Dollars are everything," said ...
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12 March 2013 at 16 : 36 PM
Nature vs. nurture? How you can create a stronger company culture with three steps
by: John Allen, President and COO, G&A Partners Featured in the March issue of Smart Business Magazine It’s an age-old debate: Is character determined by DNA or upbringing? Nature versus nurture? Most would argue that character evolves from both. What about companies and their cultures? Is a company’s culture merely a ...
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18 February 2013 at 20 : 34 PM
Spread the Love and Influence Your Corporate Culture
[caption id="attachment_2026" align="aligncenter" width="600"] G&A Partners Valentine's Day 2013[/caption] What is Corporate Culture? According to Webster’s Dictionary, culture can be defined as “the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization.” A simple Google ...
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19 November 2012 at 08 : 19 AM
Q&A with the CEO- Tony Grijalva on Trust
As told to Texas CEO Magazine Q: How can a leader develop trust in his/her employees? A: Doing what you said you are going to do is probably the single most important tenet of trust. This principle, while obvious to understand, is not always easy to comply. Business conditions change, circumstances evolve, and there are numerous temptations to change ...
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5 October 2012 at 15 : 21 PM
NLRB Upholds Car Dealership Worker’s Firing Over Facebook Post
A National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled in favor of a Chicago-area BMW car dealership that terminated an employee for Facebook posts. This is the NLRB’s first ruling in a case that involves a firing due to content posted on Facebook. The judge’s September 28 ruling stated that two separate incidents led to salesman Robert Becker’s ...
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1 August 2012 at 15 : 02 PM
Watch Out HR: The Olympics Are Here to Stay
The 2012 London Olympics are being called the “Twitter Olympics”, offering viewers many ways to keep up with the games via social media, live internet streaming, smartphone apps, and of course, traditional TV. With so many outlets available to viewers, employers are concerned about employees trading productivity at work to keep up with swimming, ...
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6 June 2012 at 19 : 11 PM
The 13 Strangest Reasons For Quitting
People quit jobs all the time. Some quit because they are moving, going back to school, changing careers, starting a family, taking care of a sick loved one, and for a whole host of other reasons. But the reasons listed below are definitely not ones you hear about every day. Take a peek at 13 of the strangest reasons people gave (really!) for quitting ...
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2 April 2012 at 19 : 32 PM
What Does March Madness Do to Your Office?
It all ends today. The NCAA champions of March Madness will be decided during a fierce matchup between Kansas and Kentucky this evening in New Orleans. While fans will be sad to see it all end, many employers will secretly be rejoicing; not because they are fans of the winning team, but because they are looking forward to restoring productivity in ...
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26 March 2012 at 19 : 52 PM
Employers Forcing Job Applicants to Hand Over Facebook Passwords
What Employers Are Doing In the past few months, an increasing number of employers have been demanding access to job candidate’s social media pages as a requirement in the application process. Facebook has seen what it calls a “distressing increase” in the number of people being asked to give employers their passwords over the past few ...
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