Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales How to Get the Most Out of Employee Evaluations Many business owners dread giving out end-of-the-year employee performance evaluations – so much so that, oftentimes, employers will eschew the process all together. The one in which your employees are gunning for more money and you’re forced to confront the request head-on. Such is the nature of a business owner’s job. But despite the dread or fear of giving them out, employee reviews are essential to the positive development of your company. MORE >>

Home Dollars + Cents Efficiency Equipment Events People Sales Employee Bonuses: 6 Steps to Creating an Effective Bonus System Owners get paid when the business succeeds, therefore, they work harder. Employees get paid hourly – they might very well be motivated to work slower. Here’s an employee bonus system to help you bridge this gap. You employ your workers to meet certain business objectives. Most often, these business objectives are geared towards one goal – profit. So how do you get your employees motivated to perform better? MORE >>

For now, enjoy this article on the risks involved with employee social media use. You run a construction company and your employees use social media. How do my employees use social media? What once was simply a way to keep in touch with old friends, has become a marketing warehouse filled with direct advertisements, rampant publications, and business web presences. In some instances, social media is free business for a curious public. In other instances, businesses have begun using social media to share information about specific projects. MORE >>

Oct 15 Your Employee Manual — Time to Review and Update! Tweet We are rapidly approaching the time of year when you should review and update your employee manual. To begin, think back over everything that’s happened this year concerning your employees. Next, review your existing employee manual to make sure what is written is what you are doing. You want an updated employee manual complete so that when you start conducting your annual employee reviews, you can have them sign a new employee manual for next year. New in Business? MORE >>

In an op-ed piece featured in Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration NEWS , Welsch wrote how “disturbed&# he was in the professional appearance — or lack thereof — of contractors and employees during evening functions he had recently attended. Also, if it looks like a vehicle hasn’t been well taken care of, what does that say about the maintenance and care that employee will provide for the HVAC system they’re installing or servicing? Despite what Mike Rowe will tell you, “Dirty Jobs&# aren’t an excuse to stay dirty. Louis. MORE >>