Human Resources

You Wouldn’t Drive Through A Red Light—Would You?

You Wouldn’t Drive Through A Red Light—Would You?

Chances are you stop at red lights, signal before turning and know when to yield. Motor vehicle laws are generally clear and specific and we all need to pass a test to get our drivers’ license. Before you hired your first employee, however, nobody tested you on the...

Have You Hired the Right Person?

Have You Hired the Right Person?

You’ve got a great product or service to sell. You’ve identified your target audience and are creating a market niche for yourself. But, you can’t do everything yourself, so you begin to hire employees to help you. Following that stage, many entrepreneurs find...

At-Will Employment

At-Will Employment

I recently mentioned to a colleague that I wished clients would call me before they fired the pregnant employee. No disrespect intended to pregnant ladies here (having been one myself—twice). However, one of my goals in life seems to be to get employers to understand...

Employee Limbo

Employee Limbo

“To have a boom, you have to keep your nose clean legally…” —L. Ron Hubbard1 _______________________ Mr. Hubbard defined a “cycle of action” in this way: “Control may be subdivided into three separate parts. These parts are: “START-CHANGE-and-STOP....

Create a Paper Trail

Create a Paper Trail

“To have a boom, you have to keep your nose clean legally…”1 —L. Ron Hubbard Firing an employee who does not expect it is often the impetus for that employee filing a discrimination lawsuit against his or her former employer. When the employee does not see it coming,...

Personnel Expertise

Personnel Expertise

In my thirty years of experience as a management consultant, what is the biggest issue I have found with regard to hiring new staff? In speaking with hundreds of business professionals over the years, I've found they have no real tools for hiring and no real method of...

Training—The Path To Success

Training—The Path To Success

Over the last quarter of a century as the CEO of Sterling Management Systems, I have seen hundreds of thousands of people introduced to the Hubbard Administrative Technology. I’ve even proudly received an award from WISE International for my work over the decades....

Management by Statistics

Management by Statistics

Although I’ve delivered hundreds of management seminars through Sterling’s1 30+year history, I am always amazed that no matter what the theme of my seminar, I invariably end up answering questions about managing staff. Managing personnel can be, by far, the most...

Taking On New Employees

Taking On New Employees

When hiring a new employee you will most likely encounter two things: 1) They take time to groove into the group, unknowingly causing confusion and added work for those who train them. 2) Without enough proper training and apprenticeship they either won't last or...

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