http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Ross+Blake Business Management Ross Blake Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=464380&ca=Business+Management Employers lose good employees for many reasons. Even good employers lose good employees, including employees who leave because their spouse takes a new position in another city or state. However, there are poor, foolish, and costly reasons why employers lose good employees; here are 9 of them from m... Business Management Ross Blake Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=454136&ca=Business+Management Many times over the past year, I’ve been tempted to write about the issue of paying retention bonuses to executives, especially those who’ve often helped run their organizations (and the economy) into difficulties by making poor, extravagant, or questionable business and ethical decisions. The netwo... Business Management Ross Blake Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=447969&ca=Business+Management Frankly, I don't believe in paying minimum wage. This doesn't mean I don't believe in a minimum wage which must be paid. It means I don't believe in paying only minimum wage. Why? For two reasons: One, because in return for paying only minimum wage, you usually get minimum employees who are motivate... Business Management Ross Blake Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=441388&ca=Business+Management "People leave managers, not companies," the saying goes, and many times it's true. The number one reason employees on all levels of organizations leave for other employers is due to an unsatisfactory work relationship with their immediate boss. Here are six of the most common behaviors supervisors,... Business Management Ross Blake Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=430377&ca=Business+Management Even when the economy's down, and it's an employer's job market, you still want to retain your best employees. Is there anything about your organization's policies that may make some of them think about leaving now, or when the recession's over? Some organizations have outdated or ineffective polici... Business Management Ross Blake Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=415514&ca=Business+Management There are many articles and strategies about how to improve employee retention and reduce the costs and consequences of employee turnover. Taking a slightly different approach, this article is about how not to increase employee turnover (and lower performance!) based on a true situation recently occ... Business Management Ross Blake Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=366687&ca=Business+Management Even though it’s an “employer’s market” with millions of capable people looking for work due to the recession, many employers are making five key employee retention mistakes. Mistake #1: Assuming employees “won’t dare now leave due to the recession.” Many organizations have discontinued their employ... Advice Ross Blake Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=360172&ca=Advice Although the television networks bring more devastating news about the economy every night, we also need to be aware of employers and employees who are making beneficial, even heroic, efforts to help each other and the economy. Here’s an outstanding effort by an employer which will motivate and reta... Business Management Ross Blake Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87196&ca=Business+Management One of the questions we’re frequently asked by employers of all types, including those in different countries, is “Why do employees leave?” Here are 10 of the most common reasons employees leave; we haven’t ranked them in their order of importance with the exception of the first one, which is usuall... Business Management Ross Blake Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=68910&ca=Business+Management It’s one of the largest costs in all different types of organizations, yet it’s also one of the most unknown costs. It’s employee turnover. Companies routinely record and report costs such as wages and benefits, Workman’s Compensation Insurance, utilities, materials, and space, yet most companies ha...