More Human More Resources - HR for Entrepreneurs
By Vicky Brown
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Join serial entrepreneur, and #1 best selling author, Vicky Brown in this weekly podcast series – designed specifically for Entrepreneurs. As an entrepreneur herself, Vicky understands it takes a village of experts to help you stay on top of your company’s growth – and you don’t have time for HR jargon. Vicky gives you the important facts, in a way you can easily understand – and lays out your next steps.To learn more go to https://idomeneoinc.com You can also follow Vicky on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/712759/FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/IdomeneoHR/Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdomeneoEntEnjoy the show!
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The Termination Wasn't the Real Problem
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May 21, 2026 |
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Your Real HR Policy Is What Happens Every Day
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May 14, 2026 |
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We’re Too Small for HR
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May 07, 2026 |
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Why Meal and Rest Break Compliance in California Is Really an Operations Problem
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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It Didn’t Start as a Firing Problem
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Decision You’re Actually Making About HR
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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You Don’t Have an HR Problem - You Have a Consistency Problem
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Why Most Founders Wait Too Long to Fix HR
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Why Small HR Decisions Turn Into Big Problems
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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When Employees Ask for Time Off: What You Can (and Can’t) Say No To
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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When One Hire Becomes 50 States of Trouble
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Digital Boundaries Aren't Optional Anymore
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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26…..7 Pay Periods Next Year
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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How to Respond to a Request for an ADA Accommodation
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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The Compliance Risks of AI Tools That ‘Learn’ from Your Team
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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How to Use AI In Hiring
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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How to Pay Out Final Wages Without Getting Fined in CA
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Your Slack Messages Sound Angry - And It’s Costing You Trust
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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AI and HR in CA
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Unpaid Intern – Are You Sure?
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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How to Legally Handle Paid Sick Leave in California
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Are we having fun yet?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Should I Get AI Employees Instead?
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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New California Minimum Wage
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Washington State - Up Close and Personal
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Surprise! You’re On TikTok!
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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New York is All In on Prenatal Leave
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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What to Do When an Employee Complains About You – Yes, You, the CEO
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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HR Nightmare Fuel
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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What Every Manager Needs to Learn: The Basics of Coaching
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Probation vs. Introductory vs. Regular Employee
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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The Art of Saying No
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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The New Kind of Ghosting: Present But Absent
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Stop Letting a Quiz Pick Your Team
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Questions You Should Never Ask
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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You Built the Team. But Can You Keep It
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Don’t Sign That Offer Letter Yet: Mistakes That Could Get You Sued
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May 29, 2025 |
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When Your Gut Isn’t Enough: What Leaders Need to Know Before Making People Decisions
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May 22, 2025 |
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The Dangers of Using AI as Your HR
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May 01, 2025 |
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Passion is Good. Emotion is Not.
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The Truth About Unemployment Eligibility in California
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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DEI – The New Quicksand
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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How to Create a Growth Plan for Every Employee
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Stop Trying to be Everyone’s Friend
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Tips for Correctly Classifying Employees
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Tips For Dealing With Work Authorization And ICE
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Managing a Team Member You Don't Like
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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When Your Superstars Ignore Policies, Do This
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Manage a Difficult Employee Without Losing Your Cool
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The Power of Self-Awareness in Leadership
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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How to Manage HR When You’re Wearing 10 Other Hats
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Interview Smarter Not Harder
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Keep Calm and Lead On - Leadership Tactics for Stressful Times
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Beyond 'That's Not My Department': Real Solutions for Breaking Down Business Silos
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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How To Hold Your Team Accountable
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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How to Manage Someone Older than You
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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How Can You Tell When Someone is in Over Their Head
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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A Client Yelled at Me Today
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Beyond the Binder - Company Policies That Stick
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Navigating the New Landscape of Pregnancy Rights
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Dealing with Politics at Work - a Refresher
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Managing Workplace Stress and Burnout
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Overcoming Obstacles - 5 Barriers to Great Leadership
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Developing a Growth Mindset – 4 Exercises
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Leadership Lessons from Selling Sunset
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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EPLI and BPLI: Say What Now?
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Your Culture is Actually a Delivery System
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Summer, Hot Dogs, BBQ, Cotton Candy and Politics
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Hallelujah – We Have a Bot!
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Unemployment Insurance - a Primer
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Can I Require a High School Diploma?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Meal Period Waiver, Unicorn. Same, Same
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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It’s Summer - Here Come the Updates
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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You Have To Let Them Fall
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Workplace Violence Prevention Plan – Now It’s Mandatory
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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We’re Are a Team – Not a Family
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May 30, 2024 |
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Are You Undermining Your Own Authority?
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May 16, 2024 |
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How to Terminate a Remote Employee
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Unlimited Vacation – Good or Bad?
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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But Sam Wants to be an Independent Contractor
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Summer Internships — And The Living Is Easy, Or Is It?
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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If the Leader Ain’t Happy – Ain’t Nobody Happy
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Tinder. Match. Bumble. Work?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Are You Making Your Employees Lazy? (Classic Episode)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Are You Getting the Respect You Expect?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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No Blame, Just Build: Accountability Magic
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Well - What Do You Think?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Loans and Advances – Oh My!
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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I Only Use Independent Contractors.
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Happy New Year – Now What?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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4 Habits That are Holding You Back from Being a Great Leader
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Did Someone Say – Party?
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Are You Busy, or Just in Chaos?
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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HR Qs and As
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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What in the World is an HSA?
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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How to Manage a Superstar
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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The Best KPIs for Your Team
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Sick Again?!
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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How to Have Hard Conversations
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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How to Create a Great Experience for New Hires
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Background Checks - a Refresher
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Interview Qs – The Winners and Losers
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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How to Hire Out of State
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Yep – It’s Time for Year End Prep…Already!
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Doer to Leader
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Moonlighting in California
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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CA Reporting Time and On Call Pay – What Tha…
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Are You Using Your Team
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Employment Laws - Silly Little Things That Can Be A Big Un-Funny Problem
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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New I-9 Form, New Process
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Make Up Time – What’s That?
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Let’s Talk About Fashion
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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What is an ADA Accommodation and How to Deal With One
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Action Goals and Outcome Goals - the Peanut Butter and Jelly of Goal Setting
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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How to Develop Leadership Skills as a First-time Entrepreneur
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Your First HR Department: A Step-by-Step Guide -pt 3
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Your First HR Department: A Step-by-Step Guide - pt 2
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Your First HR Department: A Step-by-Step Guide -pt 1
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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So, You Have to Do An Investigation – Here’s How…
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The Feedback Blueprint - A Comprehensive Guide for Constructive Critique
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May 25, 2023 |
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Layoffs and Downsizing A-Z
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May 18, 2023 |
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What Role Should AI Play In Your Business
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May 11, 2023 |
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Stay Connected While Apart (Onboarding Remote Employees)
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May 04, 2023 |
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How to Build a Leadership Team
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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The Art of Attracting Top Talent
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The Top 10 Myths About Company Culture
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Counseling Techniques for New Managers
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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How to Develop Your Team – The Unconventional Way
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Kick Overwhelm to the Curb
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Develop The Team – OK, But How?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Hey – You Can’t Use My Face!
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Tips for New Managers
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Popular Performance Management Systems
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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How To Create an Employee Retention Program
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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This is How You Develop Your Team
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Managing Your Time as an Entrepreneur
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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What Is That Smell?!
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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This Is Better Than Goal Setting
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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How To Create SOPs
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Give My Work Away? Yes, Please.
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Termination Checklist for California Employers
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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My HR Tech
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Lessons from Twitter
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Hiring Commissioned Salespeople in California pt 2
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Hiring Commissioned Salespeople in California pt 1
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Pay Transparency – Say What Now?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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How to Hire Employees in Different States
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Do You Find Yourself Missing the Early Days of the Business
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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California 2023 HR Roundup
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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I`ll Just Take It Out Of Her Pay – STOP
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Top HR Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Hire for Strengths vs. Lack of Weakness
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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I Need to Transform the Company - How Do I Get the Team On Board
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Layoffs – How Am I Supposed to do That - pt. 2
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Layoffs – How Am I Supposed to do That?
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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The Top Wage and Hour Mistakes Companies Make
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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My Employee Left Early – Can I Dock His Pay?
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Let’s Talk About Workers Compensation
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Exempt vs. Non Exempt
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Job Descriptions – Yikes! Why? And How?
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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When, Why and How Should I Do an Employee Write Up.
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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How To Create an Internship
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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You Need Peace of Mind - You Need a Project Management System (Asana)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Mid Year Employer Checklist
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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The #1 Secret to Building a Great Team
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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What Goes in an Offer Letter
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Death by Meeting? Not Quite.
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Three Things That Slow Down Fast Growth Leaders
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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How Much Does An Employee Actually Cost
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May 26, 2022 |
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Comp Time Make Up Time – Aren’t They the Same
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May 19, 2022 |
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Overtime – Who Gets it, When and Why
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May 12, 2022 |
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What, When and How to Pay Final Wages
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May 05, 2022 |
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The New Minimum Wage Impacts More Than You Think
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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How to Interview for Resiliency
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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How To Become a Resilient Leader
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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What’s the Skinny on Commissions in California
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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How To Set Up Payroll - Classic Episode
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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How To Manage Remote Teams
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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How To Manage Maternity Leave in California
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Recruiting is a Marketing Exercise
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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You Have a Sexual Harassment Complaint - What Next
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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How to Manage Without Being a Micromanager
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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What Should Be In My 2022 Handbook
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Should I Have a Parental Leave Policy
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Think You Know At-Will? I Bet You Don’t.
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Employers Guide to Employee Benefits
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Do I Need to Get Up Earlier?
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Get Set for the New Year
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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My Employee Has COVID - Now What Do I Do?
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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PTO vs. Vacation – What’s the Difference
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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How Do You Manage an Unmanageable Employee
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Where Can I Find Good Employees
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Who’s To Blame
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Are You Ready for the Great Talent Title Wave?
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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The Accountability of Leadership
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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How Bystanders Can Stop Harassment
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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How Can I Prepare for Year End
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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I Lost 25% of My Team - Here's What Happened Next
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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My Favorite Business Books
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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What Goes In a Personnel File
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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How To Measure Productivity for Remote Workers – Classic Episode
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Can I Require My Employees To Get Vaccinated
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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How to Prevent the Great Resignation part 3
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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How to Prevent the Great Resignation - part 2
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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How To Prevent the Great Resignation - Pt 1
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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The COBRA Primer
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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I Just Found Out My Employee is Looking for Another Job
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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What Is An Inventions Agreement - And Do I Need One?
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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I Think My Employee Has A Drug Problem
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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How To De-Escalate Conflict with Colleagues and Employees
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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How to Handle Employee Expenses
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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My Employee Refuses to Return Company Equipment
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Should I Give Employee References
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Independent Contractor vs. Intern vs. Employee - Which Is Right For You?
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May 27, 2021 |
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Are You Making Your Employees Lazy?
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May 20, 2021 |
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How to Lead by Example in a Small Business
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May 13, 2021 |
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How Much Should You Pay Your Employees
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May 06, 2021 |
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Top 7 Payroll Mistakes Businesses Make
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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How To Reward Employees Without Increasing Salaries
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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How To Manage Employees in a Small Business
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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How To Hang On To Your Great New Employee - pt 2
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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How To Hang On To Your Great New Employee - pt 1
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Top Mistakes New Managers Make
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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How to Create an Employee Handbook
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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How To Set Up Payroll
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Employee Insurance - What Is It and Do I Have to Have It?
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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How To Do An Employee Review pt 2
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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How To Do An Employee Review pt 1
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Offer Letter vs. Employment Agreement
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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What Goes in a CA New Hire Package
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Remote Worker Pitfalls for Employers - pt 2
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Remote Worker Pitfalls for Employers - pt 1
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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How to Handle Vacation, Sick and Other Time Off
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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How To Interview
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Happy Holidays
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Overtime - Who Get's it, When and Why
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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My Employees Are Talking Politics At Work - Help!
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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How To Run a Background Check
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Exempt vs Non Exempt - What's The Difference?
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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How To Terminate an Employee
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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How To Measure Productivity of Remote Workers
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Right Person, Right Seat
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Introducing the More Human More Resources Podcast
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Nov 02, 2020 |