Mitzi Branvold

5 Tips for Overcoming Workplace Negativity with Enthusiasm

Negative attitudes are a lot like the common cold, it can start with just one employee, but soon everyone is feeling the effects and morale and performance decline. But unlike the common cold, there’s a cure. Enthusiasm and positive attitudes can spread just as quickly-improving performance and increasing productivity! Here are 5 tips for overcoming […]

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Human Resources: The Best Ways to Motivate Employees

One of the biggest challenges in  Human Resources today is making sure that the company culture motivates employees to do their best for their organization each and every day.   According to a 2013 Gallup Poll “State of the Global Workplace”, only 13% of employees worldwide were engaged at work, 63% of employees were not engaged at work, and

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The Benefits of Outsourcing HR

More and more companies and business are starting to outsource their human resources, and for good reasons. Instead of having an HR department internally many companies are contracting out this department. This is becoming a growing trend, and what was once thought as unusual is becoming the norm. Below are five reasons why outsourcing HR

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Human Resources and 3 Tips for Minimizing Negativity in the Workplace

Your company is only as strong as the people who you employ. You can have the best product, for the greatest price, but none of that matters if your employees are not up to standard. This does not just mean according to individual skill set. Negativity not only breeds negativity, but it attracts negative consequences

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Workforce Diversity: Challenge or Benefit for Human Resources?

Workplace demographics  — as a reflection of America’s demographics — include an ever-growing range of ages, backgrounds, values, educational levels, and skills. Does workforce diversity present a challenge or a benefit for Human Resources? The answer: both. HR professionals, working with company leadership, are key to understanding all the different groups within their workforce. Effective

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Encouraging Employees

In a recent survey, researchers found that “employees trust their colleagues most, but their trust in leaders has the greatest impact on workplace culture.” If your employees can count on you, trust in you, to respond to their questions legitimately and respectfully, the survey suggests that “they are 25 to 30 percent more likely to

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