The staff handbook is the first place in which employees will look for information on the practices and procedures of their workplace. But how do you create a staff handbook? And how do you make sure that the staff handbook is the definitive source of information that it should be? This guide shows how to introduce your handbook, including consulting and involving the staff it is intended for, and advice on how to distribute it. It covers; examples from staff handbooks; how staff handbooks are used, and the benefits to both staff and employers; the legal aspects and communication issues; what the staff handbook contains; and how to produce, maintain and revise a staff handbook.

A practical handbook for making management great again Managing for Happiness offers a complete set of practices for more effective management that makes work fun. Work and fun are not polar opposites; they're two sides of the same coin, and making the workplace a pleasant place to be keeps employees motivated and keeps customers coming back for more. It's not about gimmicks or 'perks' that disrupt productivity; it's about finding the passion that drives your business, and making it contagious. This book provides tools, games, and practices that put joy into work, with practical, real-world guidance for empowering workers and delighting customers. These aren't break time exploits or downtime amusements—they're real solutions for common management problems. Define roles and responsibilities, create meaningful team metrics, and replace performance appraisals with something more useful. An organization's culture rests on the back of management, and this book shows you how to create change for the better. Somewhere along the line, people collectively started thinking that work is work and fun is something you do on the weekends. This book shows you how to transform your organization into a place with enthusiastic Monday mornings. Redefine job titles and career paths Motivate workers and measure team performance Change your organization's culture Make management—and work—fun again Modern organizations expect everyone to be servant leaders and systems thinkers, but nobody explains how. To survive in the 21st century, companies need to dig past the obvious and find what works. What keeps top talent? What inspires customer loyalty? The answer is great management, which inspires great employees, who then provide a great customer experience. Managing for Happiness is a practical handbook for achieving organizational greatness.

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UK. Personnel management guide for the preparation of a workers induction manual of general information concerning working conditions, staff regulations, work rules, etc. - Includes diagrams and illustrations.

This concise yet comprehensive reference helps employers responsibly and effectively deal with the basic personnel issues they face each day. It guides employers in the development of a cohesive personnel program that is tailored to meet their companies' unique needs and goals. The author explicates potentially confusing matters such as employment-at-will, equal opportunity, sexual harassment, the disabled and immigrant and legal alien workers in lay terms and points out the dangers of oversight. Stressing the importance of consistency and documentation, he addresses the full range of personnel issues. An invaluable resource for any business that doesn't have a personnel expert on staff. CD contains sample employee handbooks, federal regulations and laws, forms for complying with government programs and worksheets for assessing personnel needs and goals.

Here's a guide for all managers charged with creating and updating their company's human resource policy manuals. This definitive handbook not only covers all areas of employee relations, it also tackles the full range of critical contemporary HR issues, such as AIDS, substance abuse, and chemical safety. Managers can take advantage of how-to istructions to organize and write a manual, timesaving checklists and worksheets, and invaluable tips on how to write personnel policies that lead to clear understanding and interpretation. Alerting the reader to legal pitfalls, the handbook covers employment policies, leaves of absence, pay, discipline and discharge, benefits, union relations, and more. Plus, its 100 helpful illustrations include sample forms, flow charts and a complete sample policy manual.

Provides human resource professionals and business owners guidance in creating an employee handbook, covering such topics as hiring, payroll, benefits, performance evaluations, and privacy in the workplace.

This handbook is the practical guide to becoming a great manager. It covers all the major topics including hiring, coaching, feedback, one-on-ones, and decision making. It also covers some of softer, but equally important, topics like conflict resolution and mental health. Great management changes lives. In fact, it's one of the most single overlooked pieces of leverage in the world. Great managers are remembered like great teachers, inspirations who help others soar. That's why it's such a shame management training is so often overlooked. Successful individual-contributors are rewarded with a 'promotion' into management and then, more often than not, left to sink or swim. If you're a new manager, this book will shine a friendly light on the road ahead. And if you're an old dog, perhaps it'll teach you a trick or two. This handbook was written by Alex MacCaw and stress-tested at a company called Clearbit.