by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 3, 2008 | A Career in Practice Management, Human Resources, Memes
When we first moved to the west coast, I was stunned to find that people routinely take two weeks of vacation off AT ONE TIME! On the east coast, my experience had been that taking more than a week off was reserved for getting married or going to Europe. Amazingly,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 24, 2008 | Human Resources
Here is a VERY succinct performance evaluation that I’ve used for years. Called 5 Questions, the employee completes it, submits it to the manager, then they discuss and refine it together during the evaluation interview. Here are the questions: What goals did you...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 12, 2008 | Human Resources
Here’s some information you probably already knew, but might have forgotten. After ten minutes of a presentation, the majority of an audience (your staff, your docs, your board, your referrers) tune out, or rather, their brains turn off. BusinessWeek’s...
