Books, Audio & Video
Books, Audio & Video
| Hiring & Firing | Working Smarter |
| Employment Law & Compliance | Thriving & Getting Ahead |
| How-Tos/Policy Manuals | Taxation |
| Managing & Leading |
Hiring & Firing
Fire at Will
You’re not the one being fired. So why are you staying up at night worrying about it? You know you’re firing for just cause. But if a discharged employee can prove you fired him for an illegal reason, prepare to write a large check to him as well as your attorney. Discover how to make employment laws work for you, not for the workers you fire for cause, with Fire at Will.
Hire at Will/Fire at Will (2-book combo)
Once upon a time, bosses could hire or fire as they pleased. That was their job. Now a manager can’t fire even a hopelessly incompetent worker without worrying about being sued. That’s why we’ve mounted a campaign to show business owners and managers how to reassert their rights to hire and fire. With these two special reports, Fire at Will and Hire at Will, you’ll be able to tell lazy, ineffective workers to shape up or ship out – without winding up in court. Order this money-saving combo package for yourself and your management team today.
Interviewer Boot Camp
Your reputation – and your career – hinge on hiring the highest-quality applicants. But these days, it’s easy for savvy applicants to fake their way through interviews. How do you cut through the interview BS and identify the true high performers? With the Interviewer Boot Camp. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Hiring Interview Workshop: 29 Must-Ask Questions
How often do you finish interviews and feel you still don’t know the real person? Just a lot of expected answers to questions that the applicant, well, expected. Discover how to improve your hiring dramatically and break through all those canned answers with the Hiring Interview Workshop: 29 Must-Ask Questions. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Remote Interviewing: How to Hire the Right Fit
The talent market has effectively gone from shortage to surplus. The silver lining? There’s more talent on the market right now, which means you’ll have a higher pool of qualified candidates for every position you look to fill. Assess your process to define, source, interview and hire the right fit. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Hiring for Attitude
A study by Leadership IQ found that 46% of new hires are either fired or disciplined within their first 18 months. And in a staggering 89% of those cases, the reason for the action isn’t incompetence, but attitude. You can teach technical skills, but you can’t teach attitude. Hiring for Attitude helps you make great hires every time. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Motivation-Based Interviewing: A Revolutionary Approach to Hiring the Best
Skills and experience are just two legs of the three-legged stool of great job performance. The other is attitude … and it may be the most important. Discover the importance of breaking through canned interview answers with Motivation-Based Interviewing: A Revolutionary Approach to Hiring the Best. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Talent-Based Interviewing: Best Questions & Best Practices
Traditional interview questions focus on the applicant’s past: Where have you worked? What have you done? What have you learned? But you need to know how people will perform in YOUR workplace. Talent-based interviewing, an increasingly popular interviewing technique, asks questions about real-life situations. Better interview questions mean better hires. And that reflects better on you! View a free 2-minute clip now!
Hiring Overhaul: New Trends & Avoidable Risks
If you’re hiring for the first time or the hundredth, check your hiring policies and processes with Hiring Overhaul: New Trends & Avoidable Risks. This is the perfect opportunity to get up to speed on new laws, develop new strategies and find new talent. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Winning the War for Talent: New Strategies for a New Environment
Organizations are scrambling to fill open spots and retain their current employees before they bolt, too. Take 75 minutes to discover an arsenal of easy-to-implement tools, tips and techniques to recruit, hire and retain the top talent. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Complete Employee Termination Kit (interactive CD with training materials)
Letting an employee go is never pleasant, and doing it the wrong way can lead you down a dangerous path to litigation. Learn the easy-to-follow guidelines that will help you terminate employees legally with The Complete Employee Termination Kit. Termination still won’t be fun, but you’ll know you’ve done everything right – and helped protect your company from litigation-seeking former employees.
Terminations & Firings: The Easy Way to Do a Difficult Thing
Whether you’re terminating for the first time or the hundredth, this is the perfect opportunity to learn new skills or improve on the tactics you already use to facilitate both an ethical and legal termination, and how to put the employee in the best possible place for future success. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Comings & Goings: How to Legally Manage Employee Departures and Return-to-Work
New COVID laws have intensified the already legally risky termination process. At the same time, your organization is dealing with how to safely and legally return employees to your workplace during the pandemic. Say your goodbyes to employees without saying hello to a lawsuit with help from Comings & Goings: How to Legally Manage Employee Departures and Return-to-Work. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employment Law & Compliance
Open for Business: Navigating an Employer’s Legal and Safety Obligations
As more employees return to the workplace, your HR department needs to take the correct steps now to protect employees from COVID-19 – and to protect the organization from the huge spike in virus lawsuits. Get the answers to the questions that are keeping employers up at night, and discover the best (and legally safe) steps that your organization must take now in response to this worldwide threat. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Avoiding COVID Liability in 2022: An HR Workshop
Even as the pandemic continues to cool down, COVID-related lawsuits are heating up. You need to take steps to prevent the new risks related to return-to-work policies, vaccine rules, wage-and-hour decisions and other end-of-pandemic landmines. Is your organization prepared to handle a COVID claim? Do you know how to prevent them? View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employment Law Workshop: Pandemic Response & Recovery
The COVID-19 crisis has created several unprecedented legal and practical challenges to businesses of all sizes, involving multiple laws, both old and new. Get the legal guidance you need to adapt to the changing environment, address workforce issues and manage your staff through this crisis with Employment Law Workshop: Pandemic Response & Recovery. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employment Law & COVID-19 Summit: Navigating the Road to Recovery
The distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine has made many Americans see the long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel. But the journey is far from over, especially for employers. Prepare yourself and your workforce for the last phases of the pandemic with the Employment Law & COVID-19 Summit: Navigating the Road to Recovery. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Vaccines, Mandates & Masks: Legal & Practical Solutions for Your Workplace
Employers are facing a pair of confusing and legally dangerous issues – how to navigate the unprecedented questions of COVID vaccines and face masks. One wrong answer can trigger big legal trouble, an employee-relations nightmare or both. Make sure your organization protects itself from these evolving risks and understands all the best practices being used today. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Emergency Planning Workshop: Employer’s Risks & Responsibilities
Get a detailed strategy on how to create an emergency contingency plan that helps you respond quickly and safely for both your workforce and business in our emergency planning workshop. Learn what events to prepare for and how, plus tips on how to train your team for it. View a free 2-minute clip now!
When an Employee Tests Positive for COVID
Millions of Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus, so it’s likely some of your employees will become infected in the coming months. Do you know exactly how your organization MUST respond – for safety and legal reasons? Get an in-depth, step-by-step plan from When an Employee Tests Positive for COVID. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employment Law & COVID-19 Summit: Understanding Management & HR’s New Role
Led by workplace psychologist Marie McIntyre and employment lawyer Anniken Davenport, this recording will give you the tools and strategies you need to lead your workforce through these trying times, stay compliant and be ready to address future changes. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Safety Self-Audit: Identify & Fix Risks in Your Workplace
For many industries and trades, safety in the workplace has often been a check-the-box and then head-in-sand approach. Take an hour to catch up on the critical safety steps you must take, whether you’ve got equipment operators or work-from-homers. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Biden Administration & Your Workforce: Expectations for Employment Law
As the country prepares for the transition of a new president to take office, employers must get ready for swift and on-going legislative initiatives, many of which will offer more worker protection. Get a clear breakdown of what you should expect and how to adjust and prepare from The Biden Administration & Your Workforce: Expectations for Employment Law. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Biden Blitz: Interpreting the Executive Orders for Employers
If the first days of Biden’s presidency are any indication of the speed at which his team will move, we’re all going to have to pick up the pace to keep up. Get a clear breakdown of the most pressing risks and responsibilities and how to prioritize and adjust your operations. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Return-to-Work Policies and Practices: A Legal Workshop
Let’s say employees who were out on FMLA leave, emergency leave, workers’ comp or furlough during the current crisis are finally ready to return to work. What now? Discover how to legally handle the most dangerous issues presented when employees return after leave with Return-to-Work Policies and Practices: A Legal Workshop. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Your HR Documents on Trial: A 2022 Compliance Check-Up
More than ever, each of your employment documents could trigger major liability. From FMLA certification to job descriptions to layoff notices, one mistake can lead to a messy, expensive battle in court or with a government agency. Discover the legally airtight steps for your HR document and recordkeeping obligations with Your HR Documents on Trial: A 2022 Compliance Check-Up. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Revise Your Job Descriptions: A Post-Pandemic ‘Must’ for HR & Managers
Accurate job descriptions are like a Swiss Army knife—a super-useful tool that simplifies everything from recruiting to performance management to compliance requirements. But outdated or inaccurate job descriptions can spark big-time trouble with various employment laws, including the FLSA, ADA and FMLA. Now is the time to take action on this important item on your HR “to do” list! View a free 2-minute clip now!
COVID and Unemployment: Legislative Update
Unemployment benefits for impacted workers have now been addressed in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Both new laws are as complex as they are timely. We’ve teamed up with an employment law expert to assist you in understanding what’s expected of you. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Complete Compliance Guide to Federal & State Employment Law
How can you possibly keep track of all the federal and state employment laws that govern how you manage your workforce? There’s one simple and affordable way: The Complete Compliance Guide to Federal & State Employment Law. Use this comprehensive CD resource to save on legal fees and stay out of court.
Wage, Hour, & Overtime Compliance
Classifying employees and then paying them correctly is complicated – and it triggers more lawsuits and penalties than any other HR topic. Are you absolutely sure you understand how to accurately classify employees, track hours, pay overtime, keep records and comply with other federal and state wage laws? View a free 2-minute clip now!
Overtime, Compliance and Other Tricky Pay Issues
You’ll find a thousand uses for this one-stop ready reference with all the answers on pay, overtime, compliance and related matters. The compliance and audit advice in Overtime, Compliance and Other Tricky Pay Issues has been vetted by lawyers with years of experience in employment law, payroll and tax compliance.
The New HR Rules: Employment Law Updates to Know Now
Understanding the complex details of employment law is key to properly applying it to your company policies and practices. As legislation continues to be passed on both the federal and state levels, make sure you’re in compliance with The New HR Rules: Employment Law Updates to Know Now. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing Within the Law: What Every Boss MUST Know About Workplace Law
Do your supervisors understand how to comply with employment laws? Any gaps in this basic knowledge will put your organization (and managers’ own nest eggs) at risk! Bring HR and your management team together for this comprehensive briefing on today’s most important workplace-law risks. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Workplace Poster Compliance for 2022
When was the last time you did an internal audit of (or even thought about) the labor-law posters in your workplace? If the answer isn’t six months or sooner, Workplace Poster Compliance for 2022 is a must for you. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Learning the Law: Employment Law 101 for Managers
Do the people managers at your company have the legal training they need that leads to success … and not to a courtroom? Whether you’re the HR go-to or a team manager, this training session is an ideal solution to get caught up on the crucial aspects of employment law that every manager should know. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Employee Leave Workshop: Successfully Managing Difficult Situations
You probably spend a huge chunk of your time navigating the complex and inconsistent array of laws and policies that come into play when employees take leave or have attendance problems. Stop wondering if you’re making all the right decisions and start managing employee leave with confidence. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Evolution of Leave Laws: Managing FMLA, FFCRA and Paid Leave
Employee leave changes are not slowing down. Sit down with employment lawyer Anniken Davenport and get focused guidance on what to do in the weeks and months ahead to support your staff and protect your company through the ever-changing landscape of employee leave. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employee Leave Policies: How to Revise Your Handbook for 2021-22
If you haven’t revised the employee leave policies in your handbook in the past two years, you may have missed important updates that you need to fix – pronto. Learn how to revise your handbook language to get in compliance and make it easy to understand who gets time off, for what reason and for how long. View a free 2-minute clip now!
FMLA Compliance Guide
Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is indeed costly and confusing. Take control with the quick and easy advice in this practical resource, updated with the 10 key changes you need to know in the FMLA’s revised regulations. You’ll learn what steps to take in hundreds of real-world situations, plus discover the 8 issues you must cover – in writing – with an employee requesting FMLA leave, whether you can legally fire someone who is on FMLA leave and an amazingly simple strategy that prevents employees from taking 24 weeks of back-to-back leave. The FMLA Compliance Guide is guaranteed to give you concrete answers to your most perplexing FMLA questions.
FMLA Master Class: The Complete Compliance Series
FMLA is one of the most complex pieces of the employment law puzzle. For the first time, we’ve combined four of our most informative recordings for a comprehensive overview of your compliance resonsibilities. Master each step of the process, from a request for leave to the eventual return to work. View a free 2-minute clip now!
FMLA Master Class: The New Landscape of Eligibility & Compliance
The need for FMLA and paid leave has increased, while managing it continues to become more complicated. Stop questioning your every move and master the FMLA once and for all with our FMLA Master Class: The New Landscape of Eligibility & Compliance. View a free 2-minute clip now!
FMLA Compliance Clarity: Managing Leave in a Changing Workforce
As the states take action and the American Rescue Plan goes into effect, a lot of “what ifs” are rising, all while employers face a variety of on-going challenges. Take 75 minutes to get focused guidance on what to do in the weeks and months ahead to support your staff and protect your company. View a free 2-minute clip now!
FMLA Certifications & Calendar Essentials
FMLA certification guidelines are absolutely essential for properly managing your workforce. Get a detailed how-to on FMLA certification from expert employment lawyer Anniken Davenport. You’ll learn the importance of certification and guidelines and how to apply them to your workforce. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Emergency FMLA Leave: Managing the New Amendments
The federal government passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in March to help the millions of workers out of work due to the pandemic. Now it’s time to process the details. Get the who, what, when and how of this new policy from employment lawyer Anniken Davenport with Emergency FMLA Leave. View a free 2-minute clip now!
FMLA Intermittent Leave: Compliance Workshop
Confused about how to manage employee requests for unscheduled, intermittent FMLA leave? Feel taken advantage of by employees who’ve learned to game the so-called “Friday-Monday Leave Act”? FMLA Intermittent Leave: Compliance Workshop will show you how to prevent and correct FMLA compliance problems and effectively manage all types of FMLA intermittent leave issues. View a free 2-minute clip now!
HR Workshop: How to Legally Accommodate Medical & Mental Health Requests
Navigating employee requests for workplace accommodations requires a legally risky balancing act between the employees’ wants and your organization’s legal obligations. Both novice and experienced HR professionals will benefit from HR Workshop: How to Legally Accommodate Medical & Mental Health Requests. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Accommodate or Terminate? How to Legally Draw the Line
At what point have you done enough to accommodate your employee’s disability and it’s time to terminate? With Accommodate or Terminate? How to Legally Draw the Line, employment lawyer Anniken Davenport provides you with a legal roadmap to work through one of the toughest situations. View a free 2-minute clip now!
How to Legally Terminate Employees on FMLA Leave
It may seem like firing employees while they’re on FMLA leave (or have just returned from FMLA) will earn you an instant trip to the courthouse. But it doesn’t have to end this way IF you know exactly how to handle such discipline or terminations. Find out when and how you can make a move with How to Legally Terminate Employees on FMLA Leave. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing Your Digital HR Records: A Compliance Workshop for HR
More than 75% of your company’s records are created and stored electronically – everything from emails to documents to Slack messages. Are you 100% confident that your organization is retaining those legal documents in full compliance with the law? And what new e-record risks do you face when employees work from home on personal computers? Find out with Managing Your Digital HR Records: A Compliance Workshop for HR. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Email Policy Compliance Workshop
Your company’s email is more legally dangerous than ever. Now is the time to understand all the federal and state laws governing your employees’ electronic communications – at the office and employees’ homes. Learn the correct steps to minimize risk, maximize compliance and manage your e-records in this historic time. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Wage & Hour Law Master Class: Overtime & Classification
Wage and hour law is facing some of its biggest changes in a generation. The DOL and state labor agencies continue to collect record-breaking amounts in fines. Discover if you’re at risk – and what to do about it – with the Wage & Hour Law Master Class. View a free 2-minute clip now!
FLSA Compliance Guide
Many organizations aren’t 100% sure about which employees are considered exempt from being paid overtime and which are nonexempt. The FLSA Compliance Guide has saved many confused and frustrated managers from expensive, unnecessary lawsuits involving not just overtime pay, but pay for travel time … inclement weather closings … even smoking breaks and jury duty, plus the gray areas of timekeeping and paying independent contractors.
Using Independent Contractors
When it comes to independent contractors, what you don’t know can hurt. Get step-by-step instructions on how to comply with IRS requirements without compromising your ability to make cost-effective hiring decisions. You’ll learn about the IRS’ 10-question test to determine classification, see a sample contract and review guidelines for 22 states with even stricter rules. Hire – or don’t hire – without fear!
Independent Contractor vs. Employee: How to Comply and Avoid the Crackdown
A massive new “Misclassification Initiative” launched by the IRS and U.S. Department of Labor is targeting employers with more audits and new scrutiny. The IRS estimates that 80% of workers classified as “independent contractors” are actually employees. What to do? Now is the time to understand this issue once and for all – and get in compliance. You must get those classifications right – now more than ever. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Exempt or Nonexempt? How to Make the Call and Avoid FLSA Overtime Suits
Confusion over whether to classify workers as exempt vs. nonexempt triggers high-stakes lawsuits that force employers to pay back-wage penalties and liquidated damages, plus thousands in attorney’s fees. Learn how to avoid becoming the victim of an employee lawsuit and how to stay under the Labor Department’s audit radar screen. Heed the lessons other employers have learned the hard way, and use the self-audit in this concise Executive Summary to make sure you’re properly classifying exempt employees.
Employee Classification Workshop: Exempt vs. Non-Exempt
While employers have flexibility in emergencies, a crisis isn’t an excuse for long-term out-of-classification work. Get a crash course on classifications and discover if your current setup is at risk – and what to do about it – with Employee Classification Workshop: Exempt vs. Non-Exempt. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The New Employer Rules on I-9s, E-Verify and Visas
For employers and HR, the coronavirus crisis has led to new layers of compliance and confusion, including brand-new rules on Form I-9 verification and E-Verify. The New Employer Rules on I-9s, E-Verify and Visas is an in-depth look at how to stay in compliance with these and other important immigration changes. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The I-9 and E-Verify Compliance Workshop
I-9 audits are skyrocketing – could your organization survive one? E-Verify rules are in constant flux – are you in compliance? Do your I-9 and E-Verify efforts work together – or set you up for a lawsuit? You must make sure your hiring policies and practices conform to the latest federal and state rules. Keep your organization in compliance with The I-9 and E-Verify Compliance Workshop. View a free 2-minute clip now!
I-9 Preboarding: How to Complete Form I-9 Before Employee’s First Day
Finishing I-9 paperwork early allows you to speed up your onboarding process and lets employees jump right into productive work on Day 1. In I-9 Preboarding: How to Complete Form I-9 Before Employee’s First Day, a noted immigration attorney explains how employers can adapt this concept of I-9 and E-Verify preboarding to ease pressures and create dramatic new HR efficiencies. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employment-Based Visas: New Rules and Deadlines for 2021 Hiring
The complex employment visa system has become even more confusing and unsettled. Don’t get caught without knowing the rules on how to hire the best labor available, even if that means foreign-born assets. Employment-Based Visas: New Rules and Deadlines for 2021 Hiring is an in-depth discussion on how to navigate today’s immigration system and the steps you need to take to secure various types of employment-based visas. View a free 2-minute clip now!
On the Road Again: How to Manage & Pay for Employee Travel in 2021
One of the most confusing parts of personnel administration is determining when and how to pay employees for travel time. This audio recording explains DOL and IRS rules for travel time vs. commuting time … highlights common FLSA- and pay-related problems that arise with employee travel … and answers all your questions about when to pay and when not to pay. Make sure you don’t get caught in an FLSA lawsuit! View a free 2-minute clip now!
Termination Pay: When to Pay It, How to Pay It, and How to Tax It
Termination pay is one of your most complex and confusing duties. Don’t go it alone … and don’t try to guess at the compliance rules. The risks are way too high. That’s why we’ve created an audio recording to help you find out if your termination pay practices are correct and compliant with federal and state employment tax regulations. View a free 2-minute clip now!
HR Master Class: New Responsibilities for Stopping Harassment & Discrimination
As the fight for fair and equitable treatment takes center stage again in America, the spotlight reaches its light to the workplace. Are your managers and employees up to date on the expanding definitions of harassment and discrimination? Is your business prepared for an allegation – or worse, a lawsuit? Make sure with the HR Master Class: New Responsibilities for Stopping Harassment & Discrimination. View a free 2-minute clip now!
D&I Workshop: How to Create and Communicate Effective (and Legal) Policies
Developing diversity and inclusion policies and guidelines isn’t just a “nice thing” to do anymore. It’s a vital step for any HR department. Nancy Flynn, founder of the ePolicy Institute, will help you learn how to implement best practice-based policies and procedures. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Sexual Harassment Prevention: A Training Class for Non-Supervisor Employees
The Supreme Court says training is your most important “good faith effort” to avoid liability, and many states now require annual anti-harassment training. This webinar recording allows you to easily gather your non-supervisory employees to learn how to recognize, respond to and report unlawful harassing behavior in you workplace.. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Retaliation Nation: Prevent Employees’ #1 Legal Claim
“Don’t get mad, get even.” That may be a good action-movie slogan, but it’s a terrible management style. To find out what constitutes retaliation … what doesn’t … and how you can avoid legal problems (and legal bills), we’ve teamed with a top employment attorney for some valuable training on this white-hot topic. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Baby on Board: HR, Pregnancy & Accommodating Moms
“I’m pregnant” is already one of the most legally risky phrases any HR professional or supervisor can hear. And a recent Supreme Court decision has made pregnancy accommodations even more complex. You can’t afford to make even one mistake. Baby on Board: HR, Pregnancy & Accommodating Moms will get you up to speed on the latest laws, court rulings and best practices for accommodating expectant and new parents. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Payroll Compliance Handbook
Quickly and easily find answers to all of your nagging payroll questions. This handy reference is written in plain English – no legal gobbledygook here – so you can quickly understand what you need to do to stay in compliance, improve efficiencies and avoid costly payroll errors.
Payroll Compliance Workshop
Payroll is changing … at record speed. The Payroll Compliance Workshop covers expense reimbursement, travel pay, the new payroll credits and regulations, preventing IRS/DOL audits and more. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Creating a Payroll Manual: Putting Your Procedures into Writing
A procedures manual is your best tool for a compliant, accurate and efficient payroll department. If your organization doesn’t have a payroll procedures manual, don’t let the year end without creating a single document that collects all your policies and processes regarding how employees get paid. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Payroll in the Pandemic: How to Provide Your Employees Pay Support During the Coronavirus Crisis
Discover the ins and outs of working within the Internal Revenue Code and the Fair Labor Standards Act so you can provide the maximum assistance to employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, without maximum headaches from the IRS or the DOL. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Top 10 Payroll Mistakes of 2021: How to Prevent, How to Fix
Payroll was already confusing. Then all those pandemic law changes added a messy new layer of complexity. This means your payroll department is more vulnerable to errors that trigger expensive audits, fines and penalties. Review the 10 areas within payroll that are triggering the most mistakes and audits, and get detailed advice on how to stay in compliance. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Payroll Compliance: Preparing for Year-End and 2022
Employers are also facing intense new scrutiny of their W-2s, 1099s, 1095s and other payroll tax reporting compliance. Make even ONE critical error in your W-2 reports and you’ll be bumped down into non-filer status and become easy penalty bait for the IRS. Get compliance guidance from a payroll expert with Payroll Compliance: Preparing for Year-End and 2022. View a free 2-minute clip now!
IRS Payroll Audits: How to Prevent, Prepare & Come Out Alive
One simple mistake by HR or payroll can trigger an IRS audit that is enormously expensive. Yet most companies have no idea what the IRS is looking for … or which red flags are currently in their own books. Learn the steps you should be taking now with IRS Payroll Audits: How to Prevent, Prepare & Come Out Alive. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Dollar for Dollar: Your Legal Obligations to Close the Pay Gap
As the call for equal pay gets louder, learn what other smart employers are doing to proactively stay ahead of promised regulations and legislation from federal and state leaders. Not only will prioritizing pay equity cover all the legal musts, you’ll also sharpen the best retention and productivity tool you have – compensation. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Payroll Update 2022: New Paperwork, New Laws & Required Changes
The payroll landscape is changing again – and smart moves in the coming months will help you avoid big trouble (and big fines) down the road. Payroll Update 2022: New Paperwork, New Laws & Required Changes will help you find out what you must do (and NOT do) to stay in compliance with federal and state payroll laws. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Perfecting Payroll: New Methods and Compliance Tips
When it comes to payroll, there are no do-overs. You must get it right for each employee, every single time. In fact, it’s your biggest responsibility – and greatest legal risk. Discover what you must do (and not do) to stay compliant, secure and organized with your employee pay process in Perfecting Payroll: New Methods and Compliance Tips. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Payroll Fraud: How to Spot It & Prevent It
Especially in this rough economy, people are trying to rip off your company. And because labor is a company’s largest expense, your payroll department is walking around with a huge target on its back. It’s your job to know these risks and keep them from harming your company. Learn how with Payroll Fraud: How to Spot It & Prevent It. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Payroll Compliance for Remote Employees
Having employees across different states can trigger unintended payroll liabilities in states far from your corporate offices. Learn the ins and outs of inter-state tax laws, what you may be on the hook for and how you can change your operations to avoid additional taxes. Discover the basics you need to know now to avoid surprises and fines later. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employee Expenses: Understanding the New Reimbursement Rules
The IRS is laser focused on your payroll procedures these days. One mistake means your employee reimbursements will be disallowed, meaning they’d be considered taxable compensation to employees. Learn the most up-to-date rules and requirements for expense reimbursements so you can get them right every time. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employee Benefits Update: What’s New & Must-Do Changes for Open Enrollment
Dramatic shifts in the way your employees live and work have changed what people want (and expect) from a company benefits plan. Learn how to update your benefits program to address the changing workforce, maximize your recruiting and retention efforts, and reduce employee benefits costs. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Inclement Weather Policies: Best HR and Payroll Practices
Disruptive events like blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes and extreme heat will force you to deal with tricky questions. Don’t wait for a weather emergency to learn the answers. Now is the time to review your attendance and pay policies to make sure they cover all the bad-weather bases and comply with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Mapping Out Mental Health Policies
Drug addiction, depression, anxiety, even suicide at work are impacting workplace culture and productivity. Firing workers with mental illness can land you in court. Find out how to balance mental health treatment, productivity, FMLA leave and ADA reasonable accommodations with Mapping Out Mental Health Policies. View a free 2-minute clip now!
California HR Law 2022 Update
If you have employees in California, you’re constantly trying to keep up with the state’s crazy maze of complex, ever-changing, employee-friendly employment laws. Get up to speed on all things HR California in this comprehensive session, California HR Law 2022 Update. View a free 1-minute clip now!
Form W-4 and 2022 Withholding: Compliance Training for Payroll and HR
The IRS has radically changed the W-4 form, and employees and payroll/HR professionals have a lot of questions. Don’t get caught unprepared and out of compliance. Discover the new compliance rules with Form W-4 and 2022 Withholding: Compliance Training for Payroll and HR. View a free 2-minute clip now!
1099 Compliance: New Rules, New Filing Requirements & New IRS Scrutiny
Bad news: The process for filing 1099s has become more complicated than ever. And the news only gets worse – forms filed in the wrong medium (even correct forms!) can trigger millions of dollars in tax penalties. Your best defense is a good offense. Avoid penalties and comply with confidence using the guidance in 1099 Compliance: New Rules, New Filing Requirements & New IRS Scrutiny, led by a payroll expert. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Form 941 Compliance: New Form, New Worksheets
Completing Form 941 has gotten more challenging as the IRS has added more lines and new complexity to the form. Avoid surprise tax penalties later by learning the new steps to 941 compliance now. View a free 2-minute clip now!
W-2 Compliance for 2021: What Payroll Needs to Know
As tax forms go, W-2s are small in dimension. But they can carry an oversized risk and complexity if you’re not prepared. This recording will prepare you for the upcoming filing year, provide best practices for completing – and reconciling – the form, and explain important new changes in your 2021 W-2 process. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Correcting W-2s and 941 Forms
Even in the most efficient payroll departments, mistakes occur. When this happens on your W-2s, it’s important to make corrections as soon as possible. Learn the ins and outs of payroll corrections on Forms W-2c and 941-X. View a free 2-minute clip now!
ACA Reporting Requirements: New Rules, New Responsibilities for 2022 Filing
The Affordable Care Act is still alive, and that means health care information reporting is still required. Understanding the ACA Reporting Requirements: New Rules, New Responsibilities for 2022 Filing is a complete primer on the health care information reporting rules. This is your last, best chance to learn the step-by-step requirements for completing each form correctly the first time. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Legal & Effective Teleworking: Setting the Rules for Remote Work
You may not realize it, but when employees work remotely, they open your organization to a series of unique liability risks. One small mistake can be devastating. Learn how to set telecommuting rules that are legally sound and clarify management and employee expectations with Legal & Effective Teleworking: Setting the Rules for Remote Work. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employee Monitoring: A Legal & Practical Workshop for Employers
Employers of all sizes are increasing their use of electronic monitoring and tracking in the workplace. But which of these tools are legal, how far can you go in using them and what are the legal risks? Discover where you must draw the legal line in keeping electronic tabs on your employees with Employee Monitoring: A Legal & Practical Workshop for Employers. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Marijuana Issues at Work: An Employer Compliance Workshop
The complex maze of state and federal laws on marijuana usage has left employers and HR professionals in a haze about what to do on several pot-related questions. Finally get legal clarity on current laws and changes you must make with Marijuana Issues at Work: An Employer Compliance Workshop. View a free 2-minute clip now!
How-Tos/Policy Manuals
The Book of Company Policies
In today’s highly regulated, litigious society, a single misstep can trigger lawsuits that blow away your company’s morale, productivity and profitability. That’s why you need clear and consistent policies on your organization’s rules, standards and benefits. The Book of Company Policies offers expert guidance on what policies you need and how to write them … communicate them … and put them to work. You’ll steer clear of potential legal landmines – helping your supervisors and managers save time and avoid daily hassles.
Bullet-Proof Your Employee Handbook
Is your employee handbook an open invitation to sue you? With Bullet-Proof Your Employee Handbook you’ll fix the 10 disastrous mistakes found in almost every employee handbook and protect your organization against today’s newest trends in litigation. You’ll avoid the “cookie-cutter” trap and the policy-procedure blur, and secure enough wiggle room so you don’t get pinned down in court. Stop wondering about how you might be vulnerable – order Bullet-Proof Your Employee Handbook today.
Employee Handbook Checklist: Required Changes for 2022 and Common Mistakes
Whether your employee handbook is homegrown or crafted by experts, it’s critical you update it on a regular basis. Make quick work of reviewing and updating your handbook with Employee Handbook Checklist: Required Changes for 2022 and Common Mistakes. You’ll learn the crucial changes to make now, what lies ahead and the top handbook mistakes to avoid. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Upgrade Your Employee Handbook: The Benefits and Risks of Going Digital
Is your employee handbook still an actual book? If so, you’re living in the paper past. Learn the best practical and legally smart strategies with Upgrade Your Employee Handbook: The Benefits and Risks of Going Digital. We’ll walk you through the process, from conversion to distribution to accessibility. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Self-Audit Your Employee Handbook
What darkness lurks inside your employee handbook? It’s time to pick up your red pen and find out. Discover the best practical and legally smart strategies for thoroughly reviewing your handbook and finding hidden mistakes that could cost your organization thousands – or even millions – of dollars in legal costs, lost time and jury awards. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Do-It-Yourself Employee Manual
Get problem employees back in line with your own customized employee manual! The Do-It-Yourself Employee Manual provides sample language for 9 key areas your manual should be covering. Using the easy-to-understand CD (included), you can add customizable pages to your current manual – or create a whole new “lawsuit-proofer” for your workplace. Give your personalized manual to every employee, and you’ll have the ammunition you need to defend yourself in court – or even better, to send the message that it’s not worth suing you.
Personnel Records: What to Keep, What to Toss (Executive Summary)
If you keep all your personnel records, you could be liable for not complying with the Federal Trade Commission’s “disposal rule,” which requires you to dispose of paper and records in a reasonable way. If you keep nothing, you’re virtually guaranteeing that you’ll lose every legal battle. Get the rules for developing a lawsuit-proof records-retention policy for disciplinary documentation, performance evaluations, workplace investigations and medical data. You’ll reduce the clutter, streamline record retrieval and protect yourself in court.
Personnel Records: What to Keep, What to Toss
Increasingly rigorous state and federal workplace laws have generated tottering stacks of personnel records and full disks in workplaces across America. It’s tempting to have a wholesale clean-out. But if you destroy the wrong document, you could be destroying your career. Keep everything, and you may be violating federal regulations on the “reasonable” disposal of sensitive documents. Keep nothing, and you’re virtually guaranteed to lose in any legal battle. Find the safe and effective middle ground now! View a free 2-minute clip now!
Taming the Paper Monster: Make the Shift to Electronic Records
Do you have dusty rooms crammed with personnel files and company records? Are you aware of the liability risks of keeping those documents in paper format and not shredding them? It’s time to stop living in the paper past. Take 75 minutes to learn how to leverage technology to manage your employment and company records. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Communication Liability in a Work-From-Home World
The risk of lawsuits and records disasters from employees’ email and other e-communications is greater than ever. Now is the time to understand all the federal and state laws governing your employees’ electronic communication tools – at the office and employees’ homes. View a free 2-minute clip now!
HR Memos to Managers
Do your managers have the HR know-how they need? Too often, employees are given managerial jobs based on their performance in non-managerial positions – not on their supervisory skills. Help them figure out the HR aspect of their job by downloading, customizing and distributing HR Memos to Managers. Your “good-faith” effort to train your managers on sexual harassment, retaliation, FMLA compliance and 80+ other tricky topics will go a long way with the courts. Protect your organization now and in the future with HR Memos to Managers.
HR Memos to Managers, Vol. 2
Managers who mishandle HR issues can put their organizations in really hot water. Give your people the training they need with HR Memos to Managers, Vol. 2. By popular demand, we’ve created 81 more concise, customizable training handouts to help you train your supervisors. This easy-to-use handbook will help keep your organization out of legal trouble.
HR Memos to Managers, Vols. 1 & 2
Our two Memos to Managers volumes are now available together at one low price! That’s a total of 162 concise, customizable training handouts for your supervisors. Keep your organization out of legal trouble and inspire your managers to implement HR best practices with HR Memos to Managers, Vols. 1 & 2. Both are packed with clear, succinct, easy-to-understand Memos for you to share with your managers however you choose.
The Employer’s Practical Legal Guide
Protect your company with the comprehensive and easy-to-understand instructions in The Employer’s Practical Legal Guide. Prepared by top employment attorneys – then translated into plain language for business people – this must-have manual has everything you need to know to stop trouble before it starts … and limit the damage from innocent mistakes. More than 80 checklists and self-audit questionnaires help you target your company’s weak spots and correct them quickly.
HR Investigations Workshop: A Guide to Legal & Effective Inquiries
Making just one small mistake when investigating workplace misconduct could land your organization in legal danger. HR Investigations Workshop will show you what to do – and what not to do – when conducting effective investigations. You’ll learn strategies and tips to handle any workplace problem quickly and legally. View a free 2-minute clip now!
HR Certification Prep: The Keys to SHRM & HRCI Success
More than a third of HR professionals have a certification to their name. Ben Eubanks, one of the most respected voices when it comes to HR certification, shares the inside track to help you tackle the exam that best fits your career goals. View a free 2-minute clip now!
7 Strategies for Creating E-Newsletters That Get Results
Do you know how to create a newsletter that gets opened and keeps your readers engaged? Effective newsletters take a little thought and effort, but the results are worth it! 7 Strategies for Creating E-Newsletters That Get Results will provide you with valuable information on creating successful e-newsletters for your organization that inform and engage participants. Listen to a free 90-second clip now!
Small but Mighty: HR for Small Business Success
The demands placed on the HR function these days are unprecedented, causing high turnover in the HR field. This dynamic training session provides real-world advice to grab control of your workday and shine in the HR function. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing & Leading
The Manager’s Handbook: 104 Solutions to Your Everyday Workplace Problems
The biggest challenge for managers? Managing your own workload. At last, there’s one resource that helps you do everything better. The Manager’s Handbook: 104 Solutions to Your Everyday Workplace Problems will help you manage better from day one. No lofty theories or buzzwords – just practical advice that helps you get the job done while staying out of legal trouble. Manage better – and become and even more valuable member of your management team.
The First 90 Days: Successful Onboarding Strategies to Boost Productivity, Performance & Engagement
In today’s disconnected workplace, onboarding is more important than ever. Unlock the secrets to creating a simple but effective 90-day onboarding program that will help you achieve your most important HR and business goals. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Manager’s Guide to Effective, Legal Performance Reviews
Make your performance appraisals work for you – not against you! How you conduct employee performance reviews can have a major impact not only on how your employees view their jobs, but on how they regard your organization and you. Many books offer general suggestions for improving performance, but few discuss specific ways to make reviews more effective. The Manager’s Guide to Effective, Legal Performance Reviews shows you how to conduct appraisals with clearly established expectations and no misinterpretation.
Performance Reviews: A Complete How-To Guide
No matter who’s giving them, performance reviews are just … difficult. It would be so great to get this headache under control … ease your management burden … free yourself to concentrate on things that really matter. Now you can, with Performance Reviews: A Complete How-to Guide. This resource is packed with the essentials you need to get your HR staff on track.
The Complete Performance Appraisal Kit (interactive CD with training materials)
Performance reviews are more than just evaluations. They’re an opportunity to increase productivity – and must be done correctly to prevent lawsuits. Get everything you need to do it all right with The Complete Performance Appraisal Kit. This CD with training materials gives you a 147-page manual and a library of customizable documents. It’s everything you’ll ever need to conduct effective, beneficial performance appraisals.
Performance Review Workshop
If you haven’t conducted a one-on-one check-in with each of your employees, now is the time. Regular performance appraisals provide that critical feedback loop between managers and employees. That’s why we’ve paired back up with management coach Marie McIntyre to provide you with the tools necessary to conduct effective employee reviews. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Documenting Employee Performance: Say This, Not That
Most managers or HR professionals never learned how to write up an employee. Now you can. Discover how to document (and discuss) employee discipline issues in the most clear, accurate and legally smart way. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The 6 Secrets Every Supervisor Needs to Know
No one is born knowing how to be a supervisor. And no other job can prepare you for this challenging assignment. Now, you not only have to worry about your performance, you have to worry about how others perform, too. The good news is you can quickly add the “secrets” of successful managers to your supervisory toolkit. With The 6 Secrets Every Supervisor Needs to Know, you’ll be the boss everyone WANTS to work for! View a free 2-minute clip now!
From Bud to Boss – Making the Transition to Leadership
A promotion to leadership, supervision or management brings new responsibilities, new relationship dynamics, and new opportunities for personal and career growth. The good news is first-time managers and supervisors can learn the kinds of things it usually takes managers years to learn. That’s why we created From Bud to Boss – Making the Transition to Leadership. Listen to a free 90-second clip now!
New Managers: Master the Art of Leadership, Communication & Team Building
Getting promoted into a first-time supervisory role is exciting and scary. That’s because new managers rarely get the training they need to be successful. Best-selling author and employee-relations guru Paul Falcone presents this advice-packed training session that will help new managers successfully navigate their new leadership roles. Listen to a free 90-second clip now!
The Magnetic Manager: Becoming the Best Boss You Can Be
The No. 1 reason employees leave companies is the way they’re supervised. The good news (whether you’re a new manager or a seasoned one): You can keep your great people on board and happy by learning the secret of becoming a “magnetic manager.” Become the boss no employee wants to leave! View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Courage to Lead
The old saying is true: “People don’t leave companies, they leave managers.” With this webinar recording, learn how to take risks, voice unpopular decisions, develop creative solutions, and empower others to succeed. Become the manager employees respect and want to follow. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Coaching Through COVID: How to Manage Employees in Turbulent Times
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it’s critical for companies to help employees deal with their concerns, their fears and the logistical issues presented by this pandemic … all while helping workers perform their jobs at the highest level. Nationally known executive coach Jay Forte will train your managers on the most important steps to support employees in this period of great uncertainty. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Employees in Crisis: How Managers & HR Should Address Mental Health
America is in a mental health crisis. Organizational psychology and management consultant Rick Cartor will show you how to proactively recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health issues, re-tool your health care benefits and create a culture that promotes and maintains mental health and wellness. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Coaching Skills for Managers & Supervisors
When staff members become unproductive, unmotivated, or disruptive, a manager’s first thought should be, “How do I get things back on track?” The answer to that question almost always involves coaching. Coaching Skills for Managers & Supervisors will give you specific strategies for conducting a successful coaching discussion, dealing with difficult employees, and following up to ensure success. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Stop Managing, Start Coaching: How to Coach Employees to Greater Performance
Today’s workplace requires managers who engage and inspire – not just tell employees what to do. How can you turn your management team into a group of super coaches? Gather your supervisors together for Stop Managing, Start Coaching: How to Coach Employees to Greater Performance. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Creating High-Performance Teams
High-performance teams are critical to maintaining an organization’s competitive edge. It’s your job to turn your workers into a team, but how? Don’t leave that to chance – it won’t happen automatically. Gather your management team for real-world training. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Resolving Employee Conflicts: How to Handle Squabbling Co-workers, Chronic Troublemakers & Fractured Teams
Conflicts between employees can disrupt morale, reduce productivity and create a generally unpleasant place to work. The good news is that you don’t have to tolerate disruptive workplace conflicts. Resolving Employee Conflicts will help you learn how to diagnose the specific cause of an employee conflict – and choose the best strategy for bringing it to an end. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Race, Politics and Social Media: Effectively Managing our Differences and Creating a Unified Workplace
Things can heat up quickly at work – and it’s your job to cool them down. To help you do just that, Business Management Daily has teamed up with a top workplace expert for a session that will steer you through these troubled waters, offering guidance for your HR team … your employees … and the C-Suite. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing & Motivating the 7 Most Challenging Employee Types
Do some of your employees require more “managing” than others? Do some enjoy pushing the limits, while others seem totally clueless about the problems they cause? Every office has a few “challenging employees,” from drama queens to slackers to those who are just plain pests. Merely tolerating these harmful behaviors is definitely NOT the best solution. Learn how to manage them and motivate them to get it together. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Tough Talks: Scripts & Strategies for Difficult Employee Discussions
Most supervisors and HR professionals never learned how to handle uncomfortable conversations with employees about poor performance, offensive behavior or even personal hygiene. Learn exactly what to say in all kinds of “tough talks” with this webinar recording. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Problem Employees: Coach ’Em, Discipline ’Em, and Turn ’Em Around
How do you react when faced with poor-performing or disruptive employees? Don’t just stick your head in the sand and hope the situation improves. Learn practical, real-life tools to handle even the toughest problem employees from Problem Employees: Coach ’Em, Discipline ’Em, and Turn ’Em Around. Listen to a free 90-second clip now!
Regulating Employee Conduct On & Off the Job: Where to Draw the Line
The line between what’s considered on-the-job versus off-duty conduct has always been blurred. To help you make these important legal decisions with confidence, we’ve developed this helpful and entertaining session, Regulating Employee Conduct On & Off the Job: Where to Draw the Line. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Preventing Digital Damage: Your Legal Rights to Managing Staff’s Social Media
Is it legal to fire employees for posting inflammatory comments on Facebook? Can workers claim “free speech”? And when are their words or actions considered “protected activity”? Discover your organization’s rights when it comes to regulating employees’ social media comments, political speech and other off-duty activity. View a free 2-minute clip now!
When Employees Speak Out: Managing the Rise in Worker Activism
Your employees have opinions, and they’re often loud ones – even on social media. Do you understand your organization’s rights and responsibilities? And where can you draw the line on employee expression? Discover the correct policies and practices you need to have in place NOW. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Performance in a Pandemic: An HR Workshop on Legal Discipline & Documentation
Do you have the right documentation to support your discipline and termination decisions … and do you know the airtight legal steps to take? Gather your HR and management teams to discover the best-practice steps to handle performance issues today and (if needed) how to terminate a worker without any legal trouble. View a free 2-minute clip now!
High Performance on a Low Budget: Post-COVID Engagement and Motivational Magic
A highly motivated and engaged staff means peak performance and lower turnover. But your budget for raises and other perks may be slim to nonexistent. The key is to understand what your employees really want, and be able to push all the right low-cost motivational buttons. Discover a toolkit of real-world, practical strategies to motivate your employees without extra money. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Keep Negativity from Infecting Your Workplace
Chronic negativity frequently starts with only one or two employees, but it can quickly infect an entire department. Don’t let things go too far – learn how to put a strategy in place to combat negativity. With Keep Negativity from Infecting Your Workplace, you’ll learn specific strategies for combating negativity in your group and promoting more positive attitudes. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Workplace Detox: How to (Legally) Deal with Toxic Employees
In this tight labor market, you can’t afford to simply cast off every “difficult” employee or those who have personality clashes with co-workers. Such employees, in fact, may still be adding value to your organization. But quietly tolerating toxic employees is legally dangerous and a guaranteed morale killer. Gather your HR and management teams for Workplace Detox: How to (Legally) Deal with Toxic Employees. View a free 2-minute clip now!
The Growing Problem of Workplace Incivility
Squabbling employees, screaming managers, colleagues who never respond to emails, co-workers who send texts while you’re talking to them … all these people seem to have forgotten the basic rules of courtesy and respect. Find out the strategies you need to turn your office from an uncivil war zone into a collaborative workplace with The Growing Problem of Workplace Incivility. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing Toxic Talkers
The destructive effects of gossip and grapevine rumors can undermine performance and damage working relationships. When toxic talk infects an entire department, managers may be tempted to throw up their hands and just give in. But tolerating these harmful behaviors is definitely NOT the best solution. We’ll help you take back control with Managing Toxic Talkers. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Effectively Managing Your Remote Staff
More and more organizations are remaining remote – or hybrid remote – workplaces, and it takes different tactics to engage and retain those employees. It’s up to management and supervisors to develop strong structures that help their teams stay productive and engaged. Gain the key tools you need with Effectively Managing Your Remote Staff. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing and Leading Hybrid Teams
The world of work has changed … forever. To successfully lead your hybrid team, you need to understand how the workforce has changed … acknowledge your team members’ needs … and address those differences critical to your success. Kevin Eikenberry will show you how. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing Millennials for Long-Term Success
Millennials now make up 35% of the U.S. workforce and, in 10 years, they’ll be more than half. Millennials have different wants and needs … and they already have one foot out the door. Managing Millennials for Long-Term Success will give you and your management team practical ways to effectively hire, onboard, train and manage your millennial employees. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce
For the first time in history, employees from five different generations are participating in the U.S. workforce. Discover the unique characteristics and motivations of today’s multi-generational workforce – and how to inspire the best performance out of each individual – with Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Succession Planning for Small Businesses
The pandemic has left many leaders and small business owners considering early retirement or wondering what would happen if they got sick. And for the first time in history, employees from five different generations are part of the American workforce. If a changing of guard hasn’t happened in your workplace, you should expect it soon. Prepare with Succession Planning for Small Businesses. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Stay Interviews: How One Conversation Can Cut Turnover in Half
A post-pandemic churn in the workforce has left employers whiplashed as their top talent leaves for better opportunities. That makes now a critical time to put stay interviews into practice. Learn how to develop, implement and act on them with Stay Interviews: How One Conversation Can Cut Turnover in Half. View a free 2-minute clip now!
HR Excellence: Leadership Development for HR Business Partners
Being an HR Business Partner is a challenging and intense adventure, whether you are responsible for a business line or group of clients in a large company, or you’re an HRBP for a start-up. And you know that staying dedicated to continuous professional development is crucial to your success. We’ll help with HR Excellence: Leadership Development for HR Business Partners. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Working Smarter
Difficult People at Work
Discover how to identify and manage the 24 most challenging personality types! Working with underhanded, self-centered and troublesome people can be infuriating. Difficult People at Work gives you proven, practical strategies you can use immediately to restore the balance of power, improve your own working environment and put problem people in their place.
Time Management to the Rescue
Nowadays you’re expected to do more with less, no matter how much longer it takes. While you can’t create more hours in the day, you can learn how to use your time to maximum advantage. Time Management to the Rescue offers a wealth of knowledge you can put to use today on how to work reasonable hours, prioritize tasks, track productivity, organize your calendar and master technology.
Take Control of Your Day: Tips to Organize Your Time & Your Work
Things can easily fall apart if you don’t manage your time wisely – at work and at home. If you’re stressed and can’t seem to impose order on your daily chaos, it’s time to drop those old habits and replace them with new ones that put YOU in control of your time. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Control the Chaos: Become a Hero on the Job While Actually Working Fewer Hours!
Does your hectic work life have you feeling squeezed and trapped? We can help you take back control of your workday. In just minutes, you’ll be more organized and more productive…not to mention more content. And you won’t have to spend one extra minute in the office to make it happen. You’ll leave work every day – on time! – feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Thriving & Getting Ahead
Emily Post’s Guide to Business Etiquette for the 21st Century
In a world of texts, tweets, “cube farms” and Casual Fridays, have manners gone the way of the dodo? The truth is, multimillion-dollar deals (and people’s jobs) can be LOST as a result of poor etiquette. In today’s competitive climate, knowing how to act – and how NOT to – can spell the difference between success and failure. Business etiquette expert (and Emily Post’s great-great-grandson) Daniel Post Senning will show you how to attract and retain talent, boost morale and improve EVERY facet of your operations with proper business etiquette. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Mastering Business Finance
In today’s downsizing business world, employees at all levels – and in all departments – need to understand business finance. If you’ve never had to worry about finance before, this array of numbers and terms can be overwhelming. Don’t let a lack of financial knowledge get you embarrassed – or downsized. Mastering Business Finance helps you crunch the numbers like a Wall Street pro. You’ll get step-by-step insights into the world of finance. You’ll be using – and understanding – financial terms within days. One quick read will make you fluent in the language of business finance.
Business Writing Boot Camp: Lessons in Power, Precision & Persuasion
Your ability to write powerfully and persuasively is essential to your career’s success. Don’t let ineffective writing muddle your messages, confuse your colleagues or derail your career. Business Writing Boot Camp: Lessons in Power, Precision & Persuasion is a must for anyone who writes on the job. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Taxation
Small Business Tax Strategies: The Best Money-Saving Ideas for 2021
Discover 10 proven strategies to slash the tax burden on your small business and keep more of the money you’ve earned. With Small Business Tax Strategies: The Best Money-Saving Ideas for 2021, you’ll learn how to take advantage of every possible legal method to save thousands on your tax bill. View a free 2-minute clip now!
Surprise Tax Windfall for Small Business Owners
If you own or manage a small business, you can double or triple your real income. Unbelievable as it may sound, new IRS rules offer owners and managers of closely held businesses breaks so large that your tax savings can actually surpass your main source of income. By staking your claim now, you can take your share of this huge tax-saving windfall – starting this year. Use the practical, 100% legal strategies in this exclusive special report to enhance your personal wealth, shift your income and distribute your assets to reduce your tax liability now and in the years to come.
The Book of Trusts
Protect your assets with a powerful trust. New types of trusts offer a variety of tax-wise ways you can protect your hard-earned wealth while keeping control over how and when your money is spent. The Book of Trusts shows how you can use trusts to dodge probate, avoid Medicaid liens, save for your children’s education, transfer income-generating assets into lower tax brackets, shelter your wealth from your creditors, provide for your surviving spouse – and more!
Retirement Tax Guide
This Special Report explains how you can maximize your retirement dollars by taking full advantage of the many tax-reducing shelters, trusts, credits and deductions available. You learn the pros and cons of every imaginable financial strategy, along with step-by-step advice to make them work for you.
Your Children, Your Heirs
There are dozens of legitimate ways to shelter your assets, disinherit the IRS and make sure your heirs end up with 100% of your money. After your estate has been allocated and the exact numbers long forgotten, you want your heirs to remember you for thoughtfully making the situation as seamless as possible for them. Ultimately, that’s the best legacy you can leave. Your Children, Your Heirs will help you make the process go smoothly.
Anti-Audit Warfare
The odds of going through an audit without facing additional taxes are 4-to-1 against you. No taxpayer should file a return without reading Anti-Audit Warfare first. This one-of-a-kind insider’s guide tells you exactly what to do when you get an audit notice in the mail. You’ll be making all the right moves, thanks to savvy tips like these: particular items the IRS looks for on your return, how to reconstruct your records legally, when it’s possible to sue the IRS and recover sizable sums, and much more!
