Investment Executive contacted Clear HR Consulting for human resources expertise and advice on how to get the most from performance reviews.  Cissy Pau, principal consultant of Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting, provided some tips on how to have a constructive performance review meeting.  Some of the tips included:

• Be prepared in advance of the meeting so both sides are clear on the purpose of the meeting;
• When giving feedback, both positive and negative, describe the behaviour, give examples, and explain the consequences and impacts of the behaviour;
• Don’t limit feedback to a once-a-year meeting - instead have regular, ongoing, casual communications with your staff to keep them on track.

Writing and developing good job descriptions got you down? Investment Executive newspaper contacted Clear HR Consulting for human resources expertise and advice for their two-part series on developing effective job descriptions {part 1} {part 2}. For more information on how to write good job descriptions, be sure to review Clear HR Consulting’s newsletter on job descriptions, or contact us for assistance.

The Globe and Mail sought the advice of Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting for an article on how to properly sack someone. Cissy Pau, principal consultant of Clear HR Consulting, provided the Globe and Mail with human resources expertise on the ins and outs of how to properly fire employees.

Some of the tips that Clear HR Consulting shared were:

CBC Radio One contacted Cissy Pau of Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting to appear on the Early Edition with Rick Cluff on Thursday July 29, 2010 at 6:50 am to discuss workplace productivity and email. For you early birds, please be sure to listen for Cissy’s segment!  We’ll post the podcast link after it becomes available.

Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting was contacted by BC Business magazine for human resources expertise for an article on how to choose a location for your business.

Some expert tips that Cissy Pau, principal consultant of Clear HR Consulting, shared for finding your dream office included:

• locating your business where you can attract the kind of employees and clients that you want;
• being clear on what amenities are important to your staff for the building and surrounding area to have; and
• choosing an environment that inspires and motivates your employees to work.

Cissy Pau, Principal Consultant of Clear HR Consulting Inc. in Vancouver, BC, was contacted by Canadian Business magazine for human resources expertise for a recent article in how to coax your employees to share their ideas and encourage innovation.

Some tips that Cissy Pau shared included ensuring that management is willing to listen to ideas and providing rewards to those employees whose ideas are implemented.

Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting is a human resources consulting firm that provides HR services to small- to medium-sized businesses, and can help you encourage your staff to share their ideas and be innovative.

BC Business magazine contacted Cissy Pau, Principal Consultant of Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting Inc., to write an article on managing employee productivity in this age of social networking.

As Cissy Pau explored in the article, for some employers, social networking has no part in the employee’s workday, while others view it as integral to the company culture. Where do you draw the line? Finding a balance between managing employee productivity and personal social networking will depend on company culture, employee needs and customer expectations.

For assistance in creating HR policies on using Facebook and other social networking tools to manage employee productivity in your small- to medium-sized business, please contact Vancouver-based Clear HR Consulting.