21 Mar The End of Performance Reviews Part 1: Ahh, Music to My Ears….
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The dreaded yearly performance review...
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21 Mar Religion in the Workplace
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When managing employees, a good rule-of-thumb for employers has always been to treat all employees the same, apply the same rules, and don’t treat some employees better or different than others. It’s a good rule, and it seems fair enough. Adhering to this, you assume, would...
21 Mar The End of Performance Reviews Part 3: Performance Monitoring and Feedback
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In our last two newsletters, we began working our way through the process of transitioning from annual performance reviews to goal setting. The first, entitled “Ahh, Music to My Ears….The End of the Dreaded Yearly Performance Review,” focused on why you should consider a change...
21 Mar Playing the Independent Contractor Game – Not!
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It all starts innocently enough. You are looking to add an associate, hygienist or dental assistant and don’t want to hire them until you become convinced that they are going to “work out”. So, you set the person up as an independent contractor to avoid...
21 Mar The End of Performance Reviews Part 2: Proactively Managing Performance with Goal Setting
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Did you read our last newsletter article entitled: “The End of Performance Reviews Part 1: Ahh, Music to My Ears...
21 Mar Help! What is An I-9 Form?
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An I-9 form is a document that all employers, no matter the number of employees, are a required to have for each employee. While this requirement has been in place since 1986, we find dentists are still sorely lacking in the knowledge and/or are failing...
21 Mar Effective Disciplinary Documentation, Documentation, Documentation!
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A dentist fired an employee who wasn’t performing well. She was absent a lot, failed to chart patients correctly, and had the lowest production numbers. After months of putting up with this, the dentist sent her packing and hired a replacement employee. Six months later...
21 Mar Don’t Be Your Employee’s Banker/Counselor/Doctor!
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Employers are regularly characterized poorly in various media outlets. While there are those who deserve it, most don’t. Throughout the years, we have met, and worked with, some of the nicest employers, who genuinely want to do right by their employees. This is to be...
21 Mar Difficult Employee? No Problem!
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As an employer it is safe to say that at one time or another (if not already) you will have to deal with a difficult employee. If you are one of the fortunate few who have not experienced this, then you probably have lent your...
21 Mar Common Practices Fraught with Risk
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“Working interviews,” volunteering and/or unpaid internships are not uncommon in the industry, but they have become a source of increasing risk to dentists, both financially and emotionally. Getting caught doing these without considering compliance requirements can leave you vulnerable to a plethora of problems. Working interviews,...