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Family Leave – Let The Surprises Stay In The CrackerJack Box…
According to a recent data, employee claims for violations of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) increased 18% between 2009 and 2010. This isn’t all that surprising considering that when people are...
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Cascade On Speed Dial
Last week Cascade hosted a free member forum at its new Portland office. It was a lovely event and I enjoyed mingling with the employers that gave up a Friday afternoon to learn more about all of the...
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Random Roundup: Little Things & Growing
I remember as a kid, wishing I could grow up faster than the slowly passing days. Just to get from a Monday to a Saturday took forever. And birthdays seemed to take much longer than a year between...
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Bullying, Boundaries & Emotional Blackmail
There has been quite a bit of interest on the topics of bullying, boundaries and emotional blackmail in regards to the workplace in recent months, and we are excited to announce that Bill Swift has...
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Why Your Supervisors and Managers Should Know More about FMLA
Every day at Cascade, my fellow HR Consultants and I get calls regarding family leave. In fact, it’s the topic we get asked about most. Sometimes it’s a call from HR after they find out that an...
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Resiliency Around the World
As human beings we are challenged every day. Sometimes really bad things happen. Perhaps you’ve been fired or abused or treated unfairly or injured severely. You can place blame or whine, seek revenge...
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What’s Employee Engagement Really Look Like?
There is a bounty of information on the definition employee engagement and what it looks like in the general sense, but what does it really look like? Through my very own eyeballs, what will I see?...
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Seven Keys to Performance Success
To ensure optimum support of both employee and organization success, a solid performance appraisal or, better yet, performance management program, must include all of the following elements....
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The Impact of Clear Expectations
I once worked for a company that conducted employee performance appraisals without communicating clear goals in advance. The company was drastically underperforming compared to its industry. Within...
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Grading Your Training: Part 1
Most organizations value training classes but don’t know how to make them successful. They assume that hiring a popular trainer and getting positive reactions to the training is the best measure of...
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Grading Your Training – Part 2
In the last blog I emphasized that for training to gain traction it takes management support both before and after, and the trainer’s connection well before the event. So how do we get trainees to...
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The Annual Training Catalog: Plan for the Entire Year
Behind every great organization is a well-trained staff. Hundreds of employers rely on Cascade’s proven soft skills training to achieve performance improvement and personal success for their managers,...
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Get Your PHR, SPHR, or GPHR Recertification Credits Through Cascade
Cascade Employers Association and HRCI have partnered to offer Cascade members the following benefits when obtaining or renewing their HRCI certifications: Earn up to twelve (12) Recertification...
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The Platinum Rule
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me.” Well said, Aretha. Especially, the last part about finding out what it means. Respect in the workplace seems like such a basic and simple concept, but...
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Introducing Cascade’s new Director of Training & Organization Development,...
I’m excited to introduce myself as Cascade’s new Director of Training and Organization Development. Please rely on my expertise to help you confidently train and grow your people. Leadership Training...
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Plan Now for Back to School
Behind every great organization is a well-trained staff. Hundreds of employers rely on Cascade’s proven soft skills training to achieve performance improvement and personal success for their managers,...
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How to Secure Buy-in for Change Initiatives
Recently an HR Manager asked me for advice on how to implement a successful cross-training program for team leads across multiple departments. There was a concern that the team leads would view the...
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Mea Culpa: What I’d Like Everyone to Know about Cascade’s Trainings
I was speaking with a member today and had a painful realization: I’m not helping members enough with their training needs. Here’s what happened: I was talking with a member about how membership is...
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Plan Ahead for Your Training Needs
Behind every great organization is a well-trained staff. Hundreds of employers rely on Cascade’s proven soft skills and compliance training to achieve performance improvement and personal success for...
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