CLA Guest Post- Yahoo! Scrapped Telecommuting—Should You?
When working remotely is a bad idea
As a long-time veteran in the field of human resources (HR), I’ve seen telecommuting storm onto the scene through advances in technology. Telecommuting employees complete work from remote locations, and sometimes the method backfires.
In February 2013, Yahoo!’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, killed the long-standing policy that allowed employees to work from home. The news sent shockwaves in every direction, especially throughout high-tech industries. Many wondered whether the decision was a step backward and a signal of changes to come elsewhere.
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Mark Griffin is founder and Chief Consultant at In His Name HR LLC. He has over 20 years of HR experience. Learn more about Mark’s journey in HR by watching this short video. In addition you can also follow him on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
CLA Guest Post- The Crucial Upside of Workplace Friction
Every workplace has friction—that’s the simple truth. Anytime you have a few people working together on something, differences surface that create drag. We shouldn’t be surprised when conflict or tensions arise. Instead, we should be prepared and have some tactics on hand to facilitate a cooperative working environment and healthier relationships. Friction has a bona fide upside.
In my decades of work in the field of Human Relations, I’ve learned that 3 major things have the potential to create workplace conflicts:
- Inadequate communication
- Lack of emotional control
- Indefinite goals and boundaries
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Mark Griffin is founder and Chief Consultant at In His Name HR LLC. He has over 20 years of HR experience. Learn more about Mark’s journey in HR by watching this short video. In addition you can also follow him on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Christian Business Leaders: Be a Modern Day Apostle
Deuteronomy 30:8-10
8You will again obey the LORD and follow all his commands I am giving you today. 9Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
How long must we manage our organizations absent of God before we realize that prosperity comes when we include Him! Having met with hundreds of Christian business professionals, I seem to run into the same common thread: we go to church on Sunday and “turn off” our Christianity on Monday. How long must we all go until we come to the realization that Church is every day?
Christian Business Leaders Are Modern-day Apostles.
Christ ordained his apostles and sent them back to work. Their work included fishing, accounting and even tax collection. Christ did not demand that they stop working; they ministered in the marketplace. So, today, all of us who are Christian Business Leaders are modern-day Apostles. If you’re Christianity doesn’t stop on Sunday nights, if you instead build it into your leadership and your organization’s values, you are building a “Kingdom Minded” Organization.
Help our community of readers
What has your organization done to bring Christianity to the daily workplace? What steps must you continue to take to break down the barriers? We would like to know, so that our community will grow.
3 Labor Law Issues that Can Destroy Your Organization
Are you complying with all the proper state and federal labor laws?
If not, it could cost you everything.
In large corporations, an entire human resources (HR) department navigates the complex minefield of federal and state labor laws. Most small organizations think of HR as an afterthought, or HR responsibilities like hiring, benefits, compliance, and payroll falls to a few people who aren’t properly trained. This can be a pricey mistake. Laws concerning overtime, unlawful termination, and equal rights are just a few areas that trip up organizations, big and small, all the time.
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Mark Griffin is founder and Chief Consultant at In His Name HR LLC. He has over 20 years of HR experience. Learn more about Mark’s journey in HR by watching this short video. In addition you can also follow him on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Now Recruiting For: Finance Manager New Holland PA
In an economy that is yielding very little career opportunities, we are excited to be retained by this wonderful growing organization that provides packaging and distribution for the organic and cage free egg market.
Finance Manager
Purpose of Position:
The Finance Manager has the primary responsibility for overseeing the accounting functions; and providing financial reports, advice and support to the President and management team thus enabling them to make sound business decisions.
Essential Skills:
- Impeccable data entry skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Telephone Skills
- Verbal Communication
- Professionalism
- Self-Confidence
- Customer Focus
- Ability to Multi-task
- Customer Service
- Financial & Managerial Accounting & Reporting
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Team Player
Essential Duties:
- Responsible for 3 direct reports.
- Supervise the staff performing the accounting functions of AR, AP, payroll (in-house), pricing etc.
- Responsible for making sure that the payroll is done accurately and timely.
- Produce accurate & timely financial reports on a monthly basis.
- Provide and interpret financial information for the owners and managers annually, monthly, weekly, and when requested.
- Monitor and interpret cash flows and predict future trends.
- Responsible for monitoring the change in cash levels, AR issues, costs and advise the managers as needed to ensure good business decisions.
- Formulate strategic and long-term business plans.
- Research and report on factors that influence business performance.
- Analyze competitors and market trends.
- Develop and perform cost accounting functions to help track and manage costs.
- Assist in setting prices for products and services.
- Assist in evaluating offers and pricing from contracted vendors such as insurance, utility, investments and packaging.
- Provide tax planning support and input.
- Develop and monitor annual rolling budgets.
- Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities.
- Keep abreast of changes in financial regulations and legislation and advise accordingly.
- Provide staff training in accounting functions to ensure accurate and consistent financial records and reports.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Some Required Skills and Education
- Four – year Business Management Degree in Accounting, or Technical Training, or equivalent experience.
- 3 -5 years related experience and/or training.
- Complete support of and willing adherence to Westfield Egg Farm’s mission, vision and core values. Applicant must hold these standards as his/her own.
Cover letters should include why you should be considered for the position and what would make you the best candidate.
Serious and confidential inquiries: HR@InHISNameHR.com
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8 Keys For LinkedIn Success September 19th 2013 New Bloomfield, PA
Thursday, September 19th from 8:30 – 9:30 AM
Presented by:
In HIS Name HR LLC
Hosted by:
Members are free $10.00 for guests
Jack Gaughen 8407 Spring Rd, New Bloomfield, PA 17068
- Register by calling the Chamber office at 582-5423 or email pccc@perrycountychamber.org.
Your Presenter:
Mark A. Griffin – Mark is the Founder and Chief Consultant of In HIS Name HR LLC, a human resources outsourcing and career-coaching firm. Mark leverages his more than two decades of Human Resources expertise to help companies pilot the complex issues of managing HR.
In HIS Name HR LLC has a built a strong web presence with over 2500 Facebook followers, 25,000 Twitter followers and 2600 plus connections on LinkedIn. Mark will inspire you to develop your company and personal web presence through the use of the powerful social media tool LinkedIn.
3 Tips to Help You Hire the Right Person
Find the right person for the right job!
It sounds simple, but it won’t come easily without planning and a process. Getting the wrong people not only kills performance but can also damage your reputation. And, of course, you don’t have the money to do it wrong. Training misfit or unqualified new employees always costs more in the long run than hiring the right person in the first place. Additionally, turnover is higher if employees haven’t been recruited properly. Employees grow disappointed when their position is out of their depth or the job isn’t what they thought it would be. They leave as soon as they find a better fit.
How effective is your Human Resources (HR) department How do you hire people the right way? How do you find talent well suited for your organization and its open job position?
Create a Prosperous Workplace for Employees
Genesis 2:15
5The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
From the very beginning of time we have been blessed with work! Work is an inevitable part of our lives. When we are not working, we are often thinking about work! Work seems to preoccupy all of us. Work defines us, feeds and prospers us. Work is the foundation of our society and our world. Work, my friends, is not going away. If work is inevitable, and we must take it straight on, why does it have to be terrible at most places of work?
If work is inevitable, why allow it to be bad?
If we are honest with ourselves, we know the reason, and it is leadership, plain and simple. Any workplace that employees feel is destructive will always point back to a lack of competent leadership. Work does not have to be a utopia; of course it has elements of discomfort because of its very nature — you’re not fishing or at the beach! Leaders make sure work is a good place for your employees. But work should be enjoyable and meaningful to those who go.
If you manage your business with leadership that creates a culture of inclusion, prosperity, and a shared vision, while fostering plain old family love and relationships, you are building a “Kingdom Minded” Company.
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What do you do to make sure your workplace is palatable? If you could make further changes, what would they look like? Share with us and enhance others through your contributions.
Perry County PA – October 18, 2013 How To Build “High Performance” Organizations
Good news for tumultuous times!
Give your employees hope and a bright future in this upside down world.
Now more than ever, organizational leadership needs to create a platform to help employees succeed. Come and learn how to do this by implementing processes that will lead your organization to High Performance.
Leading an organization with clarity in Mission, Vision and, most importantly, Values makes good business sense. We call organizations that do that successfully, “High Performance Organizations,” or simply HPO’s.
The HPO experience:
- Lower absenteeism
- Higher quality products
- Less employee morale issues
- Safer work environments
- Better perceived by customers and vendors
Mark will inspire you with his no nonsense approach to developing High Performance Organizations.
Duncannon EMS
16 Shermanta Drive
Duncannon, PA 17020
Friday, October 18, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM (EDT)
Bring your whole Team!
About The Speaker
Mark A. Griffin is the founder and chief consultant of In HIS Name HR LLC, a human resources outsourcing and career coaching firm created to help companies pilot the complex issues of managing HR.
As a human resources professional with 20-plus years of experience in both public (Quaker Oats Company, Kodak Inc., Merck Inc.) and private companies (Woolrich, Conestoga Wood Specialties, Valco Companies Inc.), Mark is passionate about building high performance workplaces through utilizing best practices while leading companies with strong values.
While serving in the United States Air Force, Mark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Administration from Saint Leo University. He earned his MBA from Bloomsburg University while interning for Congressmen Kanjorski as a Military Liaison during the first Gulf War. Mark has completed several executive education programs at the University of Michigan and is a certified practitioner of the Myers Briggs Type Instrument MBTI®.
Mark and his wife, Gail, have two children, and recently celebrated their twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. They attend LCBC Church, where he is a career coach and volunteer leader for The Career Network, a ministry focused on assisting career explorers in the community.
A recently published author (How to Build “Kingdom-Minded” Organizations) , speaker and accomplished HR consultant, Mark A. Griffin gives Christian leaders encouragement in building values-led organizations during these difficult economic times.
Obama Care: Tips for Employers CLA Guest Post
Nothing creates panic in business like massive changes and spikes in expenses, especially when handed down by bureaucrats. Healthcare and benefits are on everyone’s mind. Employers are scrambling to make sense of it all and many tell me they are anxious. And with good reason. The many complicated new regulations, terminology, and alterations in healthcare laws are confusing.
Mark Griffin is founder and Chief Consultant at In His Name HR LLC. He has over 20 years of HR experience. Check out his Christian Career Coaching Page here. Follow Mark on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
