Doctors, talk with your team about this CDC report
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal today, Decay rates decreased from the 1970s until the mid 1990s and are now showing what the CDC reports as “significant” increases....
Planning a holiday party this year?
Holiday party HR questions, featuring Bent Ericksen & Associates * go to www.dentistryiq.com for full article Question 2: As a multicultural office, we find it difficult to celebrate the...
EEOC* statistics reported
Here’s an impact of the economic slowdown that you might not have considered: Discrimination claims filed with the EEOC jumped 15 percent in fiscal 2008. Sexual harassment claims jumped 29...
What are you focusing on?
The annual ADMC (Academy of Dental Management Consultants) (ADMC.net) meeting is always a must-see event. This year was no different, especially with the location being in Waikiki, Hawaii. This is...
Disturbing new trend
I’ve been providing HR support to my clients since 2002 and I’ve seen some disturbing new trends in the just past few months in the number of calls I’m getting regarding harassment...
IACA 2009 San Francisco
What a privilege it was to speak at the IACA. In over 25 years in dentistry and countless meetings attended, I’ve never seen energy and enthusiasm that rivals the IACA. If you are looking to...
No Negative Nellies!
Here’s how the call went “Ginny, I’m concerned because everyone is talking about how the economy is affecting their productivity and yet I haven’t seen that change. Now I...
Hiring? Remember the Shoop Shoop Song
If you’re an oldies’ fan you remember the Shoop, Shoop Song but you probably called it by it’s popular name “It’s in His Kiss” This song made simple work of...
Tweeting between patients …. really?
It was bound to happen. With Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites gaining such incredible popularity and with the prevalence of smartphones, we’ve had out first calls from...
Can Social Networking Cost You Your Job?
Business owners everywhere are unhappy when social networking interferes with work. Here’s an example of the tables being turned for one potential employee who may have tweeted himself out of...