Understaffing is a typical workforce challenge that arises in every industry and business from time to time. Whether understaffed due to economic or industry changes, retiring staff members, pandemic or something else, it is easy for businesses to quickly fall to a skeleton crew without properly planning for staff shortage. In order to avoid challenges like increased workloads, burnout, and potential financial losses, below are 10 tips on how to maximize productivity with an understaffed team.

Searching through a stack of resumes can be overwhelming. So many candidates to consider... once all the unqualified candidates are weeded out, how do you best determine the stand outs?

Having to confront an employee about something is never a managers favorite part of the job. Nonetheless, it must be done. Have you ever brought in an employee for a corrective action or to terminate and they flip the switch on you? It can leave you frustrated, confused or feeling like you are unable to respond appropriately. Emotions are high during these kind of conversations and if you are not careful, you could end up losing focus of the initial point of the conversation. Below are 3 ways to maintain control during a corrective action.