Ah, the woes of running a law office. You know them well: Reams of reports, scheduling squabbles, technology tangles, and so much more. It takes a lot of skill, patience, and strategy to make a…
OFFICE POLICIES
Have this one simple conversation to end staff’s personal Internet use
May 15, 2015 by
The manager of a Mississippi professional office relies on a basic management practice when she presents any new policy. “I make it a win-win situation,” says Beth C. Pharr. “I tell staff ‘this why it’s necessary, and this is how it benefits you.'”
Such was the case when she set a policy to solve a problem common to almost every office: personal Internet use. To introduce it in a win-win light, she explained it from the office’s standpoint: that it was necessary to protect against privacy violations as well as…
OFFICE POLICIES
Try this “win-win” solution to stop personal Internet use by staff
November 7, 2014 by
The manager of a Mississippi professional office relies on a basic management practice when she presents any new policy. “I make it a win-win situation,” says Beth C. Pharr. “I tell staff ‘this why it’s necessary, and this is how it benefits you.’”
Such was the case when she set a policy to solve a problem common to almost every office: personal Internet use. To introduce it in a win-win light, she explained it from the office’s standpoint: that it was necessary to protect against privacy violations as well as…
