4 Posts found for Author: Carol Orsag Madigan

1. Does your desire to make things work better occupy as much of your time as fulfilling your duty to maintain them the way they are?
2. Do you get excited about what you are doing at work?
3. Do you think about new business ideas while driving to work or taking a shower?
4. Can you visualize concrete steps for action when you consider ways to make a new

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Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Agents of Innovation | Subjects: Entrepreneurship Questions, Personal and Career Development

• The reason the company created this job is to …
• The most important ways a person doing the job should spend time are …
• The two or three most important duties of someone in this position are …
• If someone asked me what it takes to be successful in this job, I would say …
• The easiest way to determine whether this job is being done well

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Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Good Job – Kind of, Sort of | Subject: Human Resources Questions

• What are the sources for your new hires — newspaper ads, recruiters, referrals from current employees?
• What source produces the most productive and long-term employees?
• Just how good is your hiring process?
• Are you getting high-caliber people?
• Are they staying long enough to offset your investment in them?

Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Loyalty and the Bottom Line | Subject: Human Resources Questions

Below is a sampling of the kinds of questions you should ask before you make a final decision to fire an employee.

1. Does the firing violate discrimination laws or other federal, state or local statutes?
2. Is the reason for firing in line with company policies and procedures?
3. Have any assurances, written or oral, been given to the employee about length of employment or job security?
4. Has the reason

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Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: A Kinder | Subject: Human Resources Questions