Michael Maslanka has written a thoughtful article that was published in Corporate Counsel magazine that is designed to "inculcate a culture of better employee relations, fewer disputes and decreased corporate risk." I know you’re thinking what I’m thinking – anything that inculcates has to be good. Fortunately, the article is presented as a pithy "Top 10" list for easy digestion. Here is one salient tip:
"Train to communicate. Stop lavishing training dollars on teaching managers what’s unlawful. They know. Instead, train managers about effective workplace communication, which eschews finger-pointing, encourages accountability and promotes productivity. Effective communication, coupled with a few tactically smart policies, stops employment suits from being filed. And here’s the math for GCs:
effective communication + tactically smart policies = no suits
fewer suits + lower legal expenses = happier C-level execs and more money to spend on the company"
Certainly good advice – make sure that you read the rest of the article and, if you haven’t already, sign up for a free subscription to Corporate Counsel magazine.
Like this post? Subscribe to InhouseBlog's FREE weekly email newsletter. Unsubscribe at any time.
Other posts:
