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Brooks: Want better managers? You need to develop better employees

HRExecutive

In order to make better managers, we must have employees meet them halfway. Early on in my career, the CHRO of my management consulting firm, Oliver Wyman, used to say, “The psychological contract between a manager and employee must be that, if the employee takes care of the manager, the manager will take care of them.”

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Employee Relations: Examples + 10 Strategy Tips

Analytics in HR

10 tips for an effective employee relations strategy Every organization should have a strategy for managing employee relations with the underlying philosophy that employees are valuable stakeholders in the company’s mission. Let’s take a look at ten ways to optimize employee relations: 1.