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The article suggests practices to help foster trust and promote collaboration in a blended workforce within an organization. Topics covered include the importance of clear communications about company changes with the employees, the benefits of including employees in developing a blended workforce design, and tips on how to develop an effective onboarding process for freelancers. It also discusses how to help managers in building blended teams.

The article offers tips for making one-on-one meetings with workers more productive and collaborative and mentions topics including proper scheduling of such events, the benefits of collaboration with a colleague and guiding principles to keep in mind.

The author discusses issues in human resource management, particularly the steps that should be taken by a manager if an employee was offered a better job, including keeping one's cool and listening to the staff's position on the matter, and analyzing the employee's value.

The author discusses issues in the workplace, including possible unfair working conditions, as well as the front-stabbing and back-stabbing practices of employees, and offers tips on how managers can implement constructive and candid feedback.

The article offers ideas on firing an employee the right way, including informing the human resource (HR) department about the plan, keeping the conversation short, and showing compassion to the employee.

The article discusses some best practices that managers should consider to terminate an employee without leading to devastation, which include ensuring that the employee to be fired is aware of the issue with his performance, acknowledging the work that the employee has done over the years, and providing support processes.

The article details the management behaviors that influence employee engagement including consistent communication, excellence in performance management activities, and the ability to create culture based on employees' strengths, based on the findings of the research by consulting firm Gallup.

In the article, the author offers tips on how employees can effectively ask for a salary increase to their managers, including collecting facts about the importance of one's position to the company, deciding the right moment, and practicing ahead of time.

The article offers tips to managers on improving their employee-listening skills, including objectively analyzing one's good and bad communication habits, getting rid of distractions while talking to an employee and not making an assumption that managers always know more and better.

The article offers ideas on asking for a promotion including expressing one's career objectives, seeking feedback and communicating the breadth of experience that one is planning to build.

The article suggests strategies for managers to retain top performing employees during trying times in business. The steps discussed include employee motivation, management of anxieties and frustration, establishing an open communication and being transparent about the company situation and outlook, and focusing on building a culture of retention and communication. Case studies showing the use of flexibility to retain top performers and employing star employees to teach others are presented.

The author discusses how to provide negative feedback to employees citing the importance of communicating clearly, honestly and with transparency, and emphasizing resilience among individuals through acceptance and agreement with criticisms.