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PBOG is the Official Publication of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is published monthly by Zachry Publications, LP.

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Getting Your House In Order

February 10, 2022 by PBOG

How do employers find employees during an extreme labor shortage? This month we examine quality hiring and best practices as the Great Resignation continues. Workers in the shortest supply are service workers, educators, and healthcare workers. A recent visit to the emergency room at a hospital near you was beyond shocking. There were four times […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

Supply and Demand

January 20, 2022 by PBOG

Remember the term, Paradigm Shift? It is defined as a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumption. Remember Jack Nicholson’s famous quote from A Few Good Men? “You Can’t Handle the Truth!” Well, as employers, we need to be able to handle the truth. It is time to figure out the barriers to retaining and […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

The Future of Work

December 9, 2021 by PBOG

Where will employees want to live and work? Time to drop a pin: Work-life balance has changed, and workers are in the driver’s seat. High wages in the Permian are commonplace, but the work-life saga is coming to a town near you, even in Timbuktu.  Those companies and locations that are forward-thinking may be the […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

The Vaccinations Issue

November 11, 2021 by PBOG

How will businesses survive this pandemic? How will businesses stay healthy, wealthy, and wise? There seem to be many different schools of thought concerning how best to keep employees well enough to work during this pandemic. Americans enjoy a degree of freedom of choice, but some limits and opportunities tip the scales and allow employers […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

Effective Communication

October 7, 2021 by PBOG

Dear HR Lady:  Why should I encourage my organization’s leadership to model ethical and professional behavior? Foul language and a lousy temperament have become accepted behavior in most walks of life. Many staff members exhibit inappropriate behaviors and language that have nothing to do with getting the job done. Is it essential to change their […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

How to Vet a Resume

September 9, 2021 by PBOG

Oh, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive. Thanks, Shakespeare, for making Sir Walter Scott’s idiom so famous. When an applicant lies or acts dishonestly, they initiate problems and a domino structure of complications that run out of control, and they get caught. Karma. Here are tips for looking […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

Managing Manager Behavior

August 12, 2021 by PBOG

DEAR HR LADY: We are back in our office, and I have an exempt/salaried manager I hired during Covid who is chronically late, takes way too long on personal appointments, talks—not texts—on their cell phone in meetings, does not use spellcheck, and is just plain oblivious to appropriate office behavior. What can I do? Did […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

Bonuses and Pay Raises: What Employers Should Consider

July 15, 2021 by PBOG

For the summer, I am changing things up. We all need a change of pace. DEAR HR LADY: I am uncertain whether a bonus will allow me to keep my good hourly/non-exempt employees. Will it motivate my employees to work harder and smarter as well? What legal hurdles do I need to be aware of […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

Handling Conflict at Work

June 17, 2021 by PBOG

Building a better team by utilizing your employees’ modes of conflict. What? In May, I wrote about successful and efficient meeting leading. This month let us review building successful teams. First, you must hire a good team. Then you need to know how each new hire gets their job done while interacting with your internal […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

Mastering the Art of a Great Meeting

May 13, 2021 by PBOG

Mastering running an efficient meeting is a necessary skill for leaders. Most attendees do not like meetings because meetings take time away from doing their jobs, and the organization risks losing some of their bottom lines because of the time away from performing the essential functions of positions. Due to Covid and beyond, meetings have […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

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