https://johnstongroup.ca/the-advisor-journal Advice and information to help you support your business, your people and you. Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://johnstongroup.ca/the-advisor-journal/hr/tips-for-handling-difficult-conversations-about-absenteeism/ https://johnstongroup.ca/the-advisor-journal/hr/tips-for-handling-difficult-conversations-about-absenteeism/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000 https://johnstongroup.ca/the-advisor-journal/business/tips-for-handling-difficult-conversations-about-absenteeism/ When left unchecked, absenteeism is like a termite that stealthily eats into employee engagement, team morale and organizational output, often costing companies millions of dollars in lost productivity, wages and management time. The trick is to proactively address the issue before it becomes stickier than it needs to be. Quite often, a straightforward conversation between ...]]> https://johnstongroup.ca/the-advisor-journal/hr/tips-for-handling-difficult-conversations-about-absenteeism/feed/ 0