Sometimes, you can glean some great lessons about HR and people management practices from just reading the news. Take the recent purchase of the Huffington … Read more
Should HR Be the Volunteer Police? Maybe It’s the Secret to Being Strategic
So, here’s the number – 2.7. It means an employee is 2.7 times more likely to volunteer (for charitable missions) if their boss volunteers as well. … Read more
Employers Rapidly Losing Confidence in Their Ability to Offer Health Care
If you want to know the future of employer-sponsored health care, you only have to look at this finding that literally leaps out from the 16th Annual … Read more
The Cost of Principle: What Charlie Sheen’s Firing Should Tell Us All
By John A. Gallagher Recently, we blogged on how employee’s Facebook posts, Tweets, etc. are being monitored by employers. These blogs observe that … Read more
Feeling Stressed Out and Undervalued? You and Your Employees Aren’t Alone
It’s pretty easy to find surveys that support the notion that workers everywhere are frustrated by the slow pace of the economic recovery. … Read more
Five Ways to Breathe Life Into Your Benefits Communications
Let’s say you’ve discovered that employees aren’t aware of a new benefit. They don’t understand how the new consumer-driven health plan works. They’re not … Read more
Restrictive Social Media Policies Lead To a Better Union Case
Restricting your employees from talking to the media could end up hurting more than helping when it comes to unionization drives. As many readers know, … Read more
Want to Perform Like Great Companies? Don’t Be Afraid to Fire
After I left, they kept the “team captain” on for another decade — until she became a “pariah,” which she kind of always was, and was asked to leave. … Read more
Are You Sure You Want to Ask Employees What They Think About Their Benefits?
Are total rewards redesigns the new black? They seem so fashionable that companies are jumping on the benefits redesign bandwagon faster than you can say … Read more
HR Roundtable: The Touchy Issue of Credibility at Work
The turn to Spring brought a sense of renewal for the March HR Roundtable in Cincinnati as we had a near record turnout of over 150 people! Everyone had … Read more