For the average organization, employee benefits can consume up to 30% of payroll. This spend is one of the largest on a company’s income statement. Yet, … Read more
Don’t Be Afraid of Poor Analytics
If you’ve taken any analytics or statistics courses, you’ll have been bombarded with cautions about how analytics can go wrong. For example: Random … Read more
Survey Says Cold, Hard Cash Is Your Workforce’s Favorite Holiday Perk This Year
Ah, the holidays. A time in business to tie a bow on the past year and exhale from what was hopefully a time of prosperity. And according to a new survey, … Read more
How to Keep Your Remote Workers From Feeling Isolated
Remote working has become an increasingly common practice for modern businesses worldwide, whether that’s as a full-time replacement for the 9-5 office … Read more
HR Departments Everywhere Are Embracing Video. Are You?
Not long ago, companies viewed videos as optional tools to achieve communication objectives. They were a luxury reserved mainly for marketing departments … Read more
How High Performing Employees Can Intimidate or Inspire Others
Have you ever been in a situation where you were inspired to work harder because of a teammate or co-worker? Or felt nervous because you were worried about … Read more
What Your Employees Post Online Should Be a Warning
Yet again, here’s another situation in which off-the-clock social media posts impact the workplace. I read this opinion, in which the plaintiff, a former … Read more
Good Managers Aren’t Born. They’re Trained Early
“I am actually a good manager. I have had other people in the office comment on my managerial behaviors and they like it. Cause I treat people under me … Read more
5 Rules Every Business Needs for Digital Meetings
Efficient and organized meetings among multiple stakeholders are critical, especially as the modern workplace becomes increasingly dispersed. A 2017 report … Read more
For Want of a Background Check, the Romance Was Toxic
Note: The following story about Robbie Romance is fictitious, told to illustrate the potential problems caused by a rush to hire and the lack of any … Read more