Does your organization focus on women when they talk about having a more diverse workforce? Some do, of course, but the vast majority of businesses — … Read more
The NPR-Juan Williams Incident Shows Why HR Really Matters
I don’t want to keep beating on the Juan Williams-NPR firing fiasco, but there are a few loose ends to tie up before we move on. Loose End No. 1: NPR … Read more
Are You Communicating With Your VIPs? (Very Important Personnel)
While reading TLNT the other day, I came across the following on Editor John Hollon’s blog: A new survey by WorldatWork has found that only a small … Read more
A Cautionary Tale for Managers: Your Workplace is Not a Talk Show
Former cable news anchor Rick Sanchez, and radio talk show hosts Dr. Laura Schlesinger and Don Imus have a lot in common. All three lost (Sanchez and Imus) … Read more
Bad Behavior at Work: Even “Animal House” Eventually Got Shut Down
See two (2) updates below. Remember the movie Animal House? You know, the 1978 John Belushi film about a rogue fraternity that held wild parties and … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bad Survey for Boss Day, Starbucks Lines, and Just Say No
Well, today is that day that I know you and your staff has been anxiously waiting for – National Boss Day. I will celebrate by not ranting about the idiocy … Read more
Traffic Lights and Layoffs: How a U.K. Company Used One for the Other
Here’s a layoff story that has to be read to be believed: “All 16,000 employees of Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone company created by the … Read more
Stuck for a Boss’s Day Gift? 5 Suggestions If You Just Can’t Ignore It
Note: Some Fridays, we like to illuminate some of the funnier aspects of HR. Sometimes it will be a video, a picture, a story or satire but we hope it will … Read more
Stretching the Boundaries: How an HR Roundtable Tackled Delicate Issues in the Workplace
One of the great things about the monthly HR Roundtable in Cincinnati is that we use the forum to STRETCH the boundaries at times — and October’s … Read more
How Do You Handle a Company With HR-Challenged Senior Management?
* See five (5) updates below, including Abrams’ resignation. What do you say when a senior executive of your company – the chief innovation officer, … Read more