Note: This is part one of two parts. The second part will post tomorrow. If you thought 2016 was rough, the next 12 months are unlikely to bring much … Read more
What Employers Can Expect In the First Days of the Trump Administration
There are many pieces of legislation or policy matters affecting the employee experience that are likely to be in flux during the first part of Mr. Trump’s … Read more
Is Your HR Technology Controlling or Enabling?
HR processes can be divided into two categories. The most traditional are “control” processes used to ensure employees are working in a way that supports … Read more
How to Become the Business Partner You Want to Be
This time of year has always been a time of reflection and prognosis for the year ahead. I remember years ago being asked by an HR publication to give my … Read more
How HR Can Help The Business Stay Relevant In A Changing World
The November HR Roundtable was doing its best to play the part of soothsayer and look ahead to what hasn’t happened yet. The topic was “Anticipating the … Read more
Is Collecting the Data Taking Too Long? Here’s Help
While many aspirational HR leaders look to mature their strategies to include a variety of workforce and talent analytics, the majority of HR teams remain … Read more
How Cisco Is Getting to Know Each of Its 70,000 Employees
Boston’s Fenway Park seats an average of 37,000 people. Sell Fenway Park out twice and that’s roughly the number of employees at Cisco Systems. Imagine, … Read more
Budgeting Comp For a Blended Workforce
One of the key missions of a CHRO (or those who want to become CHROs) is to create a compensation plan. This has become increasingly complicated and … Read more
You Are the Architect of the Modern Workforce
“You must move from the comfort zone to the learning zone and you can never go back there.” That was a line from a recent speech that just came out of … Read more
Outsourced HR: Big Benefits for Small Businesses
For eight years, Mickey Swortzel, founder of vehicle control systems start-up New Eagle, watched her employees’ health-plan costs steadily increase. … Read more