There is a long and tired debate about how HR and people leaders need a “seat at the table.” Yet the real seat comes not from a title, level or … Read more
On the Health Care Reform Horizon: New Info on How to Handle W-2s
With the slew of other new legal disclosures coming up this summer, adding the full cost of medical coverage on W-2s in January 2013 may have fallen off … Read more
HR Roundtable: Down in the Trenches – Is That Where HR Should Be?
May’s HR Roundtable in Cincinnati went on a deep dive into the HR trenches for this month’s meeting. There was a great article from XPertHR which asked if … Read more
Total Rewards Day 1: Dual Speakers Debating the Generational Divide
I’ve attended a lot of conferences in Orlando, and I’ve attended WorldatWork Total Rewards quite a few times, but I’ve never attended a … Read more
Reverse-Discipline Strategy Allows Managers to Play the Good Cop
Any manager worth his salt knows exactly what to do when he notices an employee arriving late to the job. He’ll have a line or two memorized for the first … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Motivate Like the Marines and Lead by Example
A back issue of the Harvard Business Review describes how the U.S. Marine Corps – which hires a lot of young, unskilled, and sometimes troubled youth – … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Does it Every Pay For Someone to Fib on a Resume?
When is a fib really a lie? And when does a fib-turned-lie really matter? It’s a question I keep rolling over in my mind, especially given all that … Read more
The Ins and Outs of Employment Law in South Africa
By Celia Joseph South Africa, a country with over 50 million people, has the largest economy in Africa. Among its major sources of business are tourism, … Read more
4 New Ways of Dealing with (and Describing) Difficult People
Think of the format of a Master Card commercial. In dealing with difficult people we have insanity, what’s typical, and then the priceless solution — … Read more
Why Employers Need to Respect the Personal Lives of Employees
Have you heard the story about the gal who was fired from her full-time job as a reporter because she didn’t disclose to her employer that she was a … Read more