“I knew it was time to leave when I realized I could no longer look students in the eye and tell them what a great place this was to work.” That is the … Read more
With Employee Wellness, Is Showing Up Just as Good as Shaping Up?
Bob Merberg has been providing thoughtful commentary on ShapeUp’s recently released survey data in an excellent series on his blog. His most recent post in … Read more
Weekly Wrap: More Evidence That Companies Still Don’t Get Engagement
I get tired of writing about how important employee engagement is. Although there are some who share my position that engagement is a critical workplace … Read more
Top 10 HR Issues For HR Pros? They Haven’t Changed Much This Year
You have certainly heard this many times before: The more things change, the more things remain the same. So it is too with the concerns of HR … Read more
Arbitration Agreement: 4 Tips If You Require Them For Your Employees
By Eric B. Meyer Early in my legal career, a colleague taught me this expression: pigs get fed; hogs get slaughtered. Essentially, be aggressive. But push … Read more
A Culture of Recognition: It Will Rub Off on Everyone on Your Organization
Bob Sutton, professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University and author of Good Boss, Bad Boss and The No Asshole Rule (among … Read more
Help Me, Help You, Help Us: 5 Keys to Help Set Employees Up For Success
In the movie Jerry Maguire, there’s an amusing, but touching, scene where slick sports agent Jerry Maguire, played by Tom Cruise, implores his one and only … Read more
The First Lie That You Hear in HR
Many of you are now aware that Peyton Manning, All Pro NFL quarterback, was released by the Indianapolis Colts (I wrote about it here). Long story short, … Read more
Burning Bridges: The Perils of Ripping Your Employer Heading Out the Door
In a very public resignation published Wednesday morning in The New York Times, former Goldman Sachs executive director Greg Smith blasted the investment … Read more
Talent Matters – Now More Than Ever
A quick look at the jobs data will tell you that while there is still high unemployment, companies of all sizes are hiring. This is great news, the … Read more