A new sports/coaches book is out and it’s from the NFL coaching guru Bill Belichick and called, War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of … Read more
Job Descriptions Are Not Exemption Descriptions
By John E. Thompson Among the famous last words in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act Hall of Infamy are, “Let’s write the job descriptions … Read more
Feuding Superstars? Here’s How to Play Referee With Your Own Team
There isn’t much news lately about the NBA, other than the whole lockout fiasco and I don’t feel like getting into that mess. However, I happened to read … Read more
HR Roundtable: Should Performance Reviews Live — or Die?
Not ones to shy aware from hot topics in HR, the November HR Roundtable in Cincinnati gathered to discuss “Performance Reviews: Live or Die?” Everyone came … Read more
Job Titles Gone Wild: Why It’s Silly to Call Yourself “Director of Fun”
“Director of Fun.” That was the title I was looking at on a resume for a marketing director position. As I read through the applicant’s … Read more
Need to Improve Your Job Skills? If So, You’re Probably on Your Own
Need more proof that Corporate America isn’t investing much in training workers these days? According to a new study just released by global … Read more
Whistleblower Claims? Get HR Involved Early, Labor Lawyer Says
HR needs to be involved in whistleblower investigations just as soon as a claim is received. And that’s probably most critical in smaller companies … Read more
Coping With a Social Media Policy in a Unionized Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Do you have a unionized workforce? If you have a social-media policy, it should not expressly restrict employees’ rights to discuss … Read more
How Technological Change Pushes Boundaries in the Workplace
By Laurie Bassi, Ed Frauenheim, and Dan McMurrer with Larry Costello On February 12, 2008, a marketing manager at Yahoo lost his job. That shouldn’t have … Read more
Employee Learning: Companies Are Spending a (Little) Bit More
Following two years of substantial cuts, training budgets saw what we can only hope is the beginning of a turnaround in 2010. This is according to the … Read more