When I first started my career in HR on the corporate side of the fence, I was always very concerned about my budget. I spent a long time making sure I … Read more
10 Questions Employees Ask When Their Company Gets Acquired
Whether your company is a serial acquirer or you’re just now going through your first acquisition, the potential to experience employee fallout can be … Read more
How to Keep Your Awesome Culture Awesome as Your Company Grows
“Culture is the glue of a company, and glue wears off.” — Ali Manouchehri, CEO and founder of Zoomph Ali Manouchehri’s observation mirrors the … Read more
Creative Leaders Create a Culture Where All Ideas Are Encouraged and Valued
“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it’s to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they’re … Read more
The Big Benefits Your Organization Gets From Collaborative Hiring
For hundreds of years, managers have owned the hiring process. However, as more companies learn the benefits of shifting away from top-down decision-making … Read more
HR Basics: Dealing with Difficult Employee Conversations
When most of us think about leadership, we see ourselves empowering people, bringing them together, inspiring your team to do great work. And certainly … Read more
How Uber Is Pushing Us to Answer the Challenges of the “Freelancer Economy”
While reviewing a client’s policy manual the other day, I asked whether the sick leave policy — which allows employees to use sick time to care for unwell … Read more
Classic TLNT: The Biggest Lies You Always Hear From HR
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. In my never ending quest to beat a blog … Read more
Want to Hire the Best? You Need Some “Jealous Girlfriend” Interview Questions
About a year ago, Forbes had an article — Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only Three True Job Interview Questions — that shared the … Read more
A Few More Post-SHRM Insights From Marcus Buckingham
Last week during Marcus Buckingham’s keynote session at #SHRM15, the SHRM annual conference in Las Vegas, the best-selling author, researcher, and business … Read more