I have always hoped that technology would make us smarter. In many ways, it already has in that our smartphone puts all the facts of the world at our … Read more
Top 5 Ways Employers Can Find the Best Summer and Fall Interns
With summer right around the corner, attracting the best interns is an important part of an overall recruiting strategy for companies to win the war for … Read more
The Challenges Managing Pay in a Small, Entrepreneurial Organization
I had the chance recently to join a group of HR professionals who serve entrepreneurial, small to mid-sized organizations to talk about the realities and … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Be Careful When You Set Employee Expectations
I’m a longtime advocate of how important it is for employers to tell the absolute truth in the hiring process. When you tell promising applicants the … Read more
What Getting Fired Taught Me About Choosing the Right Candidate
I hate to admit it, but I was fired from my first two jobs out of college. I felt like a failure and was dejected, not knowing why I could not succeed … Read more
10 Ways to Help Your Team to Be a Lot More Productive
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” — Napoleon Hill, motivational writer If you’re not the boss or … Read more
Rewards Run Amuck: Contests That Demotivate and Destroy the Culture
“We’re adding a little something to this month’s sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anybody wanna see second prize? … Read more
A Leadership Lesson to Remember: Don’t Forget About the Machinery
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, Bill … Read more
How a Workplace Culture of Trust Can Make Your Organization Thrive
Can we reverse the trust decline? Distrust is the new normal. There has been a dramatic decline over at least the past 15 years in almost every sector of … Read more
It’s Not HR’s Job to Be the Ambassador of Happiness
I’m down with all of this research and science behind happiness at work. I think it’s a good thing. I like it when HR professionals think about happiness, … Read more