Did you know: The average company loses 20-50 percent of its employee base each year? Or, that 57 percent of Millennials think corporate loyalty is dead? … Read more
Stop Relying on Job Descriptions and Find Candidates You Really Want
Job descriptions, those horribly written, barely comprehensible strings of roughly 500 words of stuff that only barely resembles reality if you squint … Read more
Want a Message That Gets Employees Attention? How About a CEO Video?
One of the best parts of my job is the creative work I get to do with our customers around change management, communications and training. As I’m sure you … Read more
What Shelter Dogs Taught Me about Employee Engagement
One day while volunteering at the animal shelter, my interactions with two of the dogs — Mia and Harper — reminded me of a fundamental truth about employee … Read more
You Don’t Need to Be Outrageous, Just Creative, With Your Benefits
Job seekers care about the benefits you offer. In fact, 4 out of 5 say that the benefits offered are the deciding factor in taking a new job, according to … Read more
HR Basics: How to Conduct Really Effective Exit Interviews
When an employee resigns, exit interviews are hopefully conducted by the Human Resources staff to gather honest feedback about opportunities for … Read more
Take My Word For It: Your HR Software Really Doesn’t Suck!
It’s the one of those great HR truths: Candidates who get a flat tire on their way to an interview are liars. Employees don’t really get sick on Mondays … Read more
Can an Employee Get Fired For Punching a Sexual Harasser?
By Eric B. Meyer Can you smack your sexual harasser, complain, and still claim retaliation? The plaintiff in this case (Speed v. Wes Health System) claimed … Read more
Solving Workplace Conflict: Lessons From the Blurred Lines Lawsuit
This week, news broke that a Los Angeles jury had ordered Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay Marvin Gaye’s estate more than $7 million for … Read more
Why Your Employees Are Leaving (and How You Can Win Them Back)
Employee turnover is a fact of life. And as it turns out, not even the most in-demand employers are immune. Earlier this year, rumors were circulating that … Read more