I read an article last week on SHRM’s website titled Help ‘Displaced’ Workers Safeguard Their Nest Eggs, by Stephen Miller, and it gave me a chuckle. … Read more
The Opposite of Engagement: When People Decide to Fire Their Company
“I need to speak to you when you get in this morning, preferably before the meeting with XXXX.” “OK, no problem. Is everything OK? I sure hope it is not … Read more
See If These Sound Familiar: The Biggest Lies You Always Hear From HR
In my never ending quest to beat a blog series to death, let’s hope this is my last installment of “Top Lies.” (See How Job Candidates Lie, and the Best … Read more
When HR Works: What Can Happen When a Team Is Cohesive & Strategic
I still have several friends from my first civilian HR job, which was back in the early 1980s. It is incredible to me how many of us stay connected over 20 … Read more
Long-Distance Commuters: Workplace Casualties in the War For Talent
It is a fact that long commutes are killing people — emotionally, physically and financially. That doesn’t stop people from following a paycheck in this … Read more
Is It Time For a Pro-Smoking Policy in Your Workplace?
Seems to me the world of business just keeps getting more and more stressful. Most employers are trying to do more with less and this alone equates to … Read more
Who Knows More About Corporate Culture Than HR?
The importance of culture in making or breaking a merger/acquisition has long been an interest of mine. After spending 25 years at the top … Read more
You Want Happy Employees? Well, Good Luck With That
Unless you’re a creative genius suffering for your art, Gandhi, or Dr. Gregory House, it would seem that people expect you to be happy all the time. What … Read more
Want to Be Depressed? Hear How the NLRB Views Your Employee Policies
I joined my fellow Florida HR People & Strategy members this week at a session on current news about the National Labor Relations Board, and how they … Read more
Dealing With Office Jerks: Stop Them Now Before Their Behavior Gets You
How is it that office jerks are inescapable, insufferable, and even injurious? Just when we thought dealing with Michael — our chauvinistic 40-something … Read more