Remember a few years back when Zappos, the darling of the HR world, announced it was offering new employees $1,000 on their 90-day anniversary to leave the … Read more
HR Roundtable: How Do We Integrate HR Throughout the Organization?
While the attendees bustled into the room for the February HR Roundtable in Cincinnati, you could feel that it was going to be a very lively discussion! … Read more
Same Train, Same Track: You Gotta Be Honest to Build Better Engagement
Psychology has a funny way of playing tricks on basic, common sense. Want more motivation? Why just do more motivating things, right? Want higher employee … Read more
Who Says That HR Can’t Be Fun?
“I’m in HR because it’s fun.” Wait, what?!? “I’m in HR because it’s fun.” Wait, what?!? “I’m in HR because it’s fun.” That’s what I thought she said the … Read more
Turnover is Turnover: What Churning Employees Says About Your Culture
“You are not going to believe this, but our admin just quit. She just handed in her two weeks’ notice.” This is the third admin to come in within the … Read more
Carnival Cruise Ship Moments: Coping With Situations We Can’t Control
I don’t do boats. Even looking at them makes me woozy. My motion-sickness heart went out to the travelers on last week’s Carnival cruise ship voyage from … Read more
The Movie Ted? It’s a Wake-Up Call for HR to Start Fulfilling Its Potential
Editor’s Note: With the Academy Awards drawing near, TLNT again asked some prominent thought leaders to write about their favorite movie from this past … Read more
A Most Depressing Report — If You’re a Global Chief HR Officer
The report of a global CEO survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit, and sponsored by IBM and Oracle (an interesting pairing), just crossed my desk. The … Read more
The Candidate Experience? Survey Says, That Frankly, It Stinks
I’ve got two college-age kids in various stages of their first real job search, and I find myself saying the same thing over and over to them: … Read more
Do You Really Want Employees Good at “Faking” It?
In our zest to have high employee engagement, HR has once again outsmarted itself. Follow the logic: High employee engagement is a desired outcome. HR … Read more