“I don’t care what you call me – my title is meaningless!” Have you heard this? If you’re in HR long enough, you’ll hear this a number of times over your … Read more
Showing Value: How HR Needs to Rethink Itself for a Changing World
Here’s another example of how HR just can’t get any respect. A new global survey of more than 400 senior executives from from audit, tax and … Read more
Why Does it Take a European to Tell Us How Thin U.S. HR Practices Are?
The speaker’s thinness comment woke me up. I’d been nodding off all week due to horrible jet lag, and sitting there in the opening keynote of the … Read more
Best Ideas? They Can Come From Anyone – IF You’re Willing to Listen
“Don’t credit me with that success. That idea came from a janitor at the NFL Films production facility. He suggested that we take all the fumbles and … Read more
The Top 10 Best Practices of High-Impact HR Organizations
Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday we’re republishing a … Read more
Taking Risks, or Why HR Needs to Stop Acting Like Everyone’s Mom
You know what I really like about Sales departments in most organizations? They try, or do, almost anything, once, to try and increase sales for your … Read more
What Would Your Employees Choose? More Money or a Better Boss?
There was a survey done recently by Michelle McQuaid and the results were picked up by a number of media outlets and delivered as big news. The basis of … Read more
Facebook is Fine, But Here Are 10 Ways to Network in the Real World
Linkedin, Facebook, and other social networking tools are fine, but they don’t do the work for you. To put real value in your network (and stay … Read more
When It Comes to Talent Management, It’s Just a Zero Sum Game
There is a mathematical concept called Zero-Sum Game, and it is says basically where one person, organization, etc. will gain, there is an equal loss by … Read more
Employment Law Basics: Getting a Grip on the Ins and Outs of OSHA
Employment laws can be confusing and downright scary. They don’t have to be. As a public service, from now until my special Halloween webinar Answers to … Read more