I admit that I am a fair weather (OK, indoor) cyclist. Isn’t exercising in air conditioning always better than Texas weather? As a twice-a-week spin class … Read more
Employers Are Losing More Candidates as Time To Fill Rates Grow Longer
It’s taking companies longer than at any time in the last 15 years — maybe even longer than ever — to fill a job, and that delay is causing organizations … Read more
Managing the Growing Ranks of the Millennial Business Traveler
As casual travelers stroll through the airport, groggy and searching for the closest coffee shop, another breed passes them by — the suit-clad … Read more
Communication Cures for Managers Who Avoid Conflict at All Costs
“Are you OK with this?” “Anybody have a problem with that?” “Somebody has probably already said this, but …” “Somebody tell me if I’m off-base here, but …” … Read more
Management 101: What To Do When You’re In Over Your Head?
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. I was recently telling a story about a … Read more
Despite What the Pope Says, Proportional Pay is Still Not Required in the U.S.
Since Pope Francis added his voice in protest about about gender based pay differentials after Equal Pay Day, maybe this is a good time to revisit the … Read more
HR Basics: How to Effectively and Efficiently Train Your Employees
Effectively trained employees are the key to any successful business, large or small. Too often, however, employee training doesn’t translate to the … Read more
4 Things to Know About Employee Happiness (and Why It’s Important)
It’s only natural to believe that employee happiness is contingent on success, but this belief is actually backwards. It’s not that success makes employees … Read more
The 6 Tell-Tale Signs That Someone is an Employee and Not a Contractor
By Eric B. Meyer In my younger days, I had a summer job in college where I clocked in at 9 and left at 5. They gave me a desk, a computer, training, a … Read more
How to Write a Great Performance Improvement Plan
There was a time in my life when I worked in HR and people asked me to write performance improvement plans for a living. I would be like — Is it 1963? Am I … Read more