“Culture is the glue of a company, and glue wears off.” — Ali Manouchehri, CEO and founder of Zoomph Ali Manouchehri’s observation mirrors the … Read more
Can Employees Steal Confidential Documents to Prove Discrimination?
By Eric B. Meyer You, the naive reader, may assume that California is the state with the most employee-friendly laws. And, while that may be true, New … Read more
Creative Leaders Create a Culture Where All Ideas Are Encouraged and Valued
“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it’s to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they’re … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Do You Believe These Lies About the “New” World of Work?
Except for the recent brouhaha about raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, the business press routinely ignores the more than 60 percent of American … Read more
The Big Benefits Your Organization Gets From Collaborative Hiring
For hundreds of years, managers have owned the hiring process. However, as more companies learn the benefits of shifting away from top-down decision-making … Read more
HR Basics: Dealing with Difficult Employee Conversations
When most of us think about leadership, we see ourselves empowering people, bringing them together, inspiring your team to do great work. And certainly … Read more
How Uber Is Pushing Us to Answer the Challenges of the “Freelancer Economy”
While reviewing a client’s policy manual the other day, I asked whether the sick leave policy — which allows employees to use sick time to care for unwell … Read more
Classic TLNT: The Biggest Lies You Always Hear From HR
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. In my never ending quest to beat a blog … Read more
Building Influence: It’s About Making People WANT to Help You
HRSo many of my clients ask me about influence. They want to know how to better personally influence others or how to train their managers on influence and … Read more
Does This Kind of Behavior Make For a Hostile Work Environment?
By Eric B. Meyer Here’s a little new math: 1 crotch grab + 1 N-word + 1 threat + 4 sex slurs = 0 hostile work environments. You won’t find this one … Read more