Addressing employee underperformance can go one of two ways: Either the employee is receptive to the feedback and works to fix the areas of weakness; or, … Read more
Why Your Handbook Needs to Be Clear on Taking FMLA Leave
By Eric B. Meyer A few missing words in your employee handbook words may open your FMLA floodgates, and you wouldn’t want to make the same egregious … Read more
More Jobs in HR Are Now Requiring Data and Analytics Sills
The geeks have arrived in HR, declares Josh Bersin. “Statisticians, mathematicians, and engineers have entered the people analytics space.” Writing … Read more
The Terribly High Cost of Having a Meeting Culture
Consider your average white-collar professional making $45,000/year, not including benefits. At that rate, it would cost an organization about $25 for this … Read more
New Ways of Working Report: Road Map For How Workplace Will Evolve
New Ways of Working, a report released last month by The B Team and Virgin Unite, offers up some provoking insights by businesses and The People Innovation … Read more
How To Lose Your Best Employees in 10 Easy Steps
What could be more essential to organizational success and the corporate bottom line than talent? Yet many of the people in our employ continue to be … Read more
5 Ways to Embed Your Organization With a Culture of Happiness
Just as every person has a personality, every single organization on the planet already has a culture. But what people really mean when they say they want … Read more
Yes, It’s Evil: Why You Really Need to Restrict Email in the Office
For years I’ve known that email is evil. But it wasn’t until I started working in a team that I realised how much time and energy gets swallowed by this … Read more
Do Employees Have a Legal “Right” to a “Predictable” Schedule?
By John E. Thompson U.S. Wage and Hour Division Administrator David Weil reportedly has said that the Division is “looking very actively at” … Read more
Building a Better Workplace Through Better Listening
Think of times you’ve experienced the following scenarios: You’re talking with another person, sharing your ideas or point of view. They nod their head as … Read more