It sounds counterintuitive, but an office environment with the right mix of distractions is actually a part of a high performance culture. The reason is … Read more
Staying Calm and Prepared for Potential Workplace Ebola Issues
By Howard Mavity I remember the near hysteria and the lack of clear workplace and public health guidance when I began receiving questions about responding … Read more
Tech Insights: Simplifying the Recruiting of Hourly Workers
Most of the innovation we have seen in HR technology has been aimed at professional and managerial employees. Take recruitment: the typical recruitment … Read more
Reddit Pulls Back Remote Workers Despite New San Francisco Law
More than 1,200 high tech start-ups and household names from Yelp to Salesforce call San Francisco home. Web phenom Reddit, the self-styled “front page of … Read more
HR Roundtable: How Do You Develop Creativity in HR?
There was a definite buzz for the September HR Roundtable in Cincinnati because the topic was a bit out of the “norm.” Everyone was gathering to discuss … Read more
What “The Voice” Teaches Us About Feedback and Coaching Done Right
I like watching the TV show The Voice. It’s singing competition show that has four famous singer judges who compete against each other by picking teams of … Read more
Workplace Values: It Ain’t What You Do, It’s the Way That You Do It
In the last 12 months, the topic of values has caught the imagination. Putting values at the center of everything your organization does can make all the … Read more
Is It Discrimination If You Get Fired For Bringing a Gun to Work?
By Eric B. Meyer Getting fired for bringing a gun to work probably isn’t discrimination. But hey, what do you have to lose by filing the lawsuit … Read more
The New Career Mantra: Turn Every Call and Contact Into an Interview
“I worked all those years, coming to work every day, doing a great job. Each year there was a raise and eventually more responsibility. I went home at the … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How Great Managers Deal With Boredom and Burnout
In one of his blogs, Seth Godin talks about the Levy Law which describes the way animals forage for food and how that law applies to the Internet. The more … Read more