Last Friday was Employee Appreciation Day – officially. I have to be honest. Though I’m in the employee appreciation business, I get a bit annoyed by this … Read more
What Great Leaders Know: It’s About Getting the Right People on the Bus
I have been to the mountaintop. This past week, I was in Austin, Texas for TLNT Transform, which was billed as a new type HR conference. While not a … Read more
Court Invalidates Sections of NLRB’s Rule on Employee Rights Poster
By James M. Walters On Friday (March 2), Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated key provisions of the … Read more
Will States Ban Companies From Requiring Passwords From Employees?
By Eric B. Meyer About a year ago, I wondered whether employers should ever require job applicants to divulge Facebook passwords. Ultimately, I concluded … Read more
The Challenge in Merging Cultures After a Merger or Acquisition
Yesterday, I offered a review of the book Building a Magnetic Culture. Nowhere is that more difficult – or more necessary – than in an organization that … Read more
Are Workers Unhappy on the Job? Yes, But Now They’re Planning to Stay Put
Are employees unhappy at work? My take is that a lot are, and there’s been a lot written in the past year (much of it by me) to support both that … Read more
Postal Service Layoffs Show Why You Can’t be Ill-Prepared For the Future
For many organizations, talent acquisition is still reactionary. Organizations binge on talent when times are good and purge on talent when times are bad. … Read more
If You’re Using These Management Methods, You’re Wasting Time AND Money
Organizations that aim to earn the label HPO, or “High Performance Organization,” can draw upon literally hundreds of management techniques, methods and … Read more
Why We Need to Burn the Annual Performance Review
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a series on why the annual performance review process needs to go away forever and what should be done instead. … Read more
Changing It Up: The Benefits of Playing Games With Your Rewards Program
It’s still early in the new year, and that means it’s time to look back and decide what has and hasn’t been working at your company. One of the things that … Read more