More than four months after the long-awaited meeting between leaders of the SHRM Members for Transparency group and members of the SHRM Board of Directors, … Read more
A Valentine’s Day Sermon: Why Office Relationships Are Self-Destructive
Editor’s Note: Although I mentioned this Valentine’s post from last year earlier this week, I have had a number of readers ask if we could … Read more
Making Learning Matter: 11 Simple Commandments to Influence Behavior
By Stephen M. Paskoff “They‘re simply not getting it. Managers, executives and employees are saturated with information and they’re zoning out. We give our … Read more
Countdown to Transform: What Transformed You, Dawn Burke?
We’re less than two weeks away from the first-ever TLNT Transform conference in Austin, Texas (Feb. 26-28), and here’s a question we asked some … Read more
Does Your Organization’s “Magic Metric” Include Employee Recognition?
In Fistful of Talent last week, Steve Gifford tackled the ever-present topic of (my take) “what metric should we use to measure employee … Read more
“Manager Knows Best?” It May Be Annoying, But It’s Not Going Away
In the future, nobody will be poor, everyone will be happy, and managers will never pull the old parental line at work: because I said so. That rose … Read more
Change Is a Dirty Job, But Somebody’s Got to Do It
They pushed the cleaning carts into the office hallway at the end of the day. They emptied trash cans, wiped down doorways and cleaned office windows, … Read more
Managing a “Helping” Relationship – Here Are 5 Things You Should Know
While I will never outgrow the need to expand and sharpen my technical knowledge, I think some of my biggest “opportunities for improvement” … Read more
The Wrong Way and the Right Way to Request FMLA Certification
By Eric B. Meyer The Family and Medical Leave Act allows an employer to require that a employee’s request for FMLA leave be supported by a … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Here’s Why You Should Keep a Decisions Log
Last month, for the fifth year in row, I did a program for Texas A&M University and, as often happens, I think I learned just as much from the … Read more