As the quest for the “right” human capital metrics continues, there has been a quiet detour to the overall evolution taking place in a workshop we have … Read more
Performance Evaluations? If People Are Cynical, You Have a Problem
A friend was telling me a story about the performance review process at his company that I had to share. So, we are in the midst of our performance reviews … Read more
Sound the Alarm: More People Are Quitting Than Being Laid Off
We’ve heard warnings about how our workforce is disengaged and being artificially kept in jobs due to fear of changing employers. And, we’ve … Read more
3 Keys to Business Success (or, 3 Things to Avoid That Will Screw It Up)
I had a mentor teach me that that business success was based on these three things in this order: People, Process, Profit. Do things on purpose: From … Read more
Are We Really Surprised? NLRB Takes on Facebook Comments
By Gerald F. Lutkus Are we really surprised? We all knew it would come. Sooner or later the “New NLRB” was going to focus on social networking policies and … Read more
Overcoming Fear of the Holiday Party
Nothing cracks me up more than war stories from employment lawyers talking about the holiday season. One guy I know says his phone is ringing off the hook … Read more
Fast and Accurate HR? Research Shows It’s a Big Competitive Advantage
If you ask a group of HR professionals whether they think HR should go faster, you get mixed results. Half the group is excited about the idea, and they … Read more
Beyond the Board Chair’s Memo: What Got SHRM so Hot and Bothered?
See two (2) updates below. Here’s a good question: Just what was it that got the Board of the Society for Human Resource Management so worked up? … Read more
Disengaged Nation: Some 77.5 Million Employed Are Ready to Make a Move
There has been a lot written about how disengaged American workers are today given all that has happened – layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts and freezes – to … Read more
A Management Truism: Technology Shouldn’t Torture People
This is a bit of a diversion from my normal topics, but I know many of my readers are in technology companies, and pretty much all of you are people. And I … Read more