“Often you have to rely on intuition.” — Bill Gates Whether you call it a hunch, a gut reaction, or just a feeling, intuition is real and … Read more
I Hope the EEOC Listened: Employment Credit Reports Have Value
This week, the EEOC held hearings to “explore” whether employers should be allowed to review a job applicant’s credit report before making a hiring … Read more
Exit Interviews: An Important Tool for Managing Departing Employees
By Heather Zalar Steele Given the state of the economy, employers are more conscious than ever of the need to protect trade secrets and customer … Read more
Are You Communicating With Your VIPs? (Very Important Personnel)
While reading TLNT the other day, I came across the following on Editor John Hollon’s blog: A new survey by WorldatWork has found that only a small … Read more
Why Good Strategies Fail: How Much Do Your Employees Really Care?
There are many reasons that good strategies fail. They range from poor communication, lack of alignment, difficulty with change, underestimating resources … Read more
How to Build Effective Frontline Managers
By David Creelman and Steven Hunt, PhD and SPHR It’s often said that employees don’t quit companies, they quit managers. Although there’s often a lot of … Read more
A Cautionary Tale for Managers: Your Workplace is Not a Talk Show
Former cable news anchor Rick Sanchez, and radio talk show hosts Dr. Laura Schlesinger and Don Imus have a lot in common. All three lost (Sanchez and Imus) … Read more
Bad Behavior at Work: Even “Animal House” Eventually Got Shut Down
See two (2) updates below. Remember the movie Animal House? You know, the 1978 John Belushi film about a rogue fraternity that held wild parties and … Read more
Too Much Information: When Social Media Spills Into The Workplace
There seems to be this idea floating around that HR people shouldn’t be on Facebook. Or that they they can be on Facebook but they shouldn’t … Read more
HR Study: Fundamental Rethinking of How to Manage the Workforce Needed
Three years from now can seem like geologic time for so many global companies still picking their way through today’s economic morass. Yet HR leaders of … Read more