By Eric B. Meyer Last year at about this time, I blogged about a case involving some employees who thought that their employer had underpaid them. So, they … Read more
15 Employee Engagement Truths Employers Ignore at Their Own Peril
Given how much time and money has been spent on employee engagement — and how little has been shown for it — it’s clear that most employers are not doing … Read more
HR Tech 2015: Now Everybody Wants to be the “Uber of Recruitment”
Apparently, the new marketing message for Talent Acquisition technology that I’m seeing here at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas is to call … Read more
The Unbearable Vagueness of HR Analytics
HR is undergoing something of a revolution with the influx of analytics people. It’s true that compensation has always been steeped in numbers, but in … Read more
How to Build a Deeply Embedded Recognition Culture
Building or maintaining a positive work culture currently ranks among the top three goals for recognition programs, according to WorldatWork’s 2015 Trends … Read more
The Top 5 Reasons Why Employees Sue Their Boss
Why do people sue their boss? Most people would guess “money,” but that is dead wrong. I’m a plaintiff’s employment lawyer and over the last few years I’ve … Read more
Can Millennials Be Productive When the Power Goes Out?
One of the benefits of writing a blog that is focused on bringing interesting research analysis to the HR community is that people (vendors, academics, … Read more
HR Tech 2015: Who Should I Be Connecting With in Las Vegas?
By far the question I get asked most often at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas is, “Who should I connect with while I’m here?” Both vendors and … Read more
It Takes Skills (and Patience) to Get Buy-In on Team Goals
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” ― Jim Rohn, American business speaker In a near-perfect world — the type most people … Read more
Tech Insights: The Trick to Helping Managers When Digging Into HR Analytics
Well-intentioned efforts to promote HR analytics can backfire. A common mistake is for HR to collect metrics and then, without further analysis, show the … Read more