By Eric B Meyer We’re talking a lot of money honey. (Yes, I know. I couldn’t even make it one line without a stupid Gaga pun.) It may not be so … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Resume Mistakes That Only a Manager Could Love
I’m not one of those who is ready to abandon the classic resume, although you keep hearing predictions about how it’s getting ready go the way … Read more
Team Building Today: It’s Unfollowing Those Who Left Your Organization
Did you see what Mike Tomlin, head coach of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, did last week to the players who didn’t make the final cut of the team? … Read more
What We Can Learn About Determination From Diana Nyad
I have been working in our U.S. offices recently, and I was fascinated to read and hear several news stories about Diana Nyad and her record-setting swim … Read more
EEOC Its Increasing Focus on Obesity as a Workplace Disability
By Eric B. Meyer About two years ago, the EEOC sued a Texas company, alleging that the company engaged in disability discrimination, in violation of the … Read more
How Do You Deal With a Manager Who Is Publicly Sexist and Racist?
Here’s a question that should be added to the HRCI certification exam: What do you do if you have a high level executive who uses social media to … Read more
3 Lessons to Remember From September 11
Today is solemn day for my colleagues and friends in the U.S. – indeed, around the world. Though I was not in the U.S. the day of the September … Read more
Another Social Media Blow-Up: Racist Customer Receipt Posted on Facebook
By Eric B. Meyer It’s a story that first made news over the weekend and is quickly picking up steam, ironically, because of social media. A customer … Read more
Ban the Box? In California, it Helped Let a Convicted Embezzler Get Hired
What do you get when you buy $320,000 worth of televisions, a hot tubs and gazebos and electronics, pornographic videos, handcuffs, chains and whips? Some … Read more
The Affordable Care Act – Where Things Stand to Date
It seems like there is weekly news to report on the Affordable Care Act — generally about a provision being delayed, infrastructure that’s not quite ready … Read more