I’ve been getting hit with a lot of surveys and research recently, and not a lot of them have findings that I would consider really important news or … Read more
Should Your CEO Be Interviewing Every Single Potential Hire?
Marissa Mayer seems to be single-handedly turning the corporate hiring world on its head. First, the new Yahoo CEO made national headlines when she became … Read more
A Losing Proposition: When Employee Recognition Goes Terribly Wrong
On a near daily basis, I read lots of examples of employee recognition and reward practices, some good and some bad. And then some days, I see examples of … Read more
Survey: Learning Systems Market Growing, But Less Than Last Year
Is your company thinking about investing in a learning management system? If that’s the case, then this new survey is for you. Bersin & … Read more
Pending Supreme Court Cases That HR and the C-Suite Should Follow
By Eric B. Meyer Earlier this month, the United States Supreme Court reconvened for it’s 2012-2013 term. Although not chock full of pending … Read more
HR Tech Consultancy Knowledge Infusion Acquired by Appirio
First news today out of the annual HR Technology conference here in Chicago is pretty significant, and it points to still more consolidation in the HR … Read more
Want to Be More Strategic? Here Are Obstacles That HR Must Overcome
I don’t know about your organization, but regardless of whether it reports to the CEO or not, HR is generally considered an overhead department. It … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Have You Ever Had to Deal With a Brilliant Jerk?
Over the last few weeks, the You’re the Boss small business blog in The New York Times has had a series of posts on a type of employee that we have … Read more
Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8% Despite Less-Than-Robust Job Growth
See update below: Jack Welch claims that the latest unemployment numbers were manipulated to help President Obama’s re-election campaign. The … Read more
4 Great Talent Management Takeaways from the Inc. 500 CEO Survey
Do you ever wish you could pick the brains of America’s most successful startup CEOs, just to see what’s rattling around in there? Do you wish you could … Read more