“Linsanity” has taken over New York and the NBA! Do you even know what it is? Let’s begin with some background: “Linsanity” refers to Jeremy … Read more
A Sign of Our Times: The Business of Layoffs — George Clooney Style
Editor’s Note: Last year, TLNT asked some prominent thought leaders about their favorite films with a management or HR theme. With the Academy Awards … Read more
How a Manager Told an Employee to “Pray” Sexual Harassment Away
By Eric B. Meyer Worst. Advice. Ever. Two Denny’s waitresses have filed this complaint in a California Superior Court alleging that their manager … Read more
Diversity: It’s Good For Business, the Workplace, and All of Our Lives
It’s OK if the formula does not make sense. I have watched with amusement these past few weeks the reaction in the sports world to the phenomenon … Read more
Source of Hire Survey: Not Much Hiring Coming From Social Media
After two years of looking internally to fill vacancies, companies in 2011 again began to hire new workers, relying on referrals and job boards for nearly … Read more
Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying: Life, Hope, and The HR Redemption
Editor’s Note: Last year, TLNT asked some prominent thought leaders about their favorite films with a management or HR theme. With the Academy Awards … Read more
Why Organizations Need to Focus on Performance-Driven Engagement
Editor’s Note: Gerry Ledford will be giving a longer speech on the topic at next week’s TLNT Transform conference in How Employee Engagement … Read more
Employees: The Best Companies Know They’re the Foundation of Success
By Kevin Cope Google has what is possibly the most rigorous hiring system of any company in the history of business. Most people go through more 10 … Read more
Unpaid Internships? Excuse Me, But I Don’t See the Problem
If you have managed people and been on the job very long, you probably know that there are three kinds of workplace issues: Big and important ones; Small … Read more
EEOC Turns Focus to Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer My loyal readers know that yesterday the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a public meeting to discuss pregnancy … Read more