Like a lot of you, Thanksgiving is a time for both thanks and family. My family runs the gamut from senior citizens to Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. My wife … Read more
It Will Take Teamwork to Navigate the Bumpy Road to Health Care Reform
If you haven’t taken the time to grab a cup of coffee with the folks at legal, or had lunch with your friends in accounting, now would be a good time. Over … Read more
Holiday Temp Staffing and the Seismic Shift In the Workplace
If you’re out shopping today, there’s a good chance that the person helping you purchase your items or finding that deeply discounted item for … Read more
SHRM Threatens TLNT With Legal Action for Using the SHRM Logo
They say that no good deed goes unpunished. Perhaps they should say that no controversial news story goes legally unchallenged, either. An attorney working … Read more
Energy vs. Employee Engagement: Does One Lead to the Other?
In writing and speaking about employee energy, I am often asked the question about how energy and employee engagement are connected. Are they the same … Read more
Employee Health Benefits: For Employers, Maybe They Really Are Priceless
By simple accounting standards, employers should be dancing in the street at the possibility of eliminating health care benefits in 2014. It’s not like … Read more
Google’s Compensation Strategy Has the Smell of Desperation to It
If you’ve been in HR long enough, you know what desperation looks like. It isn’t pretty. It never is. And I’m not saying that to be … Read more
That OMG Moment for Talent Management Leaders is Coming Soon
With access to (and leverage of) talent playing a more critical role in an organization’s ability to succeed than ever before, it should come as no … Read more
Are You Ready – Finally! – for HR 3.0?
A funny thing happened on the way to a tweet. Last week I tweeted an article appropriately titled “Making the Case for Corporate Social Human Resources: … Read more
What Every Employer Needs to Know to Avoid an ‘Office Party Gone Wrong’
By Patricia F. Weisberg The annual office holiday party is a great way to reward your employees for a job well done throughout the past year. However, you … Read more