The classic model for HR analytics is that you have some kind of data warehouse and you use it to answer a business question. In other words you start with … Read more

HR Roundtable: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Performance Reviews
The March HR Roundtable in Cincinnati sought to take a look at a topic that is highly polarizing right now – Performance Reviews. The difference in this … Read more

Employers and Gen Z: Time to Lay The Foundation For the Next Wave of Talent
Millennials were the primary focus of marketers and recruiters for most of the last decade. And for good reason: More than one-in-three American workers … Read more

Fired For Heckling — and, For Posting It on Twitter, Too
By Eric B. Meyer I was going to start the week with this story from TheLedger.com. But then, that whole HR getting sued for FMLA violations thing caught my … Read more

3 Ways to Take Your Peer-to-Peer Recognition to the Next Level
One of the challenges of implementing a social recognition solution is developing employees’ capacity and comfort around peer-to-peer aspects. That’s … Read more

When Employees Quit: Maybe It’s About More Than Just a Bad Boss
Employees don’t leave organizations, they leave … … BOSSES! Right?! Right? Right? For at least the past two decades, the foundation of … Read more

HR as Employer? Yes, HR Directors Can Be Sued For FMLA Violations, Too
By Eric B. Meyer Guess what, you guys? HR Directors can be sued for FMLA violations too. “I didn’t sign up for this!” — Most of you. Yes, the HR Director … Read more

How to Set Your Millennial Employees Up for Great Success
This generation of Millennials, they can be a little difficult, right? I’ve hired them, I work with them, my children are them, so I’ve seen firsthand what … Read more

Encouraging Innovation: Does Giving Employees “20% Time” Actually Work?
Reacting to so-called “20 percent time” policies made popular by Google and others, a recent article on Inc. argues that innovation rarely comes from … Read more

Can You Force an Employee to Delete Critical Tweets About the Company?
By Eric B. Meyer Folks, it’s been a crappy 2016 for Chipotle. Last year, Chipotle’s National Social Media strategist saw a series of tweets from a Chipotle … Read more