Some organizations are just lucky. They have a huge, Niagara-like, flow of applicants knocking at their front door. They hire teams of people to scan paper … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: If You’re Over Qualified, Please Apply
Costco recently opened a new store here and invited all local members to a pre-opening party. Thousands of people showed up, but that is not the story… I … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How You Know You Have a Bad Corporate Culture
In my book, company culture is one of those workplace factors that gets far too little attention. Yes, lots of people talk about how important it is (and … Read more
One Last Time: Yes, Financial Rewards DO Really Improve Performance
There is solid evidence from a number of major reviews of the research over 30 years that financial rewards can be expected to trigger improved … Read more
How to Keep Workplace Investigations From Going Wrong
By Eric B. Meyer What could possibly go wrong with a sham workplace investigation? Well, if it means that the employee diagnosed with anxiety and … Read more
8 Ways to Help Make Your Office Meetings More Tolerable
“Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.” — John Kenneth Galbraith, economist. As we can all attest, business meetings often waste … Read more
Withholding Employee References: It’s Time to Stop the Insanity
Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you … Read more
When HR Works: What Can Happen When a Team Is Cohesive & Strategic
I still have several friends from my first civilian HR job, which was back in the early 1980s. It is incredible to me how many of us stay connected over 20 … Read more
What Do You Do When Everyone Thinks They Are Exceptional?
Question: “How do you deal with people and teams who are average performers but who rate themselves as exceptional?” This came up on our last Member … Read more
Long-Distance Commuters: Workplace Casualties in the War For Talent
It is a fact that long commutes are killing people — emotionally, physically and financially. That doesn’t stop people from following a paycheck in this … Read more