Seems to me the world of business just keeps getting more and more stressful. Most employers are trying to do more with less and this alone equates to … Read more
Who Knows More About Corporate Culture Than HR?
The importance of culture in making or breaking a merger/acquisition has long been an interest of mine. After spending 25 years at the top … Read more
A Close Look at What CEOs Really Think About Employee Engagement
Have you ever wondered what your CEO really thinks about employee engagement? Many of us have, and new research from the UK’s Ashridge Business … Read more
Management 101: Never Fire Someone Publicly, Even if You Are CEO of AOL
See update below Here’s a question that every manager and HR professional should ask themselves: Is it ever right to fire someone publicly? If you … Read more
Vacation Over? Here’s How to Put That Renewed Energy to Work
How was your summer vacation? Whether you were roughing it or lying on a beach with a cool drink and a hot book, returning to your desk can be quite the … Read more
“A Fool with a Tool is Still a Fool” – 5 Guidelines to Make Big Data Work
There’s a lot of talk about Big Data these days and many HR people are either excited or intimidated by it. Maybe both. Regardless, there seems to be more … Read more
How to Stop Hiring the Wrong People in Five Simple Steps
Standardized interviews, questionnaires, complex scoring systems, background checks, drug tests and personality assessments — Corporate America has … Read more
The Performance Review Problem: Maybe More Frequency Is the Answer
By now, regular readers know my position on the traditional annual performance review — it serves a function to provide formal, documented … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: What I Would Ask If I Could Only Ask 1 Interview Question
If I could ask only one question in an interview, it would be … Here is the one question I would ask in an interview as well as some, but not all, of … Read more
Weekly Wrap: What Costco Can Teach About Treating Employees Right
Know what I like about Costco, besides the prices? The employees ALWAYS seem to be perky and happy. Maybe that seems like a pretty low performance bar to … Read more