Let me officially be the last person to wish you a Happy New Year! I have to admit that I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. Why should you wait … Read more
Disincentives and Deterrents, or How to Avoid Rewarding Bad Behavior
Amid all the buzz about perverse incentives that backfire, lessons about punishments that reward undesirable performance should be shared, too. A former … Read more
What It Takes to Get Hired at One of the Best Places to Work
I discussed before how companies on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list are experiencing huge amounts of growth in headcount. That post focused … Read more
A Lesson From Grammy Winners Daft Punk on Why Collaboration Works
I’m not a Daft Punk expert – unless you count listening to Get Lucky non-stop when driving my son and his friends to the beach last summer. This French … Read more
Send a Non-Compete Letter and You May Be Buying a Lawsuit
By Michael R. Greco When employers seek injunctive relief to enforce a restrictive covenant, nearly every judge begins the injunctive hearing with the same … Read more
Tech Insights: The Disruptive Changes in Outplacement Technology
At last October’s HR Technology conference, I caught up with Careerminds, which is one of several players disrupting the outplacement space. My first … Read more
What Do You Do When Employee Feedback Goes Wrong?
What you do when you give an employee feedback and they disagree or get upset with you is one of THE most important managerial moments-of-truth to master. … Read more
Big Data is Hot, But Sometimes, Small Data Is the Better Way to Go
The recruiting and HR world has been awash for the last year with talk about Big Data. It seems everywhere you turn you read another article describing how … Read more
What Incentive Compensation Can (and Can’t) Do For Your Workforce
Incentive compensation. Powerful stuff when used well and — unfortunately — potentially even more powerful when misused and misdirected. How do … Read more
Progressive HR: It’s All About Policies That Truly Engage Today’s Workforce
“[Cough, cough] I can’t come in today, I am very sick,” she said. I told her no problem; see you when you feel better. However, when she came … Read more