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
The Future of Resumes: Would You Believe We’ll Use a Digital Backpack?
What do Mozilla, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the Obama Administration all have in common? If you said, “This sounds like the set up for an unfunny … Read more
Five Ways to Maximize Your Team’s Overall Productivity
“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” — Peter Drucker, American management guru What comprises true efficiency, at … Read more
The New Hiring Mantra: Finding Candidates With Great Cultural “Fit”
On average, people spend nine (9) hours of their day at work. Projecting this over an entire lifetime, we face a very big, somewhat scary number. When you … Read more
Top 10 Tips for Your Organization’s Social Media Policy
By Jennifer Neumann Companies may wonder why their social media policies are a cause for concern. What is wrong with a company prohibiting its employees … Read more
The Power of Positive Feedback – and How It Can Fuel Employee Behavior
Usually a contagion is a bad thing – unless we’re talking about the effects of positive psychology in the workplace. Positive psychology is a terrific … Read more