This post was inspired by a call I just took from a local charity, the Texas Highway Patrol Association, looking to raise money for officers injured or … Read more
Who You Gonna Call? Your HR Physician Can Diagnose What Ails Your Organization
Imagine going to your general practitioner, and after a few questions, you get a prescription. During this process, she pulls out a list of best practices … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Employees Rank Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance
Glassdoor, the website that encourages employees to give the inside scoop on their companies, has an interesting new survey out on the Top 25 Companies for … Read more
Bad Judgment by an Employee? They May Just Not be Getting Enough Sleep
By Howard Mavity I have always assumed that exhaustion affects our judgment, makes us sloppy and unsafe, and more prone to anger. Behavioral research … Read more
Dear HR Professional: Are You Ready to Make the CFO Your New BFF?
It’s all the rage in HR land. Many and various thought leaders and industry pundits exhorting us to build a more collaborative relationship with … Read more
4 Steps to Enable Your New High Performers
As organizations become more matrixed, employees are sharing more responsibilities, authority, and accountability than ever before. While informal working … Read more
The One Smart and Practical Thing That Successful People Always Do
A graduating student recently asked me, “What is the main difference between people who advance and people who don’t?” In thinking about … Read more
3 Lessons for Creating a Workplace Culture of Innovation
There’s a lot of bad advice in the business world, and even worse aphorisms. One I particularly abhor is “Failure is not an option.” Of course, in some … Read more
When Can You Discipline an Employee For What They Write Online?
By Howard Mavity I was fortunate last week to spend time in Denver with my buddies on the AGC (Associated General Contractors) National Safety Committee. … Read more
Want Your Employees to Speak Up? You Need to Give Them a Reason!
In a short piece titled The Cost of Neutral, writer Seth Godin posits that when a person is silent but had something important to say, his act is not … Read more