Applying for a job and never hearing back from the company is like asking someone to marry you and having the person simply look over your shoulder, as if … Read more
My Advice to SHRM: Think Small, Act Small, and Develop a Sense of Humor
Editor’s note: Longtime HR pros Laurie Ruettimann and Tim Sackett have strong feelings about the Society for Human Resource Management. … Read more
My Advice to SHRM: Start Blowing Stuff Up – and Find More HR Execs
Editor’s note: Longtime HR pros Laurie Ruettimann and Tim Sackett have strong feelings about the Society for Human Resource Management. With SHRM’s annual … Read more
Employee’s Goofing Off? Just a Good Time For HR to Step Up and Lead
You’re the head of HR for your company, and your CEO walks unannounced into the office and says, “I just walked through the accounting, customer service … Read more
Want More Engaged Workers? You Just Need to Help People Flourish
Last month, I wrote a post on 3 Good Reasons Why Employee Engagement Surveys Fail. I talked about the reality of your most disengaged employees being so … Read more
I’m Getting Really Tired of All the Talk About Employee Engagement
Recently I came across a sponsored article in Fast Company, titled Happiness Secrets from the Staff of Delivering Happiness at Work. Apparently … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Feedback on “Ways to Guarantee Your Best People Quit”
We received the following comments from a reader in response to my monthly Hiring Hint entitled Top 10 Ways to Guarantee Your Best People Will Quit. … Read more
Why You’ll Never Be Fully Staffed
For any HR/Talent Pro who lives with the concept of staffing levels, becoming “fully” staffed is a nebulous goal that always seems to be just … Read more
Surviving in the Workplace: It’s All About Being Able to Adapt to Change
It just could be about you. We tell interviewers we are “not really into that social media stuff.” We have not stayed current in our field or we aren’t … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Some Bad Qualities That Good Leaders Need to Avoid
I can’t tell you how many articles, blog posts, and books I get that are based on the premise of telling people how to do something right. You know … Read more