Does your organization focus on women when they talk about having a more diverse workforce? Some do, of course, but the vast majority of businesses — … Read more
The NPR-Juan Williams Incident Shows Why HR Really Matters
I don’t want to keep beating on the Juan Williams-NPR firing fiasco, but there are a few loose ends to tie up before we move on. Loose End No. 1: NPR … Read more
Rush to Judgment: Where was HR When Juan Williams got Railroaded?
I’ve worked in a lot of places and supervised all sorts of different people. As most managers, I’ve had to fire people for performance-related … Read more
Ask the HR Pro: How Do You Handle Politics in the Workplace?
Ask the HR Pro is a feature we usually use in our TLNT LinkedIn group to get reader feedback about hot issues impacting HR to share with the rest of our … Read more
From the Energy Files: The Power of Optimization vs. Maximization
In most employee survey work, we work with scales, questions and indices that focus on maximization as the goal. Employee satisfaction or engagement, for … Read more
Exit Interviews: An Important Tool for Managing Departing Employees
By Heather Zalar Steele Given the state of the economy, employers are more conscious than ever of the need to protect trade secrets and customer … Read more
Are You Communicating With Your VIPs? (Very Important Personnel)
While reading TLNT the other day, I came across the following on Editor John Hollon’s blog: A new survey by WorldatWork has found that only a small … Read more
Why Good Strategies Fail: How Much Do Your Employees Really Care?
There are many reasons that good strategies fail. They range from poor communication, lack of alignment, difficulty with change, underestimating resources … Read more
How to Build Effective Frontline Managers
By David Creelman and Steven Hunt, PhD and SPHR It’s often said that employees don’t quit companies, they quit managers. Although there’s often a lot of … Read more
The Importance of Cross-Functional Learning
When you went through school, I’ll bet at some point in time you asked your teacher, “When am I EVER going to need to use this in real … Read more