Scott Ginsberg, AKA the Nametag Guy, is a well-known author and speaker. He started wearing a nametag 24/7 as an experiment in creating more … Read more
SHRM Board Quietly (and Secretly) Votes to Hike Pay for Board Members
Shortly before the Society for Human Resources 62nd Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Diego this past June, the SHRM Board of Directors quietly voted … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Boss Gifts, Deaths are Down, and a Terrible Workplace Secret
Summer doesn’t officially end for another month, but you know that in reality, we’re heading into the last, full week of our long, hot summer. Yes, Labor … Read more
Carving Out a New Path for More Effective Meetings
There have been a million blog posts about meetings. Actually it’s closer to 10 million blog posts, but you get my drift. Most of them have to do … Read more
Minimizing Risks of Employee Defection After a Merger or Acquisition
A merger that looks good on paper can lose value when too many employees in the target company get nervous about what life will be like after the deal … Read more
The SHRM CEO Search: More Questions Than Answers So Far
Think you have what it takes to be the next CEO of SHRM? Feel you have the skills to replace the recently departed Lon O’Neil? Maybe you do, but before you … Read more
How to Measure Your Value in HR: You Gotta Show Your Executive Team
I kind of have a couple of creeds or philosophies I live my life by: Make decisions quickly. Gives you time to adjust if the decision was wrong – if you … Read more
What’s Hard About Making Benefits Communications Easy to Understand?
A couple of months ago I was, just like many of your employees, trying to make sense of a benefits annual enrollment guide. This one was from my husband’s … Read more
Hiring Damaged Goods, or Why Mark Hurd Doesn’t Deserve Another Chance
Let me be perfectly clear about this: Everyone deserves a second-chance. Sometimes, people even deserve a third or fourth chance. That’s why the notion … Read more
Why It’s Always Easier (and Better) to Motivate Without Money
Money is the easiest and least personal way to motivate people (if you have money). If you don’t, you need to get down to the real business of making … Read more