Employers in California will now share liability with their labor contractors for complying with state labor and wage laws, including safety and workers’ … Read more
4 People Strategies That Together Can Double Company Growth
Technologies and processes continue to evolve, but how companies manage and develop employees hasn’t improved over the past decade. As a result, … Read more
The 5 Kinds of Help That Successful People Get
Really successful people are successful because they get a lot of help, not because they are so good on their own that they don’t need help! It’s important … Read more
Tech Insights: Watson’s Next Big Step? It Could Be in HR
IBM picked Fang from Majestyk as a winning app for the mobile application of Watson. This caught my attention because Fang is an education app. It is aimed … Read more
Here’s How We Cope When Our Workplace Culture Is On Fire
“The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. We don’t need no water let the m-f burn.” – The Bloodhound Gang At least, that’s the melodic hip-hop mantra many … Read more
The HR Manager’s Guide to Hiring (and Retaining) Millennials
Millennials. That lazy, indolent, pleasure-seeking, mercurial generation. A group characterized as loving rewards but rejecting correction. The generation … Read more
It Pays to Hire People From Really Crappy Companies
As some of you may have realized from recent posts (like Wanted: People Who Aren’t Stupid), I’ve been interviewing candidates recently for the position of … Read more
When It Comes to Good Management, It’s All About Just Walking Around
I can’t believe this guy. He did not show any concern as to why I was leaving. He is the CXX and he had three people leave within the past month, plus me. … Read more
Motivating People: It Takes the Four Roots of Engagement
Haven’t we talked about employee engagement enough? Nope! Despite the amount of time, energy and effort that organizations around the globe are investing … Read more
HR Ranks at the Bottom — Reasons to Adopt Metrics and Predictive Analytics
When you survey the most frequent users of analytics and metrics in the corporate world, not surprisingly you find that HR ranks at the very bottom. … Read more