“I need to speak to you when you get in this morning, preferably before the meeting with XXXX.” “OK, no problem. Is everything OK? I sure hope it is not … Read more
Don’t Forget the Critical Role That Healthcare Benefits Play in Recruiting and Retention
From the employer’s perspective, most of the recent publicity relating to offering health care benefits has been focused on the added cost and burden of … Read more
One Last Time: Yes, Financial Rewards DO Really Improve Performance
There is solid evidence from a number of major reviews of the research over 30 years that financial rewards can be expected to trigger improved … Read more
How to Keep Workplace Investigations From Going Wrong
By Eric B. Meyer What could possibly go wrong with a sham workplace investigation? Well, if it means that the employee diagnosed with anxiety and … Read more
8 Ways to Help Make Your Office Meetings More Tolerable
“Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.” — John Kenneth Galbraith, economist. As we can all attest, business meetings often waste … Read more
See If These Sound Familiar: The Biggest Lies You Always Hear From HR
In my never ending quest to beat a blog series to death, let’s hope this is my last installment of “Top Lies.” (See How Job Candidates Lie, and the Best … Read more
What Do You Do When Everyone Thinks They Are Exceptional?
Question: “How do you deal with people and teams who are average performers but who rate themselves as exceptional?” This came up on our last Member … Read more
Long-Distance Commuters: Workplace Casualties in the War For Talent
It is a fact that long commutes are killing people — emotionally, physically and financially. That doesn’t stop people from following a paycheck in this … Read more
Why You Need to Care About Strategy — Even If Your CEO Doesn’t
Do you believe in the strategy of your organization? Indeed, do you know the strategy of the organization as espoused by leadership? More importantly, … Read more
Is It Time For a Pro-Smoking Policy in Your Workplace?
Seems to me the world of business just keeps getting more and more stressful. Most employers are trying to do more with less and this alone equates to … Read more