Your CEO doesn’t want you to be a human resources leader — they want you to be a business leader with human resources expertise. While that may just seem … Read more
3 Key Predictions For the Human Resources Department of 2020
First of two parts The human resources department is doomed. There is no viable future for the HR function, and HR professionals will inevitably be … Read more
Embracing Change: A Few Good Reasons to Keep It Moving Forward
“If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” — Charles Kettering, American inventor. “The only completely consistent people are dead.” … Read more
When Retirement Talk Turns Into Age Discrimination
By Eric B. Meyer “At your age, David, you hadn’t even thought about retiring?” What could go wrong when the boss’s son asks that … Read more
Beyond Words: How Generation Y is Redefining Learning For Everyone
Gen Y, those in their 20s now, are born of bits and bytes. They hardly read. They watch play computer games, watch movies on the Internet, have made … Read more
Even Monkeys Demand Equal Pay For Equal Work
By Lorene Schaefer In 1925, the famed Scopes Monkey Trial occurred in Tennessee. The public feverishly debated whether evolution contradicted certain … Read more
April Unemployment Numbers Show Economy is Still Growing, But Slowly
After a mediocre jobs report from ADP, and the government’s own anemic March report last month, economists and the financial markets were hoping today’s … Read more
The Employee Engagement Choice: Is It a Job, a Career, or a Calling?
As we’ve researched trends in employee engagement, we consistently find dissonance in levels of engagement between a person who views his job as, well, a … Read more
Arkansas Latest to Pass a Workplace Social Media Privacy Law
By Eric B. Meyer I don’t know much about Arkansas. My knowledge consists of Gennifer Flowers, Wal-Mart, and this handy-dandy iPhone app for … Read more
Exercising Your Workplace Culture: Does Fitness Have a Place?
What does wading through mud pits or running a grueling half-marathon sound like to you? If you’re like a growing number of companies, the answer is “team … Read more