According to a recent USA Today article, the U.S. birthrate is in sharp decline and is at it’s lowest levels in the past 25 years. Here’s probably a few … Read more
Distraction or Stress Reducer? Why a Dog-Friendly Workplace Might Work
I can’t help but notice the abundance of articles dedicated to workplace stress. Bottom line: Workplace stress is a very real phenomenon that can bring … Read more
NLRB’s Ruling Undercuts Integrity of HR’s Workplace Investigations
By Eric B. Meyer HR heads are still spinning as they try to digest what the National Labor Relations Board has tried to accomplish this year. The … Read more
Why Olympic Athletes Are Never, Ever Good Enough
A few years ago, our family saw Michael Phelps and Ian Crocker on a tour to promote swimming in America. After seeing them in person, I just assumed they … Read more
Think You’re Helping Students With Unpaid Internships? Think Again
I’ve never been a fan of unpaid internships and I’ve never been with a company that has offered them (at least on my watch). People who work … Read more
Cooperation? Competition? What’s Best for Real Business Success?
How competitive is your workplace? Is it a good type of competition or one that breeds dissension, disharmony, and ultimately, disengagement? A recent … Read more
Keeping Top Talent: How Leaders Can Manage Increasing Employee Turnover
A weak labor market associated with the economic downturn may have held down turnover rates in many organizations. But, it could be argued that we have … Read more
What The #$@%&*! — Half Of Employees Say They Swear on the Job
It did no good for Richard Nixon, whose famous mountain of secret White House tapes contains thousands of words described only as “expletive … Read more
2 Steps to Developing and Delivering Creativity on an Olympic Scale
I’ll hazard a guess that 100 percent of my readers watched the London Olympics opening ceremony, at least in part, or read about it, or saw elements of it … Read more
Here’s What Happens When the HR Manager Writes Smoking Gun Emails
By Eric B. Meyer Documentation is good; smoking-gun emails from the HR Manager not so much. In Phillips v. StellarOne Bank, the performance of a once … Read more