As discussed last week, the National Labor Relations Board has issued new guidance on what employers should — and shouldn’t — include in social media … Read more
8 Common Misconceptions About Background Screening
Let’s face it. The economy is still a mess and people aren’t finding jobs fast enough. Given this fact, there are a lot of people looking to place the … Read more
Company Goals: Do Your Employees Have a “Line of Sight” to Them?
There’s a famous story from the early days of the space race. President John F. Kennedy was visiting NASA headquarters for the first time, in … Read more
Creating Company Culture: Yes, It Takes a Lot of Sustained, Hard Work
Suzanne Rumsey from Knowledge Infusion wrote last month in Fistful of Talent about company culture. Her post is spot-on and deserves to be read by the … Read more
6 Ways to Create and Honor a Culture of Employee Development
Earlier this week I attended a not so typical awards ceremony – The Apollo Awards, hosted by Helios HR and Smart CEO. As I think the concept of the awards … Read more
Engagement: Why Silly Events Show a Lack of Company Commitment
In the employee engagement effort, one comment that never fails to give me pause is: “We have our employee engagement event scheduled for next Friday.” … Read more
Workplace Flexibility and Work-Life Balance: It’s a Benefit, Not a Burden
Long gone are the standard 9-to-5 work days. If an email comes in on Saturday morning, a response is often expected by noon. We have the flexibility to … Read more
When Leading and Managing, Don’t be Like Hatfields & McCoys
The History Channel just aired a mini-series called Hatfields & McCoys; did you happen to catch it? This lengthy and notorious family feud was a way of … Read more
Study: Employee Engagement Has Stablized, But Just Barely Improving
It’s another sign of our somewhat depressing and sluggish economic times that an ever-so-slight uptick in employee engagement is heralded as a big … Read more
Happiness at Work (Can You Generate Happiness for the Unhappy Few?)
If I’m to believe a lot of what crosses my computer screen these days, we (in HR and rewards) are on the hook not only to improve employee … Read more