Here’s something I keep wondering: What would it be like to see your life played out in the movies? More than that, what if you were played on the … Read more
Politicizing Job Creators: Why It Won’t Help Create New Jobs
Ah, job creators. You know it is election season when the buzzwords fly like the mosquitoes in the Florida Everglades, and certainly the term job creators … Read more
The Two Biggest Reasons Google Tops the Best Companies to Work For List
Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and Good Boss, Bad Boss, is on the top of my list of must-read blogs and books. … Read more
Courts Say it Again: You Can’t Dig Through An Employee’s Facebook Account
By Eric B. Meyer You can’t “rummage at will” through employee Facebook accounts Well, at least that’s what a federal court recently … Read more
Report: HR Still Struggling to be a Strategic Business Partner
What’s surprising about a new analyst report from Aberdeen is that in 2012, HR professionals still need to be reminded that talent management is as … Read more
HR Still Struggling to Be Strategic
What’s surprising about a new analyst report from Aberdeen is that in 2012 HR professionals still need to be reminded that talent management is as … Read more
Avoid This Common Recruiting Mistake — and Forward This to Your Management Team
While talking about customer service on a radio program, I shared a customer service nightmare story last week that also happens to be a perfect analogy … Read more
3 Lessons for Realistic (and Universal) Company Values Done Right
Do CEOs – other than Tony Hsieh of Zappos, of course – actually think about the company’s culture and core values to the extent of using the values as … Read more
Don’t Just Think Outside the Box — Find a Better Box
By Stephen M. Shapiro Leaders of organizations often use the expression “Think outside the box” when urging their employees to innovate. The belief is that … Read more
Why Don’t We Do More About the Basic (But Less-Than-Ideal) Resume?
Before the economy turned on its head in 2008, I received what seemed to be a pitch a week from a new company looking to revolutionize the standard resume. … Read more