I love the four-day work week. My wife works one for most of the year and it, in combination with my ability to work anywhere with a reasonable Internet … Read more
The Message That Bad Rewards Sends to Your Employees
As I was driving to the office the other day, I caught a news snippet from National Public Radio (NPR) in America about a tea controversy (ahem) boiling in … Read more
Is Your Email Killing You?
Pretty much everyone I talk to says they would be better at their job if they had more time to think. Also, when I ask, “What are your biggest time … Read more
More Frequent Performance Reviews? Please, You Better Shoot Me Now
I’ve never been much of a fan for the performance review process I’m with people like Dr. John Sullivan, who says that it is the one HR process … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Assumptions We Make About Job Applicants
There’s some interesting research being done at Cornell University to see if computers are better at detecting phony online reviews than people are. The … Read more
Building a Top 20 Workforce: Past Performance Doesn’t Predict Future Results
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday here at TLNT, Dr. Wendell Williams will detail the seven different obstacles that need to be addressed by management … Read more
HR Rope-a-Dope: When Will You Be Ready to Finally Go on the Offensive?
While letting the TV watch me the other night (which means that it is on and you are positioned to watch it, but the mind is wandering into the … Read more
6 Ways You Can Help Your Employees Facilitate Their Career Success
Over the past two decades organizations have encouraged their employees to be career self-reliant. They’ve been telling employees to “take charge” of their … Read more
Closing Email Lines: Your Second Chance for a Last Impression
Editor’s Note: Weekly Wrap is taking a well-needed summer vacation. It will return after Labor Day. How much do you ponder over your closing salutation in … Read more
Career Management: Why HR Needs to be Ready With Expert Advice
Several demographic and psychographic factors are shifting how we think of careers today. I want to focus on two significant trends which will dramatically … Read more