Our colleagues over at ERE have a pretty eye-opening post today by Dr. Charles Handler about the messages that some organizations are sending job … Read more
Could Your Workplace Survive an Unlimited Vacation Policy?
How many of you dream of taking a three week cruise in the Mediterranean followed by a couple of weeks touring European wine regions? All while getting … Read more
A Zappos Lesson: How Company Culture Can Also Change Your Personal Life
I enjoyed Tony Hsieh’s speech at SHRM 2011 in Las Vegas. I particularly appreciated that he offered to send a copy of Zappos’ 2012 Culture Book to anyone … Read more
Beyond the White Collar: How to Get Flexibility For Blue Collar Workers, Too
What do you think of when you think about workplace flexibility? If you’re like many people, you probably think of white collar knowledge workers who … Read more
Leaky Hiring Tests: Are They Your Organization’s Most Expensive Mistake?
Is your hiring test leaky? I mean, does it pass too many unqualified candidates? I recently did a search for “hiring tests.” Google turned up 84 million … Read more
Motivating Employees: Do You Let Them Know When They Perform Well?
I greatly enjoy the regular New York Times column “Corner Office,” which features interviews with CEOs on their leadership styles, lessons learned and … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How to Deal With Your Under Performers
It’s pretty much the norm that about 10 percent of your employees will always fall into the “under performers” camp. So, if you find … Read more
Leadership Development: 7 Key Trends for the 21st Century
Leadership development is one of those topics that everyone talks a lot about but, all too often, does very little to actually follow up on. That’s … Read more
Court Decision Makes it Easier to Enforce Non-Competes in Texas
By Michael R. Greco Continuing to chip away at one of its prior decisions, the Texas Supreme Court just made it a bit easier to enforce restrictive … Read more
Working 40 Hours Per Week: A Normal Schedule, or Career Suicide?
The question in the headline of The Wall Street Journal story jumped out at me because, well, I’ve heard it so many times before: Is 40 Hours a Part … Read more