Editor’s Note: This week’s Royal Wedding is provoking interest around the world, but it’s also a management issue in the U.K. because … Read more
What HR is Doing Right (But There Are Things it Could Still Do Better)
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management for over 30 years. His … Read more
Rightful Termination: Important Part of an Organization’s Talent Lifecycle
Except for the retirement of a contented employee after a career well worked, separating an individual from an organization is invariably a painful … Read more
Beer, Food, And Furniture: The Casino Approach to Talent Management
Talent managers are increasingly borrowing from the practices of casinos, which have a well-earned reputation for effectively attracting, engaging, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bet Your Company Wouldn’t Let You Get Away With This
In the private sector business world, virtually every company has a policy covering travel advances to employees. I’ve dealt with a number of different … Read more
Employment Law in Puerto Rico: More Worker Rights Than in U.S.
By Celia Joseph Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth of the United States easily accessed by travelers from the U. S. mainland, and its citizens are U. S. … Read more
Want Better Employee Performance? Here’s My Management Tip For That
My only tip for HR managers? Don’t suck! Oh wait, that really isn’t a tip, it’s more of a mantra I try to give my hiring managers (how’s that for … Read more
Five Things To Do When An Employee Goes Into a Funk
We’ve all been there. An otherwise well-performing employee is in a slump. They may be missing deadlines that they used to hit or perhaps they are … Read more
Reimbursing Employees for Business Expenses: Tax Benefit or Tax Bomb?
Since I had to write a big check to Uncle Sam last week, I wanted to share my family’s experience with unreimbursed employee expenses and the unintended … Read more
Study: Only 1 in 3 Employees Say They Are Engaged in Their Job
Here’s a sobering but not all that surprising stat: only a third of workers (31 percent) say they are engaged in their job, and 17 percent admit that … Read more