As a human resources professional, you care about the human side of your organization. You cultivate and drive organizational culture, and you implement … Read more
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How to Investigate An Employee Complaint
As the #MeToo movement has progressed, HR and legal departments are bearing the brunt of workplace complaints as they are increasingly called upon to sort … Read more
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What Should You Do About Political Talk?
They say “never talk about politics or religion” in the workplace. While that may be extreme, and at times unavoidable, there is certainly something to be … Read more
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What You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of a Shooting
Note: Seconds after being officially terminated, Gary Martin opened fire killing 5 people, including the HR manager, an HR intern and the plant manager at … Read more
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Management Style Is Becoming Part of the National Debate
Note: Shortly after completing this piece, I was alerted to the following post on Medium.com: An Open Letter to the Editors on Recent Coverage of Amy … Read more
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Substance Addiction: No Workforce Is Immune
70% of employers reported the opioid epidemic has affected their workforce while 81% of employers surveyed indicated they are not well prepared to deal … Read more
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A Data-Driven Guide to Dealing with Toxic Employees
Imagine the workplace as an ecosystem and at its heart, lies a community of living, breathing organisms. In an ecosystem, how you work is just as important … Read more
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How the ‘D’ Word Can Improve Performance
Sometimes saying that you are “disappointed” is a very powerful statement. Several years ago, I watched a hospital president speak with … Read more
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What Facebook’s Data Issues Mean for Your Employee Data
With the news that a data firm was given access to the personal information of 87 million Facebook users, the ramifications were widely felt. For many, … Read more
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Speaking Truth to Power: HR as the Employee’s Advocate
Once upon a time, the Human Resources Department was known as Personnel. Now it has changed again and is being called things like Talent, Talent Resources, … Read more