What do you do when you promote someone in your organization and it just doesn’t work out? I’m not talking about someone who simply struggles a … Read more
HR Conferences in Chicago? You Might as Well Shoot Me Now
I cringed when I heard that SHRM’s 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition (from June 16-19) was going to be held in Chicago. Yes, I have a love/hate … Read more
What Happens When You Find the “Right” Job Candidate Too Fast?
Here’s the scenario: You have an opening and you do your recruiting thing. You find a candidate, and lo and behold, they are great! What luck, you think to … Read more
How to Have an Office Holiday Party Without Anyone Going to Jail
In case you haven’t noticed, the holiday season is upon us. Every year, employers have lots of questions about what they should (and shouldn’t) do when it … Read more
Weekly Wrap: $720 Million Spent on Engagement and This Is All We Get?
Employee engagement is one of those topics that people can’t seem to get enough of. There are a lot of reasons for that, but mainly, I think it is … Read more
Is Anybody Out There in Our Workforce Average Anymore?
Last weekend, The New York Times published an article with an intriguing premise that seems to pop up in different forms on occasion here at TLNT: that the … Read more
Unpaid Internships? Excuse Me, But I Don’t See the Problem
If you have managed people and been on the job very long, you probably know that there are three kinds of workplace issues: Big and important ones; Small … Read more
Are You a Headhunter or an Entrepreneur? Why Not Both?
When my husband convinced me to close my recruiting business, I had no idea what might be in store for me. After all, I had been in the recruiting industry … 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
If a Boss Has to Go Undercover, They Aren’t Much of a Boss at All
Here’s the only big surprise about the big flap erupting this week over the television “reality” show Undercover Boss: that it took so long for a flap to … Read more