As SHRM’s 62nd Annual Conference & Exhibition winds down today in San Diego, here are a few wrap-up thoughts and observations as everyone tries to … Read more
Survey: PTO Bank Systems Help to Attract Top Talent
I’ve had a lot of jobs and worked for a lot of companies in a number different places, and if there’s one thing I’ve found, it’s this: I like companies … Read more
SHRM San Diego, Day 2: Full Sessions, a Happy Vibe, and Ted Kennedy Jr.
Here’s a question I get a lot after attending a conference, and it is one you probably get too: How was it? Last year after SHRM New Orleans, the answer … Read more
Budget Cuts in 2010? Maybe, But Really Not in Talent Management Systems
You know that a lot of things have changed because of the recession, but here’s another one you may not have thought of — how talent management … Read more
Is It Time to say Goodbye to Golden Parachutes?
Most of you probably hadn’t heard of Tony Hayward until his company, BP (formerly known as British Petroleum), hit the news earlier this spring with … Read more
A Tale of Two Speeches: How Al Gore Wowed Them at SHRM San Diego
Let me be clear about this: I’m not a big fan of former Vice President Al Gore, but he gets my vote for the best and most HR focused SHRM keynote speech, … Read more
Following SHRM Annual Conference From A Distance
I know there are a lot of people in San Diego attending the 2010 SHRM Annual Conference , but not everyone can make it. When I was an HR generalist, I … Read more
Day 1 at SHRM San Diego: June Gloom, Forbes’ Bad Back, and Member Growth
If you’ve ever been to a SHRM annual conference and exhibition, you know one thing is true: Day 1 of the conference is as good as it gets. That’s not to … Read more
The 2020 Leadership Model for Tomorrow’s Workplace
By Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd There are five leadership areas that seem to be emerging as requirements for the leader of the future. The process … Read more
Steve Forbes at SHRM: A Little HR, a lot on Mark to Market Accounting
Okay, I’ll admit I’m a bit of a slow learner, so here’s what I finally learned from listening to Steve Forbes give the opening keynote speech Sunday at … Read more
You’re Fired – Now Go Out and Make That Big Decision for Us
For those of you who don’t know, I am a big sports fan. And even more so, I am a big fan of the National Basketball Association and the Portland … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Boeing Pension Battle, Defining a Son/Daughter, Racy E-Mails
Do you ever feel like there is just a lot more going on every day than you can possibly get to? That’s how I feel too, and that’s why I try to get to … Read more
Business Analytics: 4 Ways They Can Help – Now and In the Future
As an HR professional you’re asked to make decisions everyday to ensure compliance, improve your workforce and your company’s bottom line. But to make an … Read more
Are HR People Not Creative?
So I was reading through my issue of Fast Company magazine and they had an article featuring the 100 Most Creative People in Business. Some of the picks … Read more
Health Care Reform: A new Fact Sheet on the Health Care “Bill of Rights”
Remember how the new rules for “grandfathered” health plans were issued by the Obama Administration last week? Well, that was just a preview of the main … Read more
How can HR Capitalize on Complexity?
I have always had been a voracious reader of white papers. Because of the web, we now have access to all the top thought leaders in whatever discipline you … Read more
How Workplace Privacy Rights are Changing in the Digital Age
Privacy in the workplace is one of those issues that seems to be constantly changing in our hyper-digital age, and it just changed a little more, thanks to … Read more
5 Good Reasons Why ROWE Hasn’t Quite Caught On Yet
Results-Only Work Environment (or ROWE) has been something I’ve always been extremely fond of in theory but extremely skeptical of in practice. If … Read more
Chief People Officer: Seat at the Table, or Just Trendy Title Inflation?
I don’t know about you, but the title “Chief People Officer” gives me a headache. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the premise — that a real, … Read more
As Recession Wanes, More Employers are Focusing on Talent Management
Good news about the economy may be inconsistent and hard to find, but here’s a little bit that might give you some hope: employers say they are planning to … Read more