By Jocelyn R. Davis, Edwin H. Boswell, and Henry M. Frechette, Jr. Even as the business environment has become increasingly complex, many strategies have … Read more
Are Your Managers Prepared for the Seismic Shift in the Workplace?
As I paced back and forth, reviewing one last time what I wanted to say for my closing keynote,“The Hidden Gift Your Gen Y Employees Are Offering You,” my … Read more
Best Places To Live And Your Employment Brand
Money Magazine released their 100 Best Places to Live list for 2010 designating the best small cities around the country to live. Many of these small … Read more
George Steinbrenner: Remembering the Ultimate Demanding, Bullying Boss
Today, we should all pause a moment and salute the ultimate demanding, bullying, kick-in-the-rear boss: George Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York … Read more
Health Care Reform: How it Will Impact Your 2011 Benefits Enrollment
The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and our new National Prevention Council have been busy! As you and your team develop … Read more
Mega-Merger in HR Consulting World: Aon Acquires Hewitt Associates
Another big shoe dropped today in the world of HR consulting as Aon Corporation announced it was acquiring Hewitt Associates in a nearly $5 billion cash … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bias Verdict at LucasFilms, and No Jobs for Smokers
If you’re anything like me, you hope that Friday is a nice, quiet day without any drama or problems popping up. When that happens, it makes Friday an ideal … Read more
A Lesson on Employee Loyalty from LeBron James
The NBA’s LeBron James is done in Cleveland. One of the biggest stars in the NBA didn’t just reject his hometown team that he has been with for … Read more
Should an Employee Get Punished or Lose Their Job for This Video?
Here’s the latest in the battle over whether you can control what your employees say about their company on social media – even if they don’t mention the … Read more
How Smart Employers are Dealing With Employee Stress
I attended the annual WorldatWork conference outside Dallas in May, but for the life of me I don’t recall the people from Buck Consultants taking a survey … Read more
Two Views of How Employees (and their Managers) Are Feeling Right Now
With the summer finally in full gear (and those of you living in the Eastern Time Zone know what I’m talking about), it’s time to step back and ask a … Read more
Five Tips To Onboard The Right Way
I have a good friend who is starting a new job this week. Being the interested HR person that I am, I always inquire about the onboarding process. In the … Read more
How to Communicate with Employees When You Don’t Know Everything
Too many companies delay communicating with employees until they have “all” the answers or have decided every last detail of a big change. This is the … Read more
Top 10 Trends in Employment Background Screening
I’m still digging out of things that stacked up while I was off at the annual SHRM conference in San Diego last month, and here’s one of those things: the … Read more
Improving Union Relations at GM? It’s an Ongoing Management Struggle
You don’t hear a lot about the auto industry bailout right now, not with the focus on health care reform, or the big Gulf oil spill, or any number of other … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Real-Life Michael Scott, a Safe Driver, and Same-Sex Benefits
With Fourth of July weekend just about upon us, I’m scrambling to catch-up on all I missed this week while attending the Society for Human Resource … Read more
Salary Increases for 2011: What Part of 3% Don’t You Understand?
Raises have been pretty slim the last couple of years – guess that’s what happens when you have the worst economic downturn in 70 years – and the good news … Read more
8 Questions About Your Hiring Process
What is the most important factor in successfully recruiting top candidates? If you said things like salary, benefits, or the economy, you’d be wrong. It’s … Read more
SHRM San Diego, Day 3: Military Help, a Keynote Hint, and Prepping for Vegas
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