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Do Your Subcultures Align Or Undermine Your Company Values?
It can be surprising when you first see the signs of an organizational subculture forming When the company is small, employees are much closer to the central embodiment of its mission, vision, and values, because everyone is working closely together….
The Return to Work Syndrome: The Unique Challenges Women Face Reentering the Workforce
Going from one reality to another frequently presents challenges. Women returning to work after an absence (most notably after having children), experience a unique set of challenges. I’m coining the manifestation of these challenges “Return to Work Syndrome.” Return to…
Turbocharge Your Recruiting With These Digital Marketing Techniques
It goes without saying that the digital age has significantly impacted all traditional business departments. Yet for some reason, certain departments seem to be better at adjusting to and adopting new technologies. My field of digital marketing is usually among…
What Uncertain Business Environments Reveal About Workforce Planning
The Brexit Day countdown is on, and yet, political tussles over whether the UK will keep its close financial services ties with the European Union show little signs of resolving. For large American banks using London as a major European hub, this means…
Great Leaders Know When to Ask for Help and How to Do It
Do you ask for help when you need it? Do you wait until the very last minute? Would you prefer to suffer and go it alone rather than reach out to others for an assist? Does your perfectionism masquerade as…
How One Company Is Making Independence Day an All Week Vacation For Everyone
Since the early days of Henry Ford and assembly lines that helped establish the 40 hour work week, the majority of American workers have been diligently earning their wages through the typical nine to five grind. That started to change…
Every Manager Should Have a Leadership Coach
From athletes to actors, everyone improves with a good coach. More companies should invest in their potential future leaders, not just the lucky few who break through to the corner office. Will was a young up-and-coming director at a brand-name…
4 Pieces of Advice from One Working Mom to Another
Since the greatest gift you can give a working mother is time, I will spare you a long introduction. After reflecting on the one-day-a-year mothers are publicly acknowledged, I thought it would be helpful to share what I have learned…
Epic Shift: Court’s Class Action Decision Could Limit #MeToo Cases
The Supreme Court’s landmark decision yesterday on arbitration agreements has widespread implications for all employers. In Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, a 5-4 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch, the Supreme Court held that arbitration agreements and class/collective action waivers are…
Being Stupid Can Be Good for Your Career
New hires enthusiastically hope their new jobs will give them ample opportunity to put their best efforts and intellectual gifts to work. But they’re frequently in for an unpleasant surprise. They soon discover that, although they’ve been selected for their…
Too Little Training and Too Much Admin is Hurting Your Managers
From deploying complex technology tools to streamlining communication, today’s organizations are doing everything in their power to increase efficiency. But a new survey found that one of the most overlooked areas of inefficiency isn’t a lone process or product; it’s…
3 Ways HR Can Help Employees With Their Financial Smarts
The stock market broke records and then recently plummeted; unemployment is low, wage growth is sluggish, and the cost of living is increasing. It’s no wonder Americans are stressed about their finances. According to the Federal Reserve, 44% of American…
What’s a Mentor and Why Don’t More People Mentor?
The March (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable dipped its toes into a more personal side of professional development to discuss the topic of mentoring. There are countless recommendations about mentoring and encouragement to either have a mentor, be a mentor yourself, or…
Are You the Leader They’ll Thank On Your Last Day?
“This is when you know that you have achieved something important by creating an amazing team and they thank you like this on your last day.” That was a lead-in quote from a video of the GM of the Address…
Does Intuition Have a Place In Analytics?
When you walk into a meeting and immediately think “this is going to be trouble” that feeling is not based on objective, measurable factors; it’s intuition. As analysts who are trying to shift from a world of opinion to a…
HR Roundtable: Bad Behavior and What to Do About It
To kick off a new year, the (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable ventured into an area that is often mumbled about in hallways, but is rarely discussed in the open. Bad behavior. It’s amazing that all of the recent “discoveries” of people…
7 Reasons Why Your Team Can’t Work as a Team
Everyone worships teams. But, the way most companies operate, is not helping. That’s why teamwork is sometimes an illusion. What happened to the US men’s basketball team in the 2004 Olympics took everyone by surprise. The “Dream Team” was humiliated by the…
If Those Performance Reviews All Sound Alike, It Could Be ‘Decision Fatigue’
Decision fatigue refers to the deteriorating quality of decisions as one is forced to engage in more and more decision-making. If you’ve ever planned an event, re-designed a home or purchased a new car, you probably remember the exhaustion and…
6 Simple, Low-Cost Ideas to Get Your Company Started In Philanthropy
I believe in the idea that giving back starts with just one thought, one person, one act of kindness. I’ve made this concept a part of my personal life, and it only made sense to make it a part of…