This is a DisruptHR talk that will disrupt your way of thinking about the victims of sexual harassment — that way so many of us declare, “Why … Read more
Tip Credits and Gossip Make Labor Law News
This episode of Epstein Becker Green’s Employment Law This Week® features a recap of the biggest labor and employment law news from February 2019. … Read more
Everything You Need to Know About Recruiting Millennials In 5 Minutes
OMG! Here’s a video that in 5 minutes will remind you about everything you should know about recruiting millennials. You’ll want to watch it a … Read more
Get Ready For the Coming Human-Enhanced Workplace
When Pierre LeGrand says to a room full of HR people, “I want to postulate that we are the architects of a new age organism of interconnected … Read more
Abolish Your Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Pay Policy
You thought “Don’t ask. Don’t tell” was a compromise invented over gays in the (US) military. You are wrong. It was the long … Read more
Your Culture Should Be Like a Donkey
Here’s a thought: Your company culture should be more like a donkey than a unicorn. Not our idea. Laurie Bennett said that. His entire presentation … Read more
Are Your HR Practices Brain-Friendly?
HR practitioners are too much like the barber-surgeons of the Middle Ages. Reason enough for HR to be “blown to smithereens,” let alone … Read more
Stop Sucking at Hiring
How many times have you heard a hiring manager decide on a hire because of “good chemistry?” Be honest with this one: Have you ever hired … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Touch My Hair
You’ve heard the term “unconscious bias.” Every regular reader of TLNT has come across articles about it. You may even have touched on … Read more
Love: The Next Leadership Skill
To paraphrase Jackie DeShannon, “What the business world needs now is love, sweet love.” What’s love got to do it? Exactly what Robin … Read more
Make YouTube Part of Your Training Program. Your Employees Already Have
YouTube is not just for funny cat videos. In fact, a 2017 survey from the platform found that 56% go to YouTube to learn something new. YouTube is now … Read more
HR Departments Everywhere Are Embracing Video. Are You?
Not long ago, companies viewed videos as optional tools to achieve communication objectives. They were a luxury reserved mainly for marketing departments … Read more
What You Can Do to Keep Mothers From Giving Up Their Career
There are initiatives to encourage women to enter STEM fields. Organizations have programs to recruit women. Then what happens? “Across all … Read more
The 5 Courages HR Needs to Be Good Followers
HR needs to stop leading and start following. Did that get your attention? Good, because that’s what Tim Vanderpyl, associate professor at Calgary, … Read more
Transcending The Transgender Mythos
Imagine for a moment being a transgender person. Imagine what it must be like wondering whether to come out at work. And “If I come out, is this the … Read more
Long Live Human Reconnection!
Lucy Lloyd doesn’t like the name “Human Resources.” She says it, “Evokes this idea that people are some kind of capital asset to be … Read more
Unravel Your ‘Wicked’ Problems the 4 C Way
With the Red Sox World Series win still fresh, you might be tempted to think “wicked” problems are a uniquely Boston concern. They’re … Read more
How Strategic Can You Be When You Plan Parties and Police Policies?
It’s hard to have influence and credibility in the business when you spend your time planning the company party and sending memos about appropriate … Read more
The War for Talent Is Now a Supply Chain Problem
When Cognizant, the global IT services company, realized it couldn’t hire data scientists fast enough to keep up with its needs, it started training … Read more
When the Trolls Come After You Online, Clapback
With “tons of ways” for candidates (and employees and everyone else) to go online “and talk crap about you all day, every day,” how … Read more