This is the time of year when I’m especially busy doing one of my favorite things: Talking with CHROs all over the country about their professional resolutions for the...
When you consider all the major political and social issues we’ll be wrestling with next year, you can see how important HR will be to the national conversation. Jobs,...
This is what I tell HR friends and clients who didn’t land the job they wanted because someone else did: “Don’t worry, chances are good that the job will...
I’m sure you’ve heard at least one story of the hapless HR person who, after having plowed through a stack of lay-off packages and sending employees tearfully on their...
In the course of our lives, we can all think back about that one person who was there for us during times of trial. It could have been during...
We published an article on workplace bullying a short time ago. We focused on what steps leader can take to correct the issue. Someone recently shared with me that...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article called Doesn’t HR Deserve to Be Engaged Too? And I received some interesting resistance both openly and privately. Some objected...
What are "yes" people? A "yes" man or "yes" woman would be what Dr. Robert E. Kelley of Carnegie-MellonUniversity would categorize as a conformist follower (Kelley, 1992). These individuals...
For around 15 years, employers (at least the ones who were awake) have been caught up in the chase for high employee engagement. Those were the days when unemployment...
A friend of mine lost his job recently. He is an extremely dependable, capable and extraordinarily competent employee beloved by his staff and his customers and well-respected in his...