Having a Workplace Safety Plan: It Really Comes in Handy
Most people by now have heard about the violence in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb north of St. Louis. It all stemmed from a controversial shooting of an 18-year-old man by…
Become the HR Brand Ambassador for Your Organization
I’ve been thinking about human resources and, specifically, each individual that works in the department. For years, you’ve been bombarded with people telling you to rebrand yourself and the service…
The Best Result of the Affordable Care Act
I was speaking with a friend earlier this week about some changes his organization’s leadership team is debating related to health insurance for employees. There was a time in the…
Would your Employees Fight for You?
I live in the Boston area, and anyone who lives here knows Market Basket as a local institution. Not just because of their doughnuts, but because of their low prices…
Training Your Managers to Support Employee Leave
Over the course of my career I have been in roles to help administer policies and work with both managers and employees to manage leave requirements. Below are three of…
When Did Service Get a Bad Name?
Somewhere along the line, the idea of serving the business got a bad name in the world of human capital management. I think it was somewhere in that period where…
Change Management: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
“Begin with the end in mind.” — Stephen Covey As I look through the results of Brandon Hall Group’s 2014 Talent Management Systems Study, one slice of the data is…
5 Signs You’re Ready for a New HR System
We’re all looking for signs. Signs that it’s going to be a good day, signs that a meeting will go well, signs that we’re going to get that big promotion…
Applying Pricing Psychology to HR Decision-Making
I was reading an article on the Conversion XL blog, Pricing Experiments You Might Not Know, But Can Learn From, and the insights shared were fascinating. The post started me…
Hostile Work Environment: A Common Misunderstanding
Friend: My boss is kind of a jerk, and he’s breaking the law. Me: Really? How? Friend: He makes this place a hostile work environment. Me: So he’s discriminating against…
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