What Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary Mean for your Business?
What Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary Mean for your Business? Did you know people with disabilities comprise the largest minority group in America according to the Disability Funder’s Network? In fact it’s the only minority group that anyone of us can become a member of at any time. July 26, 2015 marks […]
Tips to Evaluating Your Bereavement Policy
Like so many of you last week, I was so saddened to hear about Sheryl Sandberg’s sudden loss of her husband, David Goldberg. She returned to work this week 10 days after he passed away to a modified work schedule. Sometimes its hard not to think about what “you” might do in that situation — […]
Corporate Culture & Fit Starts with Asking Your Current Employees
Executives and HR professionals may have very different day-to-day roles, but the desire to build a productive, engaged workforce is one thing we do have in common. We’re both constantly looking for ways to not only bring in the best but also foster growth and engagement among our current workforce. I can certainly attest to […]
Predicting Bad Employee Performance Before It Happens
In 2002 the film Minority Report appeared with a plot line dealing with a special police unit of the future, in the year 2054, that was able to identify murders before they committed the murder. They were able to arrest these people in order to prevent the murder, thus reducing murder to almost zero. Thirteen […]
My Workplace Culture Is Not HR
Several years ago, I was the corporate HR Director for a small, blue collar franchise with a big brand name. Within a few months of starting my new role, the President of the company slipped a postcard onto my desk from an organization called “Great Places to Work,” inviting us to solicit our employees feedback […]
Why Tinder for Jobs Sexualizes the HR Industry
Want to learn more about the HR technology industry? Check out my new book, The HR Technology Field Guide. The amount of PR email filling my inbox lately touting a HR technology and/or app as the “Tinder for Jobs” is in poor taste. The workplace community and HR demographic doesn’t relate to Tinder as a […]
