Amazon and the Perception of an Excellent Workplace Culture

As you know we have been writing about Culture at PIC this month, and as so often happens we get to the end of the month and it is time for my post. Then, I struggle to come up with something new and different, something that hasn’t been said yet, hopefully a piece that is new, different […]

Ashley Madison Breech Remindes Us About Data Protection in HR

Is data security a human resources issue? It sure is. Data security should be a core corporate value, across all departments. The recent Ashley Madison data breach has some important lessons for the C-suite and front line human resources practitioners alike. Here are 4 articles that help tease out lessons from the breach: Ashley Madison Breech […]

Preparing to Implement Your New Peformance Technology

You’ve purchased one of the new performance management software programs for your company, or you’ve decided to finally turn on the performance module in your current HR system. You’ve spent quality time with the IT team to ensure the thing is properly configured to match your company’s needs. You’ve developed a great training program, materials […]

Ep 51 – Using Mobile to Enhance Employee Development

Leadership…everyone wants it but few have it at their organizations at least a pipeline of highly developed, motivated and engaged future leaders and managers to drive an organization. Talent after all is the number one focus of most CEO’s, but fear not there are some new and interesting ways technology can be used to develop, […]

Unlimited Vacation: It’s Good To Be in the 1 Percent

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about unlimited vacation and parental leave. On August 4th, 2015 Netflix’s Chief Talent Officer, Tawni Cranz announced a new unlimited leave policy for new moms and dads during the first year after a child’s birth or adoption. The company I work for, a la mode technologies recently announced […]

Company Loathes Misery

No one needs to tell you the top three or ten reasons why employees leave. You are an employee, you know why people leave jobs, and odds are you have resigned from a post for one reason or another. It is likely due to something being askew with the company culture; pay, leadership, lack of […]