E-Verify is the internet based system that compares the information from an employee's I-9 to information in the Homeland Security and Social Security Administration databases to confirm the employee is eligible to work legally in the United States. Many states require employers to use e-Verify to administer their I-9 compliance programs. There's lots of debate as to whether ... Read Full Article
Why Your Organization Needs A Compensation Plan
Nothing tells more about an organization than how it compensates the people who work there. The choice to invest or not to invest in talent ... to lead or lag the competition in pay ... speaks volumes about an organization and its values. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" - The Bible "We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior" - Bill ... Read Full Article
Why Your Organization Needs A Compensation Plan
Nothing tells more about an organization than how it compensates the people who work there. The choice to invest or not to invest in talent ... to lead or lag the competition in pay ... speaks volumes about an organization and its values. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" - The Bible "We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior" - Bill ... Read Full Article
When Encouragement Goes Wrong
A friend of mine has been having problems with someone on her team for awhile now. The guy has been missing deadlines, making errors and missing a lot of work. Before the holidays, she wrote him up for these issues. When we met up for lunch right before the year ended, she said she thought the warning had done the trick. She believed he would get focused and turn things around ... Read Full Article
Ongoing is NOT a Deadline
I love working with managers and my HR team at setting goals. It doesn't matter whether it is personal or professional or organizational or departmental or long-term or short-term -- I love setting goals! However, I hate seeing development and action plans which list goals as "ongoing." It's like nails on a chalkboard! Would someone please tell me what day of the week is ... Read Full Article
Don’t Tell Me What To Do
In the world of management, one of the things we often hear is "there's a difference between training and development." Understanding and living this in the handling of performance is one of the most difficult things to do. I still struggle with that boundary from time to time. It is hard to know exactly where training stops and development begins because sometimes the line is ... Read Full Article
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel — Shine It Up!
Not long ago, I got into a debate with a co-worker about my desire to update a few of our processes. "Why reinvent the wheel?? Everything is working just fine." "I don't want to reinvent the wheel ... I want to make sure the wheel is properly inflated. I want to clean it and shine it up with some Armor oil. I want to take the wheel we have and make better so that it'll last ... Read Full Article
HWWT is the New WIIFM
Guest what? The days of What's In It For Me (WIIFM) in the workplace are over. It's time to start talking about How We Win Together (HWWT). I had the opportunity to attend the Taco Bell franchise convention in Orlando, Florida a few weeks ago with the rest of the executive team from my job. While there, I had the privilege of hearing Yum! Brands CEO and best-selling author of ... Read Full Article
HWWT is the New WIIFM
Guest what? The days of What's In It For Me (WIIFM) in the workplace are over. It's time to start talking about How We Win Together (HWWT). I had the opportunity to attend the Taco Bell franchise convention in Orlando, Florida a few weeks ago with the rest of the executive team from my job. While there, I had the privilege of hearing Yum! Brands CEO and best-selling author of ... Read Full Article
No More Wack-a-Mole Management
Ever since they were little, my kids have always loved the wack-a-mole games at the arcade. They get total joy and elation from putting a token in the game, grabbing that hammer and wacking away at the little creatures who pop up randomly from the holes on the board. They could play for hours and use all the money available to keep wacking and wacking and wacking at the moles ... Read Full Article