One of the things that businesses like to do when times are tough is create contests. It’s a way to generate some buzz, get people …
Employee Engagement
These posts focus on workplace employee engagement as part of business leadership and management.
Is Anyone Recession Proof?
My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. I thought I kinda accomplished that task when I went into human resources because there are so …
Way Way Overboard
Earlier this week, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) suggested that executives at AIG Insurance should accept responsibility for the collapse of their company by either resigning …
Secret Ballots
I recently heard a comment that stopped me dead in my tracks: “Since when is the secret ballot a basic tenet of democracy?” – Teamsters …
Best is Not Always Nice
I was recently talking with someone who used to work for General Electric during the Jack Welch era. They said that working at GE was …
Didn’t Read the Memo
But, still responsible for the content, right? Sounds simple. Someone writes a memo. Most people don’t write memos because they have nothing else to do, …
Respect for Letters
Many professions use credentialing as a way to denote mastery of a level of knowledge in their field. And human resources is no different: there’s …
