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Communication, Development & Evaluation

Reverse Bullying: When Managers Feel Intimidated by Their Subordinates

December 11, 2023

Via: SHRM

Managers have been well-trained on what discrimination, retaliation, harassment and bullying look and feel like in the workplace. But “reverse bullying” often gets short shrift, even though it is just as real. Subordinates have been known to “intimidate upward,” making […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

Halloween in the Workplace: 10 Do’s and Don’ts

October 16, 2023

Via: SHRM

For HR managers and employees alike, Halloween can be more of a trick than a treat. While workplace Halloween festivities can create an atmosphere that helps co-workers have fun and get to know each other, the fall holiday’s central themes […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

How to Respond When an Employee Badmouths You or Your Company

October 5, 2023

Via: SHRM

Ben Lamarche, general manager of Lock Search Group’s offices across Canada and in Boston, once found out that one of his 35 employees was badmouthing the company on an anonymous internal platform. Instead of immediately reacting and responding to the […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

Managing Toxic Employees

September 6, 2023

Via: SHRM

In the midst of the pandemic, the Great Resignation shook the American workforce. Between April and September 2021, a record 24 million Americans resigned from their jobs. Employers were left desperate for staff, offering attractive signing bonuses and wage bumps. […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

Soft Skills Training Also Requires Coaching

July 17, 2023

Via: SHRM

Since the early 1990s, I have presented numerous training presentations covering anti-harassment, conflict resolution, documentation, trust building, teamwork, accountability, performance management, discipline and discharge, DE&I and other topics related to leadership, culture, and HR. The kinds of training listed above […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

An Ethical Filter for Addressing Questionable Situations in the Workplace

February 6, 2023

Via: SHRM

Sam is an HR director at a midsize manufacturing plant. At times, he feels at a loss for helping managers within his organization deal with ethical and moral challenges that come their way. He certainly appreciates them seeking his guidance, […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

Social Media Posts Gone Wrong Require Delicate Evaluation

January 4, 2023

Via: SHRM

When social media posts about employees grab attention for the wrong reasons, how the controversy is handled in both the office and court of public opinion will impact reputations. How HR approaches the situation can depend on whether the employee […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

Viewpoint: A Trip Through the Politics-at-Work Minefield

October 13, 2022

Via: SHRM

Here’s the scene: You’re an HR professional, and you realize the 2022 midterm elections are less than a month away. You start thinking about how you can prevent the great political divide from becoming a great workplace divide. As you […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

How to Handle Employee Side Hustles

September 1, 2022

Via: SHRM

When an information technology specialist at Enertech began missing deadlines and sleeping at his desk, it was the first time in her lengthy HR career that Jennifer Weber had to put an employee on a performance improvement plan because of […]


Development & Evaluation, Employee development

Viewpoint: Why Stellar Performance Should Not Justify Toxic Behavior

July 28, 2022

Via: SHRM

Many organizations suffer from “rebel” top producers—sales executives, senior leaders and even family members of the owner who act with impunity, assuming they can do no wrong. Their logic typically follows a path like this: “I generate the most revenue […]


Communication, Development & Evaluation

The Smith-Rock Slap: HR to the Rescue!

April 1, 2022

Via: SHRM

Pretend you are the CHRO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and you’re attending the Oscars award ceremony along with the Academy’s CEO. You witness Oscar nominee Will Smith slap presenter Chris Rock, and you say to […]


Research

Harassment Today

October 4, 2021

Via: SHRM

Jurors and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are holding employers to higher standards in recent workplace harassment cases, according to experts speaking at the recent SHRM Annual Conference & Expo 2021. And the switch to remote work doesn’t mean […]


Workplace wellness

Introducing a New Theory of Workplace Pettiness

August 6, 2019

Via: SHRM

Pettiness, the word that is, dates back to the 14th century, and derives from petit or “small”, “minor” in Middle English/Old French. Today, we understand pettiness as a construct based on twentieth-century theories of motivation and personality informed by various […]


Communication, Software

Budgets, Performance Reviews Make Workplaces Ripe for Hostility

January 10, 2017

Via: SHRM

The end of one year and the start of another bring tasks that can cause friction in any workplace: Managers may have to deliver bad news to employees during performance reviews; department heads may need to explain why they overspent […]


Research, Software

The Rock Star Candidate with a Checkered Past

December 28, 2016

Via: SHRM

Last month, Liberty University announced that it had hired as its new athletic director Ian McCaw, a former Baylor University athletic director who helped shape a football program that boasted a Heisman Trophy winner and two Big 12 championships. But […]