Tag: HR

April 18, 2019

How can a manager become measurably more effective? To answer this question, scholars, scientists and leaders have studied personality traits; others have tried to understand and categorize management styles. While these studies yield appealing insights, they are difficult to emulate. […]

April 18, 2019

Discussions about politics can feel ubiquitous. People share their political opinions on social media, announce their political leanings in public, and are comfortable discussing politics at work. But, political discussions can disrupt workplace harmony. In fact, a Clutch survey found […]

April 17, 2019

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of career resilience and how every single working person will have to show it at some point in their lives. Two years ago this week, at the age of 50, I […]

April 17, 2019

Do your employees and bottom line a favor—think before you dole out those trendy benefits. Companies eager to mimic the success of major high-tech firms like Google, Apple, and Facebook are quickly hopping on their benefits wagon by offering office […]

April 16, 2019

An employee who voluntarily left her job couldn’t sue her former employer for race and age discrimination, the California Court of Appeal ruled. Although the employee claimed that her supervisor made her job so stressful she had no choice but […]

April 16, 2019

One of the struggles any company faces is finding—and keeping—the right talent to help propel the organization to success. Promotions and salary increases are good, but results from a recent study suggest that feeling engaged in work, along with feeling […]

April 15, 2019

While work-related stress is nothing new, managers might be surprised to learn that the level of sustained stress their teams experience is leading to substantial business and turnover risks. According to new research, an astounding 63% of employees today report […]

April 15, 2019

Question: We have received several complaints from employees about two coworkers who are having a hard time keeping their personal lives out of the workplace. The employees claim it is affecting their ability to concentrate and feel comfortable at work. […]

April 10, 2019

As a one-person HR department you are constantly juggling demands for your time. So how can you stay on top of everything you need to do today, next week, sometime this quarter or before the end of the year? Schedule […]

April 10, 2019

Corporate wellness is on the verge of a massive evolution. Today, most companies view employee wellness as living squarely in the domain of the employees themselves: “You need to take care of your health and mental well-being. We’re a company, […]