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How To Plan A Great Take Your Children to Work Day
Kronos celebrated its 10th annual Take Your Child To Work Day event last year, a week before the official national day. This year’s Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work…
Training Managers to Talk about Pay is a Blind Spot
One of the most frustrating statements for employees to hear from their managers is this: “HR wouldn’t let me do it and I don’t really know why.” And unfortunately, when…
Are You Meeting Expectations Yourself?
You only need a simple, three point scale to evaluate job applicants as well as the performance of your present employees:
It’s Not the Data, But What You Do With It That Matters
Picture this: It’s a Friday morning, and five senior executives walk into a conference room to meet with the CEO — Operations, Sales, Finance, Marketing and Human Resources
The Robots Are Coming. What Are You Doing About It?
I hope you didn’t miss yesterday’s post about the World Government Summit and its full day Global Dialogue for Happiness
5 Ways to Check References to Avoid Toxic Employees
Have you ever attempted to check references before hiring, and run into a brick wall with the former employer giving you only name, title, and date of employment? If so,…
The Disappointing News About Employee Engagement
Last month I wrote about the new Gallup report, State of the American Workplace, and discussed some of its broader findings. This week, I’m digging in a little more specifically
8 ‘Wisdoms’ From the Global Happiness Conference
Last month, my co-founder at Butterfly and I found ourselves in Dubai at one of the most exclusive global conferences in the world, alongside some 4,000 of the brightest and…
Why HR Can’t Lead Cultural Change
Edgar Schein and the subject of organizational culture are forever linked due to his pioneering efforts in the field. His hallmark book, Organizational Culture and Leadership, has been a resource…
When Everyone is ‘Above Average’ No One Is
Note: This is the last of three articles dealing with managing performance and compensation in the post-ratings organization. Monday’s article discussed the broad issues raised when ratings are eliminated