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Dying on the Vine: Casualties of Work from Home
Over the years, while working for some (certainly not all) of the companies in which I’ve plied my HR trade, I enjoyed the luxury of being serviced by a plant…
The Two-Week Notice is Total BS
It’s time to address an annoying, longstanding, and frankly outdated tradition: the two-week notice. A business practice that is as obsolete as fax machines and paper resumes
When HR Confuses Activity with Impact
Let’s acknowledge that HR professionals are human beings (really) and, like everyone else, they can easily get caught up in the day-to-day hustle of checking off tasks on their to-do…
How to Make the Most of a Job You Hate
Are people still quiet quitting? Rage quitting? Staying or leaving their jobs in some other manner with a sexy/trendy moniker as highlighted in the WSJ and at SHRM conferences? Probably.…
The HR and Hiring Manager Partnership
The relationship between hiring managers and HR/Recruiting can be fraught with peril. When things are not working it’s chock-full of misconceptions, devoid of understanding, and characterized by passive-aggressive animosity
Employee Behavior: Unable, Unwilling or Unmoved?
One of the regular tasks we often have in HR is working with a manager through the process of addressing employee behavior and determining if a corrective/disciplinary action is warranted…
Employee Behavior: Unable, Unwilling or Unmoved?
One of the regular tasks we often have in HR is working with a manager through the process of addressing employee behavior and determining if a corrective/disciplinary action is warranted…
The Singular Brilliance in Teamwork: The “Me” in Team
“There‘s no ‘I’ in team.” A phrase that sets my teeth on edge
The Singular Brilliance in Teamwork: The “Me” in Team
“There‘s no ‘I’ in team.” A phrase that sets my teeth on edge
Friction and Flow: Workplace Dynamics
In the fields of engineering, physics and physical chemistry, the flow of fluids (liquids and gases) is referred to as fluid dynamics. It’s a systemic structure that allows those working…