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Subtle Harassment: Interfering with Work Performance
There’s a lot of news lately about discrimination and harassment, which is discouraging. A couple of weeks ago I posted about the story of the former city employee who used a derogatory map as a joke during a presentation. And coming up, SXSW is doing an entire day of...
Employee perks: Give something that matters
Last week was Valentine’s Day which, for obvious reasons, is something we celebrate here at ValentineHR. Traditionally Valentine’s Day is about sweethearts. But we think of it as a day to show appreciation for the people you care about—including your customers and...
Changing focus from the mission to the money can ruin your culture
When Zenefits started, it had a great mission. It wanted to disrupt the insurance industry, making it easier for people to sign up for benefits and for organizations to manage their employees’ benefit plans. Let’s face it, industries with a lot of regulations can...
Leaders: Failure is integral to growth
Yesterday was Groundhog Day which always reminds me of the movie with Bill Murray. I love that movie. In case you haven’t seen it—is that even possible? Groundhog Day is about a guy who keeps living the same day over and over again and eventually sees it not as some...
Hmm. Maybe Austin Needs More Diversity Training
Austin has a unique culture. On the one hand, we live in a world where trigger warnings and micro- aggressions are a huge issue for people, and many Austinites take fair and compassionate treatment for people of all colors, creeds, sexual preferences and gender...
Use the IRS ACA Deadline Reprieve Wisely
In case you haven’t heard, the IRS deadlines for Affordable Care Act reporting requirements have been pushed back. For companies that are on the ball and scrambled to do whatever they had to do to make the deadlines, this is an annoyance. It’s like people who prepared...
Recruiting is a Version of a Sales Cycle
There are a lot of cool new ways to recruit people. Apps that let you recommend friends. Tools that mine your social footprint for competency. Google even has its “Rabbit Hole” program where it recognizes certain people as innovative because of their search terms and...
Leadership is About Who You Are as a Person
Most of the people I know who take on a leadership position would love to be great at it. They want the vision of Steve Jobs, the efficiency of Jeff Bezos, the moxie and mentorship skills of Barbara Corcoran. But leadership is hard. And the most difficult thing about...
The Most Important HR Lesson From 2015
2015 was, in a lot of ways, a big year of shifting. With a crazy battle for talent and everybody trying to figure out how to create a winning culture, there were many organizations wrestling to figure out how to flatten their hierarchies and what benefits would really...
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Ready For 2016 Employment Law Changes?
Not that you need reminding, but there are just two more weeks until we celebrate the end of 2015 and usher in a new year. Not to be downer but…new rules are about to kick in across the country in terms of 2016 employment law changes. I am sure most organizations are...
Keeping the Holiday Party Celebratory, Not Catastrophic
It’s time for the annual holiday party and management folks everywhere are trying to figure out how to make this a fun, festive celebration without any catastrophes. Or let me say, some of them are. I’ve known CEOs who grabbed the DJ’s microphone and announced “Hey I...
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