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That HR Software Looked So Promising….
Software is like exercise equipment. People get all fired up about changing their lives and go out and buy a treadmill or a set of weights and then it just it sits there, like a giant, metal guilt trip, reminding you that you still don’t have your act together....
Learning to Lead, One Step at a Time
We have interesting mythologies about leaders. That leaders are always inspiring. That they have a commanding presence. That they’re exemplary people. But when you really examine the lives and personalities of some of the most revered people—from Lincoln to Gandhi...
Recruit Like a Pro in 10 Easy Steps
Everybody’s focused on recruiting these days. Where do we find talented workers? How do we get them to sign on? Good, skilled people are frankly hard to find. But recruiting is a whole process that can easily be mangled at every step. So since we’ve been through this...
Don’t Waste Your Money on Training
Last week I attended the annual international SHRM Conference in beautiful Chicago. The keynote speakers were an amazing lineup including Fareed Zakaria, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Blake Mycoskie of Tom’s Shoes, Daniel Pink and Gabby Gifford. I was on some kind of...
Is it Time to Pay for Performance?
Change is hard. Personal change is tough enough. But what about changing the operating style of an organization? Add to that the emotional and fiscal drama of changing the way you pay employees and you’re looking at a potential firestorm. We’re talking, of course,...
Is Your Company Ready to Make Salaries Transparent?
These days, it’s considered very cool to be a “transparent” organization that shares with employees its earnings, costs, goals.... But just how transparent do you want to be? A lot of our clients wrestle with the idea of making salaries transparent: Everybody...
An Awesome Culture Needs a Diverse Team
Last week I talked about hiring diversity and how people have a tendency to turn their organizations into the equivalent of a high school clique where everybody in the company is a jock, or fashionista, or one of those kids who hangs out on the hill, smoking....
Hiring Diversity is Crucial to Your Organization’s Ecosystem
So here’s a crazy paradigm that happens at a lot of organizations: You all wear jeans and loose t-shirts with funny slogans. You all watch Game of Thrones, or maybe it’s Downton Abbey. You’ve all got the COEXIST bumper sticker and you believe fervently in...
That Passive Aggressive Employee is Costing You Money
Did you know that when your organization treats conflict as a bad thing, it can really cost the organization? It can cost money, productivity, opportunity. Take, for example, the large company we consulted with several years ago where employees were discouraged from...
A Promotion Can Be The Worst Reward
When you’re a small business owner with a really stellar employee, figuring out a way to keep that person on board and happy can be a challenge. There’s only so much money and so many growth opportunities. So you do what you can. You promote the employee to manager....
The Fine, Dangerous Line Between Employees and Contractors
So, did you know that if you classify someone as a contractor, but your behavior toward that person says “employee,” you can be held accountable not only for unemployment compensation but also back taxes, federal income tax, Social Security tax and Medicare tax that...
Is Your Unpaid Internship a Legal Liability?
Tis the season for summer interns. But if you’re stuck in the old, romantic idea that an intern is someone who will do “whatever it takes” to break into the business, or support his or her passion for your non-profit, you need to think again. Because interns have...
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