Meetings aren’t exactly the most popular workplace activity, as illustrated by this passage from the book jPod by Douglas Coupland: Here’s my theory about me...

One of our big mantras to clients is that a manager's primary job is to hire and train their replacement. Managers shouldn’t be threatened by this because it...

On March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a proposed rule that would increase the salary threshold for workers to qualify for...

Employees like time off. According to an article in Harvard Business Review, flexible hours and vacations are the two most popular employee benefits after he...

On February 19, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 3975, significantly changing New Jersey’s paid family leave laws. This new law expan...

Successful recruiters know what job seekers want – the most qualified candidates. And for job seekers, finding a job is increasingly about who you know (vers...

Over the past two years or so, I've heard and talked about measurements like employee net promoter score (eNPS) to understand employee engagement. I don’t kn...

I ran across an article on the Association for Talent Development site titled “Financial Skills Every Manager Should Be Able to Navigate”. It’s a good read. ...

Fortunately or unfortunately, employee engagement is a hot topic. Don’t get me wrong, engagement is important. There’s a proven link between engagement, prod...

It’s happened to us all: That person—that star—the one who absolutely nailed their interview ends up being a dud. New hires end up in duds-ville for many rea...

Workplace lore has it that a manager who hires a millennial is facing a number of challenges. Among them: how to engage and retain a generation marked as me-...

Higher education, known as continued education in the US and further education (FE) in the UK, is greatly in need of leaders. College, like any businesses, n...

Why all of the confusion about what is assertive behavior versus aggressive behavior? Please allow me to share my thoughts, observations and research: Assert...

We’ve all watched (and some of us have helped) Social and Mobile (SM) rise to the forefront of the world of work. It’s applied a new source of heat; flooded ...

Smile and set the stage. A smile can loosen up the entire tension in the room. Treat your candidates like a guest who has come to visit your home or a custom...

You know the old three-legged stool metaphor: you can’t sit down if one of those legs is off. In HR, that means culture, brand and engagement. All three are ...

According to Intuit, by 2020 40% of American Workers will be freelancers. Another study conducted by MBO partners found that today there are approximately 30...

This one may just get me in trouble with some of my clients and partners but I can't help myself. Just like professionals from other industries, human resour...

Earlier this year, Gallup issued a fascinating study that looked at why great managers are so rare. It concluded that while one of the most important decisio...