The gap between skills and performance is a frequent frustration and worse, a conundrum, for leaders. The team appears to have all of the skills required to excel but doesn’t measure up on key performance metrics. The most frequent performance inhibitor is lack of team synergy. Getting along well together isn’t enough. High performance teamwork […]
Ways to Salvage a “Below Standard” Employee
Managers can use five simple performance management steps to address and improve the performance of a below standard employee.
How to Include Bullying Prevention in Harassment Training
While there are laws that protect against harassment in the workplace, we have yet to see much that addresses workplace bullying. A new California law requires that employers add training on prevention of abusive conduct to their existing harassment training, which is currently mandated for supervisors at companies with 50 or more employees. Even if […]
Big HR events of 2015: HCM Excellence Conference
The 2015 HCM Excellence Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference 2015 will be held January 28-30 at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six. Now why do I expect this to be such a good time? Well, there are many reasons. Reasons to attend The incomparable Laci Loew will be sharing her […]
Why QR Codes are Bad for Your Recruiting
I recently saw a recruiting ad for jobs available through a website, and encouraging the reader to get more information by scanning a QR code. The ad was in the Toronto subway system which, for those not familiar with it, has no cell phone service for the majority of its route, making it nearly impossible […]
Another take on the dreaded, outdated performance review!
Ah, the performance review. Please allow me to add my two cents to this topic. It’s been well documented that performance reviews are rife with deficiencies. Too often, they are used to place blame. Objective criteria becomes subjective. Rating scales save time, but don’t gauge performance OR identify areas for improvement. The process itself is […]
Intermittent FMLA exceeds docs estimate: What not to do
” An employee’s absences far exceeded the amount of medical leave his doctor estimated he’d need on his FMLA certification forms. What happened next landed his employer in some pretty hot water.” By Jared Bilski Here the scenario: An employee’s absences far exceeded the amount of medical leave his doctor estimated he’d need on his FMLA […]
Would Unlimited Vacation Fly at Your Company?
“While unlimited vacation policies have been lauded in larger companies … , the question is whether they’re plausible for smaller businesses that can’t afford to always have someone fill in for unavailable staff members. By Chad Brooks Employers have found a new way to entice top talent to their company. They’re giving employees something they’ve only […]
Two words that can change your career – literally!
The power of words is evident and especially today with social media, words can be used to promote your business or political platform, raise awareness about social issues and, unfortunately, words can also be used with the intent to hurt. Thought-leaders who discuss leadership and management skills often focus on the importance of good communication […]
Who owns your business content in today’s BYOD world?
“… businesses need to consider the complicated issues surrounding intellectual property in an age where both work and play are done on the same device.” By Kevin Flanagan After the advent of BlackBerry, iOS and Android devices, some enterprising companies began to issue company mobile devices, while many others told employees to “bring your own […]