An employee with a tremendous amount of knowledge is bitter and angry all of the time. She is very good at her job. She also believes that everyone else is incompetent at theirs. This person used to have a leadership position but no longer does. She was very
A few weeks ago during a department meeting, the general manager put all of our salaries in an overhead screen projection and exposed all of us to each other. The salary info included someone who was recently fired. I am still stunned! While I am trying to
We are in the midst of a reorganization. My current (soon to be former) title is simple and straightforward – Squid Manager. I had a staff of 3 reps, whom I managed along with the department. Our company has decided to follow the model of our partner, and
Ellen Pao claims that Venture Capitalist Firm, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers,discriminated against her because she is female. They claim that she wasn’t a team player and lacked leadership skills. It’s highly possible that both Pao and the Kleiner Perkin leadership team are telling the truth. How could
What skills do you really need to succeed? In school, they taught us history and algebra and if we got good SAT scores they said we’d succeed. But, are those the skills we really need? Developmental psychologist Susan Engel researched the skills that actually predicted success. I’ll give
Smart businesses are concerned about turnover, because turnover is expensive. When you need to replace an employee, you’re out the following costs. High Cost of Employee Turnover Recruiting costs. These can be high or low, depending on your organization and the level of the position. A grocery store
I have some newly installed supervisors who don’t seem to understand what salaried exempt means. I am an HR Manager new to the organization and apparently they have never had a “real” HR Manager. At any rate, we have board meetings, after hours meetings, before hours meetings and
It was recently discovered that a “Team Lead” at my business has an extensive past in the adult porn video business, starring in videos and producing. Many of the female staff are uncomfortable taking direction from her now. I spoke with a female Vice President and advised that
Last year, I paid someone to relocate for a position with our company. I had the person sign a contract requiring repayment if she left before one year. At one year and two weeks, she quit. Now I need to find someone else, and it’s looking like I
A friend of mine has asked my help on a few HR issues, but this one I’m not certain on so I thought I’d ask you He works for an airline and was told to go on break 4 minutes after his shift began and he refused, now they are
