Jennifer was a great manager who led a six-person team. She moved to a new company for a fabulous job, and you really can’t blame her. It was more money and a better title. You tried to replace her, but now it’s been six months, and the management position is still vacant. What
How important is honesty when giving feedback? One thing HR professionals hate is when a manager comes and says, “I can’t take it anymore we have to fire Tiffany!” And the HR professional pulls Tiffany’s file and finds that her last performance review rates her as performing above
If you’ve ever thought about turning your HR skills into a consulting business, this HRLearns training session is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Kara Kelley SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is offering a workshop that Victoria Purser and I think could be a game-changer for anyone considering the transition from
Your HR department is utterly miserable. Everyone hates them. Turnover is through the roof, and post-pandemic life in HR is wretched. This is according to a New York Times reporter who recently interviewed Workweek chief people officer Hebba Youssef, and others, about the trials of the job. “People in H.R. tend to be very compassionate, very empathetic,” Hebba Youssef
What if jerks are the ones who get things done? That’s how Shark Tank‘s Kevin O’Leary and Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor began their recent conversation on LinkedIn–saying they do not look for likeability when investing or hiring. Kevin O’Leary said, with Taylor nodding in agreement: “In the early years and looking at the outcomes, I
Yusuf Dikeç’s picture has been all over the internet this week. People are fascinated–I’m willing to predict his picture will show up in memes for years to come. And frankly, it’s the first time I’ve given a moment’s thought to the Olympic shooting competition. Yusuf Dikeç won the silver medal in this
Happy Swiss National Day! I’ve been in Switzerland for 15 years. I planned on staying two or three. Alas, life happens in unexpected ways. In honor of 15 years in this country, here are 15 things about Switzerland you might not know. 1. It’s Switzerland’s 733 birthday today!
You want your employees’ undivided attention during their working hours. That’s fair–albeit unrealistic. (The amount of time employees waste every day is estimated at wildly different numbers. One survey said employees in the office waste 4.26 hours per week, while work-from-home employees waste only 2.5 hours per week. Another
Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign is in full swing and as such, she needs a staff. And indeed, she just dropped almost 100 job opportunities. Of course, these are temporary positions, but on the plus side, candidates probably won’t have to go through three months of interviews to
Hiring and firing can both take a long time. And sure, as a business owner, you want to be fair and make good decisions. But perhaps you should think about speeding up your firing processes. Employment attorney Eric Meyer recently shared a court case on LinkedIn in which a TSA employee complained about workplace discrimination and was fired shortly thereafter. Normally,
