Yearly Archives: 2009
When did baby boomers get so old?
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just…
The day I took my mother to work and….
My 85 year-old mother is visiting with us this week. I invited her to come to "work" with me yesterday. Not only was she thrilled…
While academics and bureaucrats fiddle, dropout rate soars
The high school dropout rate in the U.S. is soaring. The Obama administration has budgeted $50 million to dropout prevention program, but solving this problem will require…
Working Moms working harder and more stressed this Mother’s Day
According to Adecco Group (the largest staffing agency in the world) North America’s latest American Workplace Insights Survey in honor of Mother’s Day, more than three quarters of…
Employee dissatisfaction: An accident waiting to happen?
"Employee satisfaction is an elusive goal for many organizations," writes Susan Heathfield on About.com. "I believe that is because employee satisfaction shouldn’t be a goal…
The Appraisals Pocketbook Released
The Appraisals Pocketbook adopts a strongly practical approach in explaining how to set up and run an appraisal system. Using a helpful 5-stage model, the book shows how to…
Workforce trends 2010: Changing Career Paradigms
OLD PARADIGMS  …
Friends or foes? Multi-generations at home and work
There's been a lot of buzz lately in the press and board rooms about the challenges of managing four generations in the workplace. The economic crisis has…
Common Employee Appraisal Errors
Apart from the strengths and weaknesses inherent in the nature of a given performance appraisal system and the relative dislike or distrust that may be felt by the appraisees…