Human resources
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
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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…
Is the Perfect Labor Storm over?
The picture below tells the story. Between 1970 and 1980, the U.S. workforce grew a whopping 29%. Between 2000 and 2010 growth slowed to 12%, still robust but…
Stop Doing Annual Reviews!
Something has gotten into management. Everywhere I turn – meetings, discussion groups and blogs - managers are talking about performance reviews. That's good news for the…
Telework: An ounce of prevention?
Should the swine flu virus spread and employees heed the advice of public health experts and stay home, employers could expect to see absenteeism jump to 50% or more. …
Best free sites about Swine Flu
The media, the government and the public are watching the most recent outbreak of swine flu with growing concern. The chances of a severe epidemic appear to be relatively…
The New World of Work!
“The average knowledge worker will outlive the average employing organization. This is the first time in history that’s happened. … ” Peter Drucker, Business 2.0 (08.22.00) Thanks to…
Generation Gaps: What a difference 50 years makes
The concept of a “generation” is attributed to social scientist Karl Mannheim (1920s). A generation is a group of people who are programmed by events they share in history while…