Business, Beauty or Sexy Head-shots
What is the Right Balance for Women in Business? There are two issues I think about and ask my female colleagues and friends about with some frequency – aging and standards for female… Read More
HR Pros – Corporate Social Responsibility – an integrated approach
Community stewardship is increasingly expected from American companies of all sizes. Philanthropy used to be the purview of very large corporations through their own foundations. Today, even the smallest companies have creative ways to show… Read More
Strategic Planning – Looking at the Future – Still Relevant?
Is your Strategic plan still relevant? Your specific plan may have lost some relevance but strategic planning has not. A plan from 2 years ago is less useful than it might have been… Read More
Employer Branding, Recruitment and Employee Satisfaction
Introduction Years ago, I attended a breakfast hosted by the Northeast Human Resources Association where a management consulting firm discussed recruitment that emphasized employer branding. I had been considering a more strategic look at… Read More
Global Gender safety: Excerpt from 2011 Study on Homicide
This is a blog-in-brief for when twitter isn’t enough but a full blog entry isn’t necessary. The 2011 Global Study on Homicide has been released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and… Read More
Summary of DADT, Workplace Culture and the Impact of Repeal
On September 20th, 60 days after the repeal order was signed for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), it goes into effect. Popular media have covered Military preparations for the changes. Though many see… Read More
911 – Mainstream Media and Human Trauma
I taught a psychology course, Trauma, Abuse and Recovery, where we discuss both personal trauma and more public, large-scale traumas like natural disasters. In addition to natural disasters of course, are those made by… Read More
HR Pros – Talent Alignment and Positive Culture = Cooperative Gain
Cooperative gain is a phrase I heard once used in a scientific context and adapted to Human Resource management here . Cooperative gain This is what happens when company goals and values are… Read More
HR Pros – 6 HR Program Design Principles
One way to control HR costs and manage employee expectations Employees don’t always understand how and why their company’s Human Resource programs are designed. As the top HR person in a given company… Read More
Why Public and Private Nonprofits Tolerate Toxic Behavior
Even though I’ve been immersed in the topic of Toxic Employees since the book came out in June, “Toxic Employees: great companies resolve this problem, you can too”, I was actually shocked at the… Read More