Performance Evaluation Input For supervisory staff especially, it’s helpful to get constructive feedback from other supervisors (peers), supervisees, and perhaps external contacts with which this supervisor has regular contact. Many companies try this only to abandon the activity when the feedback is less than helpful. I’ve tried various techniques to …
What’s the ultimate goal of employee engagement? To my way of thinking, the purpose of employee engagement is to enable company success while increasing employee satisfaction and retention. Programs that increase employee engagement will support and enhance: Employees’ understanding of and buy-in to company strategic goals; Employees full understanding of …
What follows is a guest post by a fan of this blog. Erin Palmer writes about topics like PHR Certification as well as online hr degree programs. Erin can be reached on Twitter @Erin_E_Palmer. I hope you enjoy this HR topic. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There is always room for …
Today’s HR Mission includes Human Resources that are: Integrated Aligned Accountable Compliant _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Integrated HR Human Resources is no longer just another staff department. In order to ensure maximum business impact and to allow HR management principles and expertise to inform business plans, …
Companies and nonprofits are attending to their culture in greater numbers than ever. Inspiring stories from companies like Zappos are making their way around social media circles. Further, unless you’ve been living under a rock you know that younger workers have less tolerance for the workplace shenanigans of bullies and …
Pre-service (attachment) Vacancy: New job is added; employee resigns or employee is dismissed Job Analysis: job design/review, establishing qualifications, selecting source Recruitment: Sourcing and advertising Selection: Application, screening, interview, offer, acceptance On-boarding: Policies, HR paperwork, receive corporate culture materials Employee orientation: culture orientation, job shadowing, practice Early service (engagement) …
Years of the same strengths and weaknesses A hidden challenge results from long service employees’ strengths and weaknesses. I have, more than once, been appointed nonprofit interim Executive Director where the former director had very long service. Say that an individual in a leadership position has weak performance areas and …
Many of America’s poor work somewhere If you work in HR you develop policies and programs that effect employees and/or family members who live “below the line.” Time Magazine article: “Below the Line” (November 28, 2011), is a comprehensive summary of the growing issue of poverty. (Sorry, you can’t get …
What is it called when a person discloses something too intimate for the setting or social company? Teaching clinical psychology to college students is to truly experience the term: overshare. “Overshare” describes the phenomenon that prompts the listener to think “TMI.” I’ve started covering social norms about the proper level of …
As companies operate with ever-leaner staff the prospect of losing a key employee can be overwhelming. No matter the size of the company, IT, Finance or HR professionals are key positions. They interact with everyone: they play a key role in business planning; and they have a strong role in …