When Companies are Forced to Deal with Toxic Employees

Toxic employees, especially those with strategic skills, are very difficult to dislodge.  They accumulate informal power; discredit those who speak up; favor those they can manipulate; and generally distract employees with intimidation and… Read More

Employees’ Toxic, Disgruntled and Criminal Behavior at Work

Introduction I am often engaged to help companies resolve the conduct of one employee who’s wreaking havoc in the workplace. After my book came out: Toxic Employees: great companies resolve this problem, you can… Read More

HR Pros – Workplace Culture Effects Business Success

Workplace culture correlates with business success Companies succeed in the short run just by having good products, even with unethical practices and abusive employee behavior.  The problem is, things change. A competitor comes into… 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