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How to Listen for Chemistry in an Interview

A candidate I was working with recently interviewed for a chief strategy director position with a rapidly growing independent advertising agency. He was excited about the opportunity and motivated to meet with the COO of the firm.

Avoid Bad Bosses—Train Better Leaders!

Everybody’s had a bad boss at some point in his or her career. Given their prevalence, you can train better leaders by identifying the dysfunctional ones. Know who the bad bosses are, the traits they embody, and their interpersonal failings in order to build empathetic, communicative, and overall “good” bosses.

Dwight on SNL

Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend. I’m looking forward to watching it. I’ll post early next week if there’s anything on the show that relates to the blog.

Corporate Triage—When to Call Counsel

In yesterday’s Advisor, attorney Julie Moore outlined the particular circumstances in which HR managers should call legal counsel before acting. Today, more such situations, and an introduction to an extraordinary new turnkey training system. Moore’s tips came at BLR’s National Employment Law Update held recently in Las Vegas. Moore is president and founder of Employment […]

Fashion Disasters

Spring is here and seasoned HR pros know that in some workplaces, as the temperature rises, so do employee dress code violations. According to a BLR® poll, the most common warm-weather fashion faux pas is flip-flops (51 percent), but wearing the beach footwear to work seems tame compared to these fashion disasters. Slumber party attire—An […]

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Lululemon Expands Full Paid Parental Leave

Having children is a momentous occasion for anyone and often means big changes in one’s personal life. But for those of us in the working world, our personal lives are often inexorably intertwined with our work lives.

Are We ‘Coddling’ Our Workers?

A tough-talking, strictly business consultant says yes, and we need to stop it, and start focusing on business. It’s the closing seconds of an NFL football game, and the losing team has the ball. If they can score now, they can win! The team huddles, and the quarterback calls for a long pass. But then, […]

‘But I Didn’t Know It Was Harassment’ (Training Needed)

Sexual harassment has been all over the headlines in recent months. The Harvey Weinstein scandal demonstrated that abuses by powerful men against vulnerable and until-now-voiceless employees, colleagues, and acquaintances are not a thing of the past. In the aftermath of the Weinstein revelations, accusations have come out against a large number of politicians, celebrities, sports […]