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States take action to allow companies to do more to help veterans

by Jeremy R. Lange Veteran unemployment has been an issue of concern over the past several years. The availability of good jobs for returning veterans has become especially important as the nation has come to better understand the difficulty of transitioning from active duty to life at home. Employment takes on even greater importance when […]

Tips for Becoming a Magnetic, Compassionate Boss

Yesterday’s Advisor featured a Q&A between Stanford News Service and Emma Seppälä, associate director of Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, regarding compassion as a managerial strategy. Today we wrap up this Q&A with Seppälä’s tips on being an effective manager through a compassionate mindset. Q: What types of bosses are employees […]

‘Rightsizing’ Right into a Lawsuit?

Whether you call it “rightsizing” or a reduction in force (RIF), it’s legally dangerous. Yesterday’s Advisor  gave the first five of attorney Michael Rosen’s nine tips for avoiding lawsuits during RIFs. Today, we have more of his tips, and we introduce a unique resource for small HR departments. (Go here to see tips 1-5.) 6. […]

DIY Remedies for Wage Compression

Barry L. Brown, SPHR, CCP, of Effective Resources, Inc., understands that time and budgets are both at a premium—but that your compensation plan is probably still in need of some TLC. Yesterday, we got some of Brown’s tips for a DIY compensation makeover. Today, his thoughts on remedying a common but serious comp problem: wage […]

Train Managers to Follow These 8 Tips to Promote Employee Engagement

When a top performer leaves to go elsewhere and your organization is left with a huge void, says management expert Jeff Cortes, it can negatively affect the performance of the whole organization. Turnover is also very costly, adds Cortes, author of the book No-Nonsense Retention … Painless Strategies to Retain Your Best People. Depending on […]

SHRM certification: How will HR professionals go forward?

Career-minded human resource professionals interested in proving their worth to their employers devote time, energy, and money into earning certification. But now the credentialing system they’ve relied on for decades is up in the air, and a new system is still a mystery. HR pros were surprised in May when the Society for Human Resource […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: How NASCAR Uses Employee Listening to Drive Performance

In a world where many are questioning the future of DEI, NASCAR is doubling down on a different approach: radical honesty. During a recent panel on “Building Belonging Without Backlash,” Tyrese Manigault, Senior Manager of Employee Engagement at NASCAR, shared how the organization uses “We Engage”—a core part of their performance strategy—to foster a true culture […]