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By Lee Ellis What’s the one thing that can make or break your chance to move ahead and achieve your personal professional goals? When I tell you, you’re not going to like it. It’s too time-consuming. Too intrusive. Too–dare I say it?—moralistic.
It’s not hard to imagine how challenging things were for those that didn’t have a plan in place. Either way, HR had a lot of evolving and problem-solving to do. I recently spoke to one HR individual whose organization actually had a specific pandemic crisis plan in place.
By Linda Itskovitz, GuideSpark The HR function has undergone an enormous shift in the past few decades, moving beyond the process-heavy, tactical aspects to becoming a strategic partner in tune with overall company goals and priorities. From understanding the organization’s talent needs to finding the personnel and providing the support and training to help them […]
Despite considerable gains in the last few decades toward greater equality in the workplace in terms of pay and opportunities, women still lag behind men at the top levels of organizations. For example, according to the Center for American Progress, even though women make up 44% of the overall S&P 500 workforce and 36% of […]
The message is clear: Employers cannot treat breastfeeding mothers differently in the workplace.
Deb Reuterman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Sr. Director of Human Resources at University of Phoenix, has spent her career in human resources across myriad industries including manufacturing, law, healthcare, and higher education. We recently connected with Reuterman to discuss how she got her start in the industry, her best mistake, as well as the value of making employees […]
Fairness is a major factor that tends to color how employees view the workplace. If a happy, engaged employee learns that another employee doing the same job is getting 15% more than he or she is getting, all the other things that made the job seem great turn to ash.
Early impressions are crucial in any relationship, and work is no different. For better or worse, staff’s first impression of a team member, subordinate, or supervisor can have a significant and lasting consequence.
Exactly 6 years ago, Andreea Wade tweeted that she wanted to go on a hike. Three hours later, that tweet turned into an idea and then into a branded event with 40 sign-ups.
Training has become an integral part of attracting and retaining top talent, yet employers across the country are coming up short in their employee training programs.