Tips for Effective Consensus Building
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I recently published an article on how groups make decisions. One of the ways is by building consensus. I wanted to elaborate on it today because groups can often get consensus building wrong. Teams sometimes believe that the goal of consensus building is to get everyone to fall in love with the decision. […]
Building a Total Reward Strategy That Will Attract and Retain Talent
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes A couple months ago, I published an article about what to expect in employee benefits with the new year and new administration. Organizations might want to use this time to evaluate their current total rewards strategy and possibly make some changes. And when I say “make changes”, I’m not talking about slashing […]
Bookmark This! Resources for Job Seekers
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I’m sure we’ve all seen the same news headlines about organizations conducting layoffs. Or noticed people on social media channels saying that they’re looking for a new opportunity. I don’t want to say that a job search is a regular activity, but people do look for jobs. Whether you’re currently […]
Sustainable Change Management Takes Time
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Personal story. Mr. Bartender and I live in a neighborhood with some construction going on behind our home. When the construction started, we decided to we would wait to see what the outcome looks like before making any major decisions / changes to our backyard. I’m sure our neighbors think […]
Labor Law Posters: Strategies for Staying Compliant
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Poster Guard® Poster Compliance Service, a division of HRdirect and the leading labor law poster service that gets your business up to date with all required federal, state, and local labor law postings, and then keeps it that way — […]
6 Keys for Effective Communication
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Working in teams is a necessary part of life. If you work in an organization, you probably work with an onsite team or a remote team. If you’re a consultant, you might be part of a project team. It’s possible in your personal life you’re part of a volunteer team. […]
Bookmark This! The Employee Offboarding Edition
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes HR professionals often talk about the importance of onboarding employees. And it’s true. Onboarding is an important activity that sets new hires up for success. One of the great things about having a structured onboarding program is that it can provide the basis for developing an offboarding program. There are […]
How to Successfully Outsource When You Need To
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I’ve talked in the past about the concept of “buy, build, borrow”. It’s the idea that when organizations are looking for talent, they need to consider whether they want to buy (hire from the outside), build (develop current employees), or borrow (outsourcing work to freelancers or contractors). Each strategy has its […]
5 Reasons Organizations Need to Do Succession Planning
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Organizations know what succession planning is. It’s the process of identifying and developing employees who can replace key roles within the organization. And organizations are well aware of the value that succession planning brings because it’s absolutely essential to think about the “what if’s” associated with a key role being […]
Remember Names Using the Rule of Three
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes When I worked in the hospitality industry, we encouraged employees to use the guest’s name. It makes the interaction more personal and friendly … and hopefully that leads to a better experience for the guest. But remembering names can be hard. So, we suggested a tip called the “rule of […]