How to Resolve Team Conflicts
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Over the past month or so, I’ve been sharing with you some predictions about what might happen with the incoming government administration. While we don’t know exactly what changes will be made, I think it’s safe to say that changes are coming. And when organizations make changes, that can often change how […]
Job Offer Rescinded – Ask #HR Bartender
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I recently received a comment from a reader about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and a rescinded job offer. It’s a long comment but worth a read. I was unwilling to complete the WOTC online form for an employer that extended an offer to me. The application they used generated a […]
Employees Are Organizational Influencers
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By now, we’ve all heard the term online influencer or social media influencer. It’s defined as “a person who is able to generate interest in something” by posting about it online. The reason I want to talk about influencers today is because LinkedIn recently published an article titled “25 Big […]
The Real Value of Entry Level Jobs
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I ran across an article on Fast Company recently titled “7 Ways HR Will Look Different in 2025”. It’s a good read that you might want to check out when you have the chance. Number seven on the list really jumped out for me. It’s that “certain entry-level roles will […]
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Organizations Identify Trends
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Around this time last year, I asked ChatGPT what would be “in” and “out” for 2024. It was a fun activity because people were posting their in / out lists for the year. After I published the article, I took the lists from ChatGPT and put them in my December 2024 folder because […]
Encourage People Managers to Build a Peer Network
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes We regularly talk about the importance of managers building good working relationships with their employees and even their manager. But maybe we don’t spend enough time talking about the importance of managers building relationships with their peers. I learned this lesson years ago. I used to work for a company […]
Leadership and the 5 Stages of Team Performance
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I’ve talked before about the difference between team building and team development when thinking about leadership. Team building is focused on giving team members education and information about their role on the team. Team development is focused on providing training on topics necessary to be a good team member like communication […]
7 Steps for Having More Fun at Work (and Still be Productive)
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I recently published an article about “7 Tips for Having a Good Day at Work” and it occurred to me that having a good day and having fun are really two different things. Having a good day at work could involve working hard, being challenged and productive … but not […]
Employee Benefits: What to Expect in 2025
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Organizations should expect lots of changes in 2025. This shouldn’t be a surprise. While we don’t know exactly what the future holds, I’ve published a couple of articles recently about the types of changes that organizations might expect from a legal and compliance perspective and some strategies for managing change. What’s interesting to […]
Job Seekers Should Focus on Skills Development
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes If you’re thinking about a new opportunity, it makes good sense to take inventory of what you have to offer an organization in terms of skills. In fact, even if you’re not looking for a new opportunity, you might want to do a self-assessment of your skills as well. The […]