LEAP Symposium 2019 highlights: The top 10 employment law lessons

• April 23, 2019

Here are some of the bits of employment-law wisdom from the HR Specialist's 15th annual Labor & Employment Law Advanced Practices (LEAP) Symposium.

The 2019 summer job market: Teen employment and internships

• April 19, 2019

With summer quickly approaching, here's a quick look at what's expected for teen employment as well as fair warnings about unpaid internships.

Career advice from the corner office: Résumé lies, new boss tips and more

• April 17, 2019

Our veteran exectuive answers readers questions with honest career advice. This edition includes reflections on what really matters and more.

From gray to white: Older workers and ageism in the 21st century

• April 16, 2019

An intimate look at older workers with tips on how to stay active and engaged, ageism in the workplace and what to do when faced with age discrimination.

Are you delegating too much?

• April 12, 2019

What’s the fine line between giving your employees autonomy and ownership, and being a de­­tach­­ed, unsupportive manager who over-delegates?

Leadership skills: 5 essential questions to ask your staff today

• April 04, 2019

Leaders: take the time to ask your employees five essential questions that get to the heart of their role within the company.

Stop worrying about employee engagement; hire self-motivated people instead

• April 03, 2019

By hiring those who are truly high performers, our focus will begin shifting from employee engagement to maximizing quality-of-hiring.

4 signs that fear may be sabotaging your leadership potential

• March 27, 2019

Learning to manage without fear may be the one critical element that separates an acceptable manager from a true leader that others want to follow.

Productivity without micromanaging: the gentle art of nagging

• March 22, 2019

Many managers ask: How do I get my employees to follow instructions without micromanaging? Try these 5 strategies of non-pushy nagging.

Rise and shine: 7 tips to make you a better boss

• March 15, 2019

Make these tweaks to how you approach each day, and you may just find yourself attaining that holy grail of working smarter instead of harder.

The aging workforce: Give older workers a boost and avoid age discrimination

• March 12, 2019

Consider these tips for giving your most seasoned talent a boost. Time to cut ties? Keep these lessons from the courtroom on age discrimination in mind.

What is and isn’t employee insubordination

• February 28, 2019

Here are the shades of employee insubordination, which is a willful display of disobedience or disrespect directed at, well, you.

Constructing Hope: Interview of Patricia Daniels

• February 15, 2019

An interview on starting a non-profit with Patricia Daniels, Executive Director of Constructing Hope, a Portland OR-based non-profit organization that strives to create...

Out of the doldrums: How to motivate employees and rekindle career passion

• February 08, 2019

Just as partners benefit from checking in, managers who take an interest in maintaining a motivated staff can reap great rewards.

4 key employee benefit trends to watch

• February 05, 2019

Emotional health, family-friendly perks, and employee-benefit tech trends lead the way in new ways employers are broadening their benefits efforts to meet the changing...

Business works when you see beyond the obvious

• February 01, 2019

How do you identify a business issue before it goes off the rails? It’s all down to looking beyond the obvious.

9 nasty names I’ve been called as a female leader … or were they compliments?

• January 24, 2019

This is not a feminist rant or a personal pity party. Jennifer Crimmins shares how her natural leadership behavior is viewed, and how she reframes the negativity.

Leadership development: Why you need to stop talking to start leading

• January 18, 2019

Leaders are often mistakenly viewed as the experts who have the answer. Leadership development coach Rebecca Teasdale suggests it's time they start asking the questions...

Time to update the performance review process? Study says yes.

• January 14, 2019

New research suggests the annual performance review is getting a makeover that includes shortening the process and adding peer-to-peer components.

5 ways to stifle innovation at your company

• January 07, 2019

Innovation is a fleeting concept that eludes most companies. Here are 5 ways that prevent innovation from ever seeing the light of day at your company.