Employee handbooks: The essential people management tool

• June 06, 2019

You may think operating without an employee handbook gives your organization flexibility. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Managing a depressed employee: What supervisors need to know

• May 29, 2019

Chances are significant that you’ll deal with the issue among your staff. Yet despite its prevalence, don’t expect team members to readily come forward.

90 sample phrases for negative performance reviews

• May 07, 2019

Negative performance reviews are a vital to an employee’s career development. Streamline your review writing process with this list of 90 sample phrases.

5 common errors of recent college graduates

• May 06, 2019

It's graduation season! We're welcoming recent college grads to the working world with tips on how to avoid these 5 common mistakes.

Workplace wellness programs may help workers more than employers

• May 02, 2019

Recent research indicates workplace wellness programs may benefit employees, but they don’t necessarily improve organizational effectiveness.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Employee goal setting: Strategies for the year ahead

• December 20, 2018

Does the annual act of setting employee goals generate more than a few groans? Consider these strategies for creating actionable, measurable goals.

Visa sponsorship isn’t an employment contract

• December 04, 2018

Employers can help foreign applicants or employees arrange visas to work and live in the U.S. But doing so doesn’t create an employment contract.

How to handle off-duty misconduct

• November 29, 2018

An employee was arrested and charged with assault over the weekend. He shows up for work Monday morning, business as usual. What now?