The HR Daily Advisor community of over 200,000+ HR professionals has spoken. Here are the most popular articles on the HR Daily Advisor website so far this year, just in case you missed them.
The 9 Essential Skills of Human Resources Management – How Many Do You Have?
When interviewing a potential new hire, it’s standard procedure for a Human Resources professional to assess the candidate as compared to a list of key skills and personal characteristics needed for the job. In one of our most popular articles on the HR Daily Advisor, (now with images!), we turn the tables on the profession, and come up with a list of such attributes for Human Resources professionals themselves.
5 Dumbest Management Concepts—Is HR One of Them?
“It’s a truism that nothing is certain in this world except death, taxes and bad management. But why?” asks author and blogger Geoffrey James. He blames five flawed management concepts that became popular in the 20th century. HR is one of them!
Seven Deadly Sins Your Managers Are Committing As You Read This
Managers. Why can’t they just do everything the way you ask them to and the way the policy reads? Wishful thinking. Here are seven deadly managers’ sins that are probably being committed right now, down the hall.
FMLA — Never Easy, But These Pre-Written Forms Will Help
In aprevious Advisor, we covered FMLA fitness-for-duty certifications and offered a handy form for requesting the certifications. Today, two more FMLA forms plus an introduction to the “FMLA Bible.”
‘You’re Fired’—How to Say It Without Getting Sued
Terminations—they are never going to be an easy job, but no HR manager is going to go long without doing one. At least, says Attorney Julie Moore, you can do them without inviting lawsuits and in a way that makes it easier on you and the employee.
3 Worst Mistakes Managers and Supervisors Make
They say the perfect business has no managers, no supervisors, and no employees. Unfortunately, your business isn’t perfect, and you have to deal with managers and supervisors who will make today’s “worst mistakes” if you don’t train them.
Can You Demand FMLA Fitness-for Duty-Cert? Sure, BUT …
Many employers want a fitness for duty certification when employees return from FMLA leave, especially for those “certain employees.” You can require a certification, but not just for certain employees, and not without carefully following several procedural steps.
Employees Don’t Leave Jobs—They Leave Managers
Employees don’t leave jobs, they leave managers. It’s an old saw, but it’s true. Wouldn’t it be great if all your managers could motivate employees as well as your best managers do?
Evil HR Lady: Are Some Women Just Too Delicate For the Workplace?
A recent article on our HR.BLR.com website prompted quite a response by Suzanne Lucas who blogs as Evil HR Lady. “Oh, cry me a river” she said over suggestions that employers take steps to ameliorate off-site harassment of female employees.
Undercover HR Boss—What Will You Find?
Most HR managers can’t go undercover like the “Undercover Bosses” on television (people are likely to recognize the person that hired them), but that doesn’t mean you can’t do a little thinking about what you’ll find.