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Organizations of all sizes are starting to recognize the importance of identifying and developing high potential leaders who are critical to the achievement of strategic objectives. Also, most organizations use some type of leadership competency model for this purpose. However, most of these competency models are only loosely related to the organization’s strategic objectives, resulting […]
What are the top 10 regulatory issues for employers in 2019? Paychex has crunched the numbers and generated the following list.
Providing jobseekers with a positive hiring experience is vital for your company’s brand and reputation. Jobseekers are like consumers: If they have a bad experience, they will not hesitate to tell their family and friends all about how your company failed. Even worse, the scorned jobseeker can also take to social media and job boards […]
Pasteris is president of TLMP Consulting Group and Lipis is owner of Lipis Consulting Inc. Focal points: All Companies Since for most companies there’s not a lot of money to go around, the question is, how do you get the best bang for the buck? Here’s what WorldatWork’s 2012 survey projects: Actual 2010 Actual 2011 […]
As the year comes to a close, many employers are finalizing employee performance reviews for the year. Let’s take a look at 7 best practices for employee performance reviews:
It’s easy for an employer to say that it values a diverse workforce; it’s another thing to show that. By earning a perfect scores in the annual Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index survey, Diageo (www.diageo.com) has demonstrated its commitment to creating an inclusive workplace for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) employees. “Diageo not […]
As 2018 approaches, the federal REAL ID Act has returned to the spotlight. You may even have seen a (hyperbolic and inaccurate) social media alert warning U.S. travelers that they’re all going to be required to get passports for themselves, their kids, and the family dog before they can fly to Disney World next year. (Not true.)
The U.S. Department of Justice discriminated against an individual with a disability in its hiring process, in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found. EEOC determined that DOJ ran afoul of the law, which prohibits disability discrimination by entities receiving federal funds, when it rescinded a conditional […]
A subordinate delivers a work product that’s closer to a rough draft rather than a final product and leaves insufficient time to revise it before the external deadline. When a crucial deliverable is missing, people from multiple teams point fingers, and a new employee is surprised to see negative comments on her performance review, as […]
HR professionals need to help managers coach and develop their employees. The goal is continued improvement and innovation as well as remediation. And looking to their own houses, the HR professional also uses technology and other means to continuously improve the HR function itself. Next up: Skill #8 – Does HR Have A Strategic Role?