Studies have shown that most people do like coming to work. For a variety of reasons, one obviously being the paycheck, most people would come to work even if working conditions deteriorated.

If you are not sure whether or not your team likes coming to work, keep track for a week on who comes in early and who stays late. If it’s your key dedicated people who show up early and/or stay late, you don’t need to be too concerned about whether or not the majority of your team likes coming to work.  Read the full article...

Your Traditional Discipline System Does Not Work!

That’s right. I am telling you that your traditional discipline system does not work and you should junk it and start over.

Here’s the traditional system:
• Verbal Warning
• Written warning
• Suspension
• Discharge

Here is what typically happens.  Read the full article...

When I wrote my book Surviving & Thriving in the HR World, I included the following fictional memo about a person who just received a promotion. Some reviewers took issue with this saying they didn’t change the way they dealt with former peers who are now subordinates when they got promoted. My point with the memo was that the situation is now changed and you can’t have the same relationship with the team you used to have. It’s too hard to be objective in your decisions making. What’s your thoughts?  Read the full article...

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I have been asked many times how to succeed in the Human Resource field. Some thoughts from my book, Surviving & Thriving in the HR World.

GETTING NOTICED

It doesn’t matter whether you are a benefits administrator, a payroll person, or a recruiter, you will not get anywhere in HR without getting noticed. To get noticed, you need a plan.

Just hoping you will get noticed and get promoted won’t do it!  Read the full article...