Last month you wrote that employers tended to lay employees off earlier in the recession rather than later. I guess I'm surprised that you find this noteworthy. Doesn't it make sense that if you need to realize large cost savings...
I'm reading that we've probably hit bottom as far as the economy is concerned, and although the climb back may be slow, the recession will end eventually. What do you think will be the big people management challenges for organizations...
I have three people who report to me, and they generally carry out their responsibilities without any difficulties. But sometimes when I point out something that they haven't done correctly or on time, they say that they weren't clear on...
Last month I attended a conference where you spoke on the topic of employee retention and engagement. You emphasized the need to identify key employees (talent) and to treat them differently from other employees, making sure to recognize their superior...
We're thinking about conducting an employee survey in our agency to gauge satisfaction levels. We've never done this before. We have just under two hundred employees. Any tips? I'm a big fan of employee surveys. They're a great way to...
There seems to be some confusion in the terminology that gets used to refer to practices in human resource development. Can you shed some light on the meanings of the words mentoring, coaching, training, development, and counselling? It's an occupational...
My reading is suggesting to me that "new employee orientation" is being replaced by "new employee onboarding." How are they different? Or is onboarding just orientation dressed up differently? You're right; HR language is definitely favouring "onboarding" these days. "Orientation"...
Last week in the newspaper there was a feature on another book about bad bosses. It seems that there’s an inexhaustible supply of these people. We know that bad bosses are poisonous, but we just can’t seem to escape them....
There seems to be a lot being written these days about the talent wars. "Talent" is in short supply. We’re supposed to hire for "talent", promote "talent", and so on. But I’m having difficulty getting a handle on what "talent"...
I just returned from a job interview for the position of CEO of a nonprofit organization. In their strategic plan, they indicated that they were going to hire a full-time fund development manager to handle all development areas, and that...
