One of the most important roles and responsibilities a leader has is to build a strong leadership team. As important as recruiting is to the success of an organization it is frequently one of the poorest leader skills. Statistics indicate that the success rate for quality hires is about 48%. Not great. In previous blog…
Being Wise with COLA (No, we’re not talking about the drink!)
Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) traditionally boost the pay grid or portions of the pay grid by the amount of inflation, usually as the Federal government’s Consumer Price Index measures it. COLA is not attached to performance, but is given in order to keep an organization’s pay competitive with other like companies for recruiting purposes…
National Barrier Awareness Day
In 1986, Ronald Reagan made a Presidential Proclamation encouraging Americans to celebrate outstanding achievements of persons with disabilities. You’re probably thinking right now of someone you know that is inspiring. First, because this is an HR blog!, let’s make a few notes: The flip side of disability can be an incredible ability and gain to…
What We Don’t Hear Can Hurt Us
We work so much with workplace harassment prevention that my staff has become quite the experts. So, I shouldn’t have been surprised when Anne, my curriculum specialist, brought a The Washington Post article to my attention last week about workplace harassment. In the article written by Erin Wade of The Mac + Cheese Cookbook, Ms.…
Managing From the Back of the Bus
Dear Business Owner, If you want to know how your business is doing, ride in the back of the bus for several days. What might you see? You might see employees trying to do their best with inadequate equipment. You might see employees suffering under poor and burdensome management. You might see employees trying to…
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