Discrimination v. Reality

Creating an inclusive, diverse, and successful work place is not about getting every decision perfect. It’s about fairness, openness, and care.
 

Stop Using Noncompete Agreements

Topics: Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Leadership, Policies, by Heather Bussing
Employers like to make people sign noncompete agreements because they think they are protecting trade secrets. But it’s rare that any of those things are truly secret. Here are five ways noncompete agreements can backfire against employers.
 

Don’t Assume: Find Out What It’s Really Like.

Susan LaMotte discusses the cost of HR policies that rely on leadership assumptions that are out of touch or based on outdated employment experience.
 

More Love, Less Fear

“We need more love in the workplace. I know somewhere an HR manager’s head just exploded.” -Jason Lauritsen
 

Sentinel Employees. Do you have them? Do you use them?

Canaries are called sentinel species. Your organization is an ecosystem as well. And you too have sentinel species. You may not know it. You may not have identified them yet. But they are there.
 

Where People and Tech Collide

Why should you care about product managers? Because these are the people designing how you work.
 

Purposeful HR

As human resources professionals we should not let ourselves be defined by what we do. What HR does is much less important than why we do it.
 

Love: Why Tomorrow’s Leaders Will Come from HR

We are the leaders of the future. We know how it works: put real relationships with real people first, let the technology follow, and you can’t ever lose.
 

Is Your Hiring Process Creating More Rigor, or Rigor Mortis?

Commitment is not binary, it grows over time. Rigor belongs at the end of your recruiting process, not at the beginning. Keep beginnings simple.
 

Is There Recovery After Workplace Drama?

Can a workplace recover from discrimination or harassment or whistleblower drama?