Reference checks matter more than interviews. The purpose of the interview is to make you a better reference checker. The ideal reference check should take at least 45 minutes. These are some of the many things Graham Duncan, investor and chairman of the Sohn Conference Foundation and chairman emeritus of East Rock Capital LLC, thinks about reference
On the same day, I got two messages asking the same question: “I did something embarrassing. Did I just ruin my life?” The funny thing is that one was a LinkedIn coaching client, and the other was an improv student. Neither one of them ruined their lives. In
Tesla has been laying people off. And in true Elon Musk fashion, it’s garnering news attention for the bad aspects of it. Like this email informing people that Tesla could not offer reasonable accommodations for their disabilities, or this story about an employee who slept in the Tesla parking lot. But Tesla appears to have
So, I got into a bit of an internet spat with Robyn L. Garrett over this article: It’s Time to Make Hush Trips a Fireable Offense. Robyn didn’t care for it, so she published this tiktok: @courageousleadership Should you be fired for taking a “hush trip”? #remotework #wfh
our employees are taking Hush Trips. What are those? Well, to be fair, I just learned the term Hush Trips today, but I of course knew the practice: it’s working “remotely” from someplace other than your home and not telling your boss. Hence the “hush” part of the travel. It sounds all
I have 47,000 followers on LinkedIn. Only some of them are bots and scammers. You may not want 47k people following you on LinkedIn, but you probably want more engagement on your posts. I’m holding a training session through HRLearns where I will teach you how to amplify
I’m so excited to announce the launching of my newest website and newest business: HRLearns! The website just went live this week, so pop over and take a look! This is a joint venture with Victoria Purser of Conquer-HR. You may know Victoria from her Boot Camps where
Several years ago, I met with a startup founder. His new software evaluated body language and then reported whether a person was honest, enthusiastic, bored, or whatever. I asked, “How do you account for cultural differences?” “There are no cultural differences in facial expressions!” he said. “You are
If you want to know what HR has been doing this week, it’s been talking with people about the end of noncompete agreements under the new proposed FTC ban. On the one hand, CEOs (who generally have noncompetes themselves) panic that their employees will be free to cross the
If you’ve relied on noncompete agreements to protect your business and your business secrets, you’re in for a bit of a bumpy ride: The Federal Trade Commission just voted to ban noncompete agreements for all workers. This ban not only looks forward, preventing employers and employees from entering into new agreements,
