“I had an old boss who said to me one time, ‘You can visit pity city, but you can’t live there.’ So people, leave pity city, let’s get it done.” So said MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen in a video to her employees. Here’s the thing: I agree with this message.
I’ve been playing with ChatGPT for weeks now and am helping HR professionals use it to make their jobs easier. I saw a recommendation for companies to add these Chatbots to their Internal Employee Handbooks so employees could quickly get the needed answers. That seemed brilliant, and I set out
This #throwbackthursday post covers one of the most annoying things in the workplace: Perceived unfairness. Your co-worker seems to get special treatment all the time, and it drives you crazy. Now, it’s possible that your boss is simply a bad manager who plays favorites (or who is too wimpy to
What is the purpose of your Human Resources department? The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). This is the largest Professional HR society in the United States, with a global presence. The stated purpose is: SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, creates better workplaces where employers and employees thrive
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has been around since 1993, so for many, if not most, of the workforce, it’s always been there. If you qualify for FMLA (the company has 50 or more employees in a 75-mile radius, you’ve worked for the company for 12 months or
McDonald’s recently announced layoffs of corporate staff. That’s not unusual, especially since they announced in January that “the sprawling company operated in too many silos, leading to redundancies and slowing its innovation.” What was weird was the way they decided to go about it. They closed their U.S. corporate
This #TBT post is from 10 years ago. A different time. I do think some companies continue to pay some of their employees too much, but most do not, Hint: If you’re struggling to hire, you are not paying your employees too much. Figuring out salaries can be
Whenever you meet with a new group, the leader inevitably wants to do some “icebreakers.” The motivation is good–a team functions better when they know and understand each other. But people don’t like them. Introverts, especially, feel awkward sharing personal information, and sometimes the “fun” questions can feel invasive. They
There are many amazing things about ChatGPT and other Ai tools that are available. AI can do everything from write your headlines for you to draw you the Presidents of the United States as if they were supervillains. 6. John Quincy Adams pic.twitter.com/v5qZa3viL8 — Cam Harless (@hamcarless) March
It’s a #throwbackThursdaypost In honor of National Women’s Day, working women are supposed to fret about other working women who happen to work for us. Let me explain. Sally Howard researched cleaners, by working with them. Fair enough. There’s plenty of things to say about how some people
