Giant Lego Man Found in Dutch Sea I keep trying to come up with some HR related thing to say about it. I keep failing.
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You knew Satan runs a training company, right? Well, his fall brochure is out. Fortunately, our friend, The Cranky Middle Manager has posted a copy. I think I’ll take this class: 3. Communicating With Difficult People- How to Avoid It What you’ll learn: Business is full of people
I updated my HR Blogroll. I know I missed some people that I shouldn’t have, so there may be revisions. If you believe you should be included, state your case in the comments.
I’ve been tagged. Repeatedly. First by Stephanie Black, then by Simon Meth, the Career Encourager and by Deb. Stephanie’s tag was different than the others, so I will combine. She wanted to know, among other things, what I was doing 10 years ago. Well, this was the summer
Rowan Manahan has started a new writing project called the Definitive Guide to Clearing Job-Hunt Hurdles. I’m happy to be a part of it. I’ll post links to the other articles as well. I have two things to disclose. I hate job hunting My area of expertise is
For the record, I love my boss. I really do. She’s great. And now that I’m done with my regularly scheduled groveling (in case I get outed), let’s talk about your boss. I got an e-mail from the founder of eBoss Watch, announcing his new website. (I didn’t
I’ve been out of town and then I had to spend all day yesterday reading the new Harry Potter, so I forgot to post a reminder! This week’s carnival is being hosted at Ask A Manager, so get your submissions into askamanager at gmail dot com.
This is what happens when fathers play Barbies with their daughters. I should have known something was going on when they came and asked me where the black markers were.
One of the things that HR is responsible for is implementing rewards systems. We want to reward good behavior and extinguish bad behavior. We implement Balanced Scorecards and pay for performance. We encourage managers to set goals for their employees and then rate them accordingly. But, what if,
1. When dealing with people who can arrest you, detain you, search you, confiscate your stuff or generally make your life miserable it is best to be polite. 2. When you are dissatisfied because you believe the number of people working is too small for the amount of