When people get elevated into a management job, they usually make some assumptions about the position. And they’re usually wrong.
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Tags: leadership, management, Poynter Institute
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Sad to say, most charges of sexual harassment grow out of some common misunderstandings about what the danger signs are. Time and time again, supervisors use those misunderstandings as a defense — and companies pay for it.
Tags: court, sexual harassment, Supervisors
Everyone’s under more pressure these days, and that often translates into more tension between workers and their bosses. Can HR do anything to prevent an all-out explosion between the two?
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You can twist yourself in knots trying to dodge a lawsuit, but it really comes down to the avoiding the Big Six Mistakes.
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Tags: at will, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, investigations, Moody & Warner, performance
“Lose weight or lose your job.” That’s what one woman heard from her male boss. And there was nothing illegal about the order.
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Tags: discrimination, international journal of obesity, obesity, overweight
Picking on bosses is always fun, but let’s give them a fair shake and list their pet peeves about employees.
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Tags: cnn, ebay, girl scout, Managers
A top business institute asked 779 executives what they wanted from an HR manager. And they had answers. Boy, did they have answers.
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Tags: hr technology, human capital institute, leadership, performance
Dierdre Mullen got tired of the lukewarm success and acceptance of the company mentoring program, so she decided to make one change that made all the difference (part of an ongoing series).
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Earbuds? Yes or no? Hip-huggers? Up or down? Deciding what’s OK at work is a nasty job, but somebody has to do it.
Tags: baby boomers, HR, lincoln, millenials
It’s OK to put some of the responsibility for the success of a review on the people being reviewed. Just try to make sure they understand that it starts with their asking the right questions.
Tags: change dynamics consulting, performance, Performance appraisals
