Dec 21 2012

New Year’s Resolution # 1- Get Rid of the Annual Appraisal!

If you’re like most people, you’re already thinking about resolutions for next year. Let me suggest one for you. Stop using an annual or semi-annual appraisal.  If you can’t deliver feedback in real time, what’s the point?

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Dec 06 2012

Helping Hiring Managers to Do the Right Thing

Question: I’m a recent college graduate who has been interviewing for jobs since May. I understand it’s a tough time to be looking but that’s not my issue.  My question is, how come I never hear back from them after an interview, even when I’ve had more than one? I send them emails and call, but they go radio silent. How can I improve my chances of getting hired, if I never know what the issues are?

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Oct 09 2012

Managing Personality Conflicts

I’ll admit it. I worked with people I really disliked.  It took years, but I managed to find a way to put my personal feelings aside, find some common ground and move forward.  But if you’re the one that has to manage the people that can’t stand each other, you just want to scream, “Can’t we all just get along?” Since that rarely works, try something different.

 

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Sep 18 2012

Can We Finally Get Rid of Annual Performance Appraisals?

The HR blog, Fistful of Talent, recently opined about the archaic exercise of the annual performance review.  I honestly don’t know anyone who likes them. Not the person having to complete them and certainly not the people receiving them.  Can’t we just all find a way to bury them for good?

 

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Sep 04 2012

What to do About Bad Bosses

There are a lot of bad bosses out there.  Just ask Psychologist, Robert Hogan. At a recent American Psychologist Association conference, he stated, "seventy-five percent of working adults say the worst aspect of their job — the most stressful aspect of their job — is their immediate boss." 

 

 

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Aug 29 2012

It's Time to Embrace Social Media at Work

I’ve been pretty vocal about the need for companies to embrace social media, not block it.  So it was nice to come across a Forbes’s article, where digital expert, Erik Qualman, discusses the 4 things companies need to do in the digital future.

Of the four items he discusses, the two that any company and any team could employ today are:

 

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Aug 09 2012

Are Peer Reviews a Good Idea?

A recent WSJ article discussed the increased popularity of peer reviews.  Companies have taken the traditional 360 feedback one step further where employees can send in anonymous ratings and comments about their peers. How would you rate your co-workers?

 

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