This is a very interesting reader note. While it might sound unusual, I could see it happening. I had a complaint filed against me for inappropriate conduct. received an email stating that HR wanted to meet with me about the situation. I was never told the details of the complaint. Then I got sick, and went on medical leave. HR continued with the investigation and found it inconclusive. MORE

Everyone says they want to be agile, but do you truly understand what's holding you back? Unless you do that hard work, you'll be wasting money on all those Who Moved My Cheese books. Some of the aggregate data we're collecting in the Workplace Genome is shining an interesting light on this conversation MORE

The world around us seems to be doing its best to rip itself apart. We are bombarded with examples of social unrest, protests, and a political climate that is far from friendly. It’s hard to not have these, as well as many other, situations fill every corner of media that is present. Those are only descriptors of the U.S. Everything is put in terms of extremes and that makes us uncomfortable. MORE

Gamification at work can be hard to justify to those who don’t know the science – “work isn’t there to be enjoyed” they say. But the simple truth is that if the process has been shown to increase staff happiness, and as a result productivity. Gamification is the idea of taking the concept, skills and design of games and implementing them in a work environment. What Are The Disadvantages? MORE

Think about the last time you went on vacation. Did you completely wipe your mind of work? Or maybe you kept thinking about whether or not Joe turned in that report that was due yesterday. Even if you're not a workaholic, it's incredibly difficult to unplug while you're away from work. Work takes up the majority of our lives and technology makes it so easy to access the workplace from wherever and whenever. Employee Engagement MORE

It’s a great day for HR -- the sun is shinning, the birds are singing, and job satisfaction is at an all time high. But things in your workplace may not be as great as they seem. Although your employees appear happy, they’re still on the lookout for new and better opportunities. The 2016 Best […]. MORE

Who would have thought that pay equity could be achieved simply with a predictable work schedule? That appears to be the solution imposed in my nearest U.S. major metropolitan center.  The Emerald City’s latest venture into HR regulation rests on the concept that equity requires a stable work schedule. Well, not "banned," exactly. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. and San Jose also are considering it now. MORE

My fellow blog squadder Tim Scott published his thoughts on being part of the CIPD ACE 17 blogsquad last week. He wrote about ‘what your blog squad can do for you’. I’m going to follow up by focusing on what … Continue reading → Other Stuff MORE

It’s very common as an Internal Communications person to be working in a small team. Perhaps there’s two of you or maybe, just like me, you’re a lone ranger; a one woman (or man) team. Being a team of one for internal communications can have its benefits, however everyone needs a break. And for this “team,” the clock doesn’t stop, even if I’m away from my desk. MORE

The Importance of Feedback In a company there are many aspects in which personal relationships are fundamental. good feedback serves as a motivational tool and helps in the employee’s growth and the achievement of its career success.   The concept of feedback is very wide and can be applied in many different ways:   In educational processes. To assess the individual development of a person. In couple’s relationships. The issuer makes an assessment of the actions of the receiver.   In the workplace, the feedback is a kind of evaluation system. appeared first on Clarity Wave. Survey MORE

The modern world of work values innovation over tradition, creating a new set of requirements for both business and individual success MORE

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Letting an employee go after many chances. An employee of our small company of 100 people has been moved around physically from department to department, manager to manager, and tried in various jobs that he wanted to try or jobs that managers thought he may be successful in. Sadly, the employee has been unsuccessful and at this point there is no manager willing to take him in their department. This employee is very well liked and considered a really nice person by all the managers and fellow employees. Can’t we find him something?” MORE

The rise of the highly specialised HR tech market has lead a large number of organisations to  work with a multitude of HR solutions to carry their day-to-day workforce management and strategy planning. One of the biggest mistake company make when choosing their HR suite vendor is that they omit to account for scalability in their list of selection criteria. The result? HR Tech Technology MORE

Since I am on the way to Chicago for the HR Technology Conference this week, I thought it would be fun (and be a needed short diversion), to run a Chicago-themed Ranked post. And what says Chicago more than the Blues Brothers Band? Well, I suppose plenty of other things are more 'Chicago' than the Blues Brothers, but this was the first idea that came to mind. That, coupled with I only want to spend 10 minutes writing this sealed the deal. As always the rankings on the blog are unresearched, unscientific, completely subjective, and 100% accurate. Here goes: 10. Weird. 8. Alan 'Mr. MORE