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When done badly, employee recognition is a thankless and fairly useless HR function. A company can be a good employer, or just try to look like one. Birthdays, holidays, retirements, manufactured “of the Year” employee recognition awards are often the latter. The Thought […]
Words matter. In world where “humblebrag” is in the dictionary and alternative facts are a thing, words matter. A familiar cliche, idiom, or figure of speech may be the quickest, easiest way to make a point. Like shorthand or emojis […]
“Bring me solutions” policies are bad for business and should be retired. It’s unrealistic, manipulative, lazy. Humans have problems. Customers do, companies do, computers do. Employees and stakeholders need proactive leadership, not reactionary order takers. Employees lack authority and resources. Problems […]
What happens when the story is already written? I got to thinking about this reading an interesting piece suggesting that no matter what really happened, the debate story was already written. Not getting political, talking about pre-conceived notions. As perception […]
Social media at work is not always the best idea. Social Media Policies Are Important They protect the brand. They protect the employee. (Hootsuite has a good how-to for writing a smart company social media policy.) I’ve read all kinds of employee social […]