Just a Thought…

Retiring Ageism

Some 10 years ago, I realized that we had four generations of employees in the company where I worked — each group taking a slightly different approach to their work, to career growth, even to colleague communication.

Flexible Work Needs a Rebrand

The headlines are full of doomsday predictions for remote and hybrid work, but they might be premature. Hybrid and remote work offer employers advantages in-office work can’t. It’s the one-size-fits-all work model that has expired.

Sparking a Culture of Creativity at Work

A culture of creativity can mean the difference between success and near-success in business. From the organizational side, innovation can lead to the design of new products, services, and ideas, that can give a company a competitive advantage.

Futurecasting

I was recently asked by FrazerJones, a leading global HR executive search and recruitment consultancy: What does HR need to be preparing for?

Self-Appraisals — Making them Meaningful

It’s that time of the year — peppermint mochas, twinkly trees and reflections on the year that has nearly past. You may be at work on your company's required Employee Self-Appraisal.

Counteracting Bias with Competencies

If left to our own devices, we humans are pretty quick to make one-sided, poorly supported, and biased judgments about performance assessment. Those judgments penalize individuals from groups stereotyped as less competent, including women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, older employees, LGBT+, and blue-collar workers.

On Labor Day -- Thoughts About Layoffs

In my HR/Legal career I’ve been involved in more restructures, reorganizations, right-sizings and reductions-in-force than I like to remember (46 the last time I counted).

The Best Working Parent Advice I Ever Got

I was fortunate early in my career to land a part-time legal job in NYC. They were nearly unheard of then, but the department's General Counsel realized the value of such a role.

Career Development From the Get Go

Supporting career growth is key for employees and employers alike. Small employers and startups may not have the bandwidth — time or person power — to create a full-fledged talent development program for staff.

Pay Equity Requires More than Money

Today is Equal Pay Day, the date that symbolizes how far into the next year all women must work to reach the same amount men earned in the year before.

Love Languages at Work

Sounds like a bad instructional video: Love Languages at Work. Actually, it’s a useful rubric for developing deeper connections with colleagues and teammates.

Avoid Job Ads that Don’t Track

It’s official: a diverse workforce performs better than the alternative. Indeed, research has shown that diverse groups are better decision makers than homogenous ones.

Doing Frequent Feedback Right

In case you haven’t heard, a single annual performance review will no longer cut it. Employees want feedback and they want it often. A PwC survey found that 60% of staffers want feedback on a daily or weekly basis; for employees under 30 the number grows to 72%.