Pay for Performance Without Using Ratings

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A trend is emerging as businesses eliminate ratings from their performance management processes.  Major companies such as Adobe Systems and Deloitte have re-engineered their performance management programs.  The new-and-improved-processes retain the key components of traditional performance management that are productive, most notably holding meetings with employees to provide feedback and coaching.   But summary numerical […]

Using the White House Guide to Hiring People with Disabilities

In February of this year, the White House released a Resource Guide to Hiring People with Disabilities as a product of an initiative called Curb Cuts to the Middle Class. This guide is extremely helpful to companies looking to hire people with disabilities or for those looking to freshen up their diversity policies. The guide is […]

Why Can’t We Be Friends?

A tone was set for me early on in my Human Resources career that there was a dividing line. HR could be friends with other people on the team but anyone outside of that realm should be kept at a safe distance. “You know too much.” “It could get awkward.” I lived that way for […]

Meeting Employees Needs Where They Are

We must meet employees where they are if we are to successfully help them. This entails taking into account the requirements of the workforce while developing policies and initiatives. We can occasionally feel tethered to our desks when working in HR. We occasionally neglect to take the time to determine what our employees actually need […]

The Challenge of the Future is the Ability to Adapt to Change

The Challenge of the Future is the Ability to Adapt to Change   It is not secret that radical change is coming in the next 10 to 20 years. Numerous people, including me, have written about this. Futurist and author James Canton writes “The future of business will not look like anything you have seen […]

Chief Human Resources Officer Turnover Expected to Be 50% in 2015

HR grew up in throws of process, compliance and risk aversion. We were not promoted to be bold, brazen or assertive. We were hired, promoted and trained to be administrative. This is the fundamental challenge in the future of HR. We are not bold. Either we step up to the challenge or the future HR […]