Blogs / 2013 / July

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Marshall has been nominated for the 2013 Thinkers50 Leadership Award. Nominations close today. http://www.thinkers50.com/downloads/2013_Award_Nomination_Details.pdf Marshall is co-founder of the Marshall Goldsmith Group. Email: Marshall@marshallgol... More...

Firm Continues to Attract High-Profile Lateral Shareholders; Graham Brings Extensive Litigation ExperienceLOS ANGELES, CA (July 31, 2013) – Curtis A. Graham has joined Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law fi... More...

Take a second to think about this: what will each of your employees say about the last interaction they had with you? Was the experience positive, negative, neutral, or can’t they even remember the last time you spoke to them? Behavioral economic r... More...

My clients regularly complain to me about how resistance is a bad thing and constantly gets in the way of their successful organizational change efforts. "Why can’t he (or those people) just accept it and get on board?” While it can be painful at tim... More...

When young people graduate from school and prepare to enter the workforce for the first time as full-time employees, the world is their oyster. They have endless possibilities at their fingertips – they can explore possible careers in education, tech... More...

HR sticks to the story of the value of intangibles like a mobster hangs on to an alibi. It's not hard to believe that people are the heart of the business. It's been painfully hard to quantify it. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HRExaminer/~3/c-_M3Ljn... More...

We are all bombarded with messages about cool marketing tools that everyone needs to be using. They point to company X that did Y and suggest that everyone needs to do Y or be left behind. Unfortunately it is kind of like saying the car that won the... More...

Check out my recent podcast for RainToday.com. Click here and scroll to the page bottom for the play button. http://www.mcleodandmore.com/podcast-on-raintoday-com/ More...

If you have a company culture of “sheep and goats” you may be in for trouble — at least in Northern Ireland. A Fair Employment Tribunal has just awarded a former salesman £15,000, finding that the printing firm at which he worked discriminated agai... More...

The Supreme Court in a 2009 decision called Gross changed the well-settled burden of proof used in so-called “mixed motive” cases, by which if an employee showed that discrimination was a “motivating factor” in an adverse employment determination, th... More...

Report cards were a way of life when we were in school. When it comes to HIPAA Privacy, Security and HITECH Act enforcement, the same holds true for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Recently, the OCR issued two detailed reports on 2009-2010 HIPA... More...

In a world filled with lawsuits, it’s absolutely vital that employers have “good clock management”. This is a term I’ve taken from my favorite sport, football (the real kind where 300 lb guys go after it and not the kind that is rightfully call... More...

Elections are a big topic in 2012. With COBRA, elections are always a big topic because many issues arise. Following are situations that can occur during the COBRA election period: (1) verbal elections; (2) second elections during the election per... More...

New Hire Scrap Rate PwC Saratoga released its 2013 Human Capital Effectiveness State of the Workforce Report. Prior to the recession, first year new hire turnover was around 30%. I have labeled early new hire turnover Staffing Waste. It is r... More...

How difficult are Gen Y employees to manage? Is it all about access to social media and flexible work arrangements, or are younger workers seeking a deeper connection and sense of purpose in their work? In this short clip , Todd Wheatland and Zac... More...

Publication: Compliance Week Compliance WeekIn an article on high risk areas for international employers, Littler’s Trent Sutton provides perspective on international employment law and ... More...

THE FIRST EDITION Today I launched the inaugural edition of the Extra, Extra Newsletter. (Kudos to Mark Levy of Levy Innovation for help with brainstorming its name) In the past I had sent news updates using batch e-mails on LinkedIn. I’ve now put on... More...

Humans are complicated. We have physical fears, like being afraid of fire ants or going bungee jumping. We may over exaggerate these fears, but they’re based on a semi logical understanding of risks. But .............................................. More...

We reacted with skepticism in an earlier post about a case reported last November 2nd questioning whether an owner’s religion can be imputed to a corporation, or that the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA,” or “Obamacare”) violates ei... More...

Foreign managers coming to work in Thailand will probably have to adjust their management style considerably. Pushing Thais to speak up in meetings, report bad news and meet rigid deadlines will not usually produce results, and nor will heavy-handedn... More...

Patrick Lencioni’s book ‘Death By Meeting’ is a great book that portrays what can go wrong with meetings. When we work with leaders who are experiencing Meeting Mayhem we challenge them to take control of their time and to decline meeting invitation... More...

Find the very best employees, set them free and the customers will come More...

While I’ve heard of other assessment companies who promote “benchmarks” for jobs, I’ve yet to find a company besides TTI Success Insights whose innovative job benchmarking process results in a customized benchmark unique to a specific position in a s... More...

I really wish the talk of Wal-Mart being forced to raise minimum pay to $12 an hour, would have taken off and been debated around.. I know they project the cost increase in salary would actually be in the billions! Being forced to pay on highe... More...

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Thought for the day

Marshall Goldsmith and the Thinkers50 Leadership Award

Littler Adds Curtis Graham to Growing Shareholder Ranks

Using Recognition to Create Positive Experiences

Why They Don't Want What You Want - And How To Use It To Your Advantage!

Young professionals increasingly interested in HR careers

The Holy Grail I

Growth Gears: A Process Not a Cool Tool

Podcast on Raintoday.com

Company Culture of “Sheep and Goats” Results In Religious Discrimination Award

Senate Tries Once Again To Overturn Gross

Employers Can Learn from HIPAA Report Card

Time is Money: Practice Good Clock Management

Nuts and Bolts of COBRA Elections

New Hire Scrap Rate

The Truth About Managing Different Generations

7 High-Risk Areas for International Employers

EXTRA, EXTRA… my inaugural 9 INCH newsletter plus a Book Tour

3 Big Fears

Appeals Court: Secular, For-Profit Corporation Cannot Engage In The Exercise of Religion

Cross Cultural Management: Thailand Training

Are you suffering from "Death by Meeting"?

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5 Things I’ve Learned From Job Benchmarking

Wal-mart what if!

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

	Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash