In the US, small businesses (less than 500 employees) comprise 99.9% of businesses and account for slightly over 47% of private sector employment. Most of those small businesses, particularly once they hit the 25-40 employee count, have an in-house HR function;
Requesting a Table for One
Far too many HR Professionals, unfortunately, tend to create new policies, procedures or rules based on the actions – or misactions – of ONE employee. “Heather wore ripped jeans to the office!! We need to revise the dress code policy
Workplace Socialization and Inclusion
Several years ago, while working on a re-design project for a company’s onboarding, I became familiar with the work of John Van Maanen and Edgar H. Schein. In “Toward a Theory of Organizational Socialization” (1979), they identified 6 major dimensions
Why Your Employee Engagement Tactics are Destined to Fail
Organizational leaders and HR professionals love tossing around the word engagement. They’re quite fond of saying things like “we need to increase our employee engagement” or “let’s do an annual survey!” or “what’s the budget for employee engagement activities?” (more
