HR Bartender

JULY 21, 2015

As you know, on July 6, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed changes to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the Act, to be exempt (from overtime), an employee must meet 3 requirements: The employee must be paid a minimum weekly salary; The employee must be paid on a salary rather than on an hourly basis.

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Talent Culture

JULY 18, 2015

Everyone wants to help a friend in need. But before you start dishing out advice to a friend who is in a job search, make sure your advice and comments are actually helpful. Consider these typical comments/suggestions that many well-meaning friends make during someone’s job search. Are you really helping or could you be massaging your message to add more value to your friend’s search strategy?

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Insperity

JULY 21, 2015

You have a high-performing organization, a high-performing leadership team and your company culture is solid. You’ve come a long way from the early days. Your business has grown from a small start-up to a business that other companies want to buy. Now what? Mergers and acquisitions can fail for a variety of reasons, but two you can’t afford to ignore are poor culture fit and human capital issues.

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15Five

JULY 23, 2015

What matters most to your employees? That was the question we posed last year in this blog post based on The Society for Human Resource Management’s 2012 Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Report. We were shocked to learn that topping the list of factors contributing to job satisfaction were (1) communication between employees and senior management, and (2) relationships with immediate supervisors.

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Management

HR Bartender

JULY 19, 2015

Back in 1997, Tom Peters wrote an article for Fast Company magazine titled “ The Brand Called You ”. It’s a good read and was the first time I recall hearing about personal branding. The logic being that companies build their business on brand reputation; individuals need to do the same. In today’s technology driven world that means individuals have to consider their activities on social media as part of their brand.

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Insperity

JULY 21, 2015

You have a high-performing organization, a high-performing leadership team and your company culture is solid. You’ve come a long way from the early days. Your business has grown from a small start-up to a business that other companies want to buy. Now what? Mergers and acquisitions can fail for a variety of reasons, but two you can’t afford to ignore are poor culture fit and human capital issues.

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HR Bartender

JULY 24, 2015

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HR Bartender

JULY 23, 2015

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is an excerpt from my book, “ Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers.” The book is available on Amazon in hard copy and Kindle , in the iTunes store, and directly from the publisher.”. Admittedly, I’m a very competitive person. My father was extremely competitive, and I learned it from him. But over the years, I’ve tried to direct my competitive nature in a healthy way.

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