How Should HR Behave During this COVID-19 Crisis?

These have certainly been interesting times for the Human Resources Profession.  We were faced almost overnight with a pandemic that forced us to consider how it is that we work and react...
COVID-19, unemployment

Some Help for Employers and Employees Suffering Because of COVID-19

Wow, what a difference a month can make.  Last month the US economy was booming and employers were searching high and low for employees.  Yesterday, the federal government...
Dating in the workplace

What’s Love Got to Do with It?

When I was in college, I had the privilege to serve as an intern for Minitab, Inc.  Minitab is an incredible company, where I had the opportunity to work...
salary negotiation

More Money, More Money, More Money!

How to Negotiate your Salary coming out of School! Obviously, we are not in times where walking up to an employer and asking them for “More Money” would be...
Active shooters in the workplace

Active Shooters in the Workplace and Learning How to Survive

According to a 2016 report by Everbridge, “69% of workplaces view an active shooter incident as a top threat, but 79% of organizations responded that they were not...

Try a Matchmaker before taking the Plunge, Technology Plunge, that is!

When dating, have you ever used a dating app, like match.com?  I was always skeptical of such sites until I began meeting people who had met their spouse from one of those...
Coronavirus impacts HR

What Employers Need to Know about COVID19

By Chris Gantt-Sorenson The Coronavirus has progressed to the point that Employers should communicate about it with their employees and also prepare for an infection in their area. Employers...

OK Boomer

Unfortunately, today’s society is more uncivil and unkind than I can ever remember.  It seems that people’s differences are being accentuated and instead of appreciating those differences and the richness they might...

What is Employee Engagement? Do you know?

Employee Engagement is one of the most monitored and discussed human capital metrics today.  We are told that in order to be a strategic partner to the organization, we need to engage...

Saving Drake and Vivian

When Steve Nail and I began the SurviveHR podcast, we expected our episodes would cover Human Resources related topics.  However, this one is different- this one will cover just the Human side.

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