General HR Management
Transgender Employees: What’s an Employer to Do?
The following is a guest post provided by Dr. Jillian Todd Weiss, Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College, who researches this area, as well as consults with corporations and writes a popular blog on the subject, Transgender Workplace Diversity. She has now authored the new book described below, Transgender Workplace Diversity: Policy [...]
Making Small Cos. Great Places to Work
Lessons From Some Prizewinners
I rarely refer to articles not available online, and I know that some of the Wall Street Journal material online is subscription-only. I was prepared to make an exception for today’s major WSJ story on the “Top Small Workplaces 2007,” because of its excellent content.
However, I was delighted to find that [...]
How to Write a Great Reference Letter
Being asked to write a reference letter for a former or departing employee may be a source of undue stress, time demand, and hassle, depending on how naturally writing comes to you — or not.
Today, while poking around a bit using StumbleUpon, I found an answer to this problem: a “Letter of Recommendation Guide” [...]
“Dear Bosses” — Friday Humor?
This “Dear Bosses” PDF from tiny gigantic struck me as funny — in an “oh-so-true” way.
Like this, on the subject of praise (positive feedback):
It’s all pretty obvious good-management stuff, but the cheeky style makes it a fun Friday read. So go read the “Dear Bosses” manifesto — and pass it along to all the [...]
New Study Blames “Bad Bosses” on Lack of Training
Today’s post is courtesy of i4cp, Inc. (Institute for Corporate Productivity, formerly the Human Resource Institute)
Almost everyone has a “bad boss” story, but a new survey conducted by i4cp suggests that “bad bosses” may not be to blame. Chances are, they never got the supervisory training they needed.
The study found that, [...]