by Warren Bobrow | Nov 25, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance, Training and Development
Organizational development specialists always tell us that change is difficult. They say that people are resistant to new things, are too comfortable in existing processes, and that we really need to be pushed or coddled to leap into the new. Others feel that change...
by Warren Bobrow | Nov 9, 2015 | Legal Issues, Talent Management
Most HR professionals are aware of the biases that come along with hiring racial minorities and women. Can we now add disabilities to the list? This is an important question given the number of wounded veterans and others with disabilities in the workforce. The paper...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 27, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Performance
I wrote a few months ago about the unintended consequences of HR programs. In this case, it was the decision of a Seattle CEO to make minimum wage $70,000 at his firm. So, some time has passed. What have been the consequences in the six months since the plan was...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 19, 2015 | 360 Feedback, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance, Talent Management
We often hear the best things about people at the end. Testimonials are generally saved for retirement dinners an almost every eulogy tells us about how wonderful a person was. Why is that? Are we afraid of embarrassing people? Would hearing such great things about...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 8, 2015 | Job Analysis, Legal Issues
California has prohibited gender-based wage discrimination since 1949. Courts ruled that the law applied only to exactly the same work. The state took it one step further this week by passing a law this week saying that women have a discrimination claim if there is...
