by Warren Bobrow | Aug 18, 2017 | Culture, Employee Engagement, Performance
Corporate culture is a tricky thing. It develops over time, but we want to change it quickly when it suits us. The business media is replete with examples of great (100 best places to work!) and toxic (see Uber, supposedly) places to work. If your job is to influence...
by Warren Bobrow | Jul 10, 2017 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
Since age bias is something that could affect nearly all HR professionals, I am surprised that it does not get more attention. But, with the average age of employees in the U.S. going up (see here) and companies likely to recruit more older workers due to the...
by Warren Bobrow | May 24, 2017 | Employee Engagement, Performance, Recruitment, Talent Management, Training and Development
The state of California and several of its cities have been on the forefront of raising the minimum wage. The arguments for (people cannot live on the current minimum wage) and against (it will cost jobs because business will need to lay people off) it are familiar. ...
by Warren Bobrow | May 12, 2017 | Performance, Recruitment, Training and Development
In any employment market there are going to be jobs in high demand and those that go unfilled. In our tech driven economy, the jobs that are hard to recruit for range from utility lineman (long hours, hard work, and fabulous pay) and, strangely enough, cyber...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 28, 2017 | 360 Feedback, Assessment Centers, Leadership, Performance, Talent Management
At a recent professional conference I attended there was a lot of talk about high potentials. Specifically, how to best measure potential versus actual performance (good luck getting managers to understand the difference). The idea of identifying high potentials...
