HR Management

Assess risks before taking on that project

08/26/2014

Your boss asks you to head a prestigious project, and you can’t wait to accept. You know that as leader of a high-impact initiative, you can gain visibility and play an increasingly greater role. Just don’t overlook the downside.

5 rules to reclaim your calendar … and your life

08/25/2014

Stever Robbins dispenses advice on maximizing your creativity and whipping your email into submission. His book Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More also offers tips on integrating time management and innovation into a coherent system for getting things done.

Half would keep working if they won the lottery

08/22/2014

While some may dream of hitting it big and leaving their office behind them, a new study from CareerBuilder suggests that’s not the case for everyone.

6 steps for setting up an in-house dispute resolution system

08/20/2014

An alternative dispute-resolution program lets you identify and address problems while they’re still manageable and before they land in court. Here’s a six-step process for establishing an ADR program.

Polish presentation skills to sell your ideas

08/20/2014

When selling your ideas, you need to be prepared to deliver a top-notch presentation. Here are some ways to sharpen those skills.

DOL offers A-to-Z guidance

08/19/2014

Tired of all the acronyms and jargon of U.S. employment law and everything else that has to do with labor and the workplace?

80,000 nonemployees download MGM staff’s healthy eating app

08/19/2014

MGM Resorts International employees who want to eat healthy while at work can check their progress on their smartphones. So can lots of others, it turns out.

How employers support employee career development

08/15/2014

Most employers are willing to pay for these kinds of professional and career development activities, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2014 Employee Benefits survey.

The latest from the NLRB on employment-at-will

08/14/2014

The news from the Board is generally pro-employer, but it’s time to carefully review your handbooks, applications and offer letters.

Executives: America’s new economic-inequality softies

08/13/2014

U.S. executives are more likely than Americans in general to believe that rising economic equality is a problem, according to a new poll by Harris Interactive.