Strategic Planning

The free-range office concept: Will it catch on?

03/24/2014

How would your employees respond if you took away their desks, their filing cabinets—even their own private offices? At the Los Angeles headquarters of CBRE Group, even the CEO has no home base within the office. The goal: reduce rent costs by using office space more efficiently, attract tech-savvy workers who are weaned on wireless and create an atmosphere of better collaboration.

Follow these keys to put the ‘success’ in succession planning

03/19/2014

A good succession plan ensures that your workforce is prepared to meet your organization’s future challenges. Make these measures part of your succession planning process:

How to repair a troubled HR department

03/12/2014

Poor HR management leads to low morale, and executives, no doubt, have learned to marginalize HR. Use the following guidelines to take initial steps to restore confidence in HR, win over management and allow you to gradually make changes.

Seek managers’ help when planning for future staffing

02/19/2014

It’s not too soon to start planning for your 2015 budget request. When you start projecting costs for next year, how will you know how many employees your organization will need? Involve your line managers in the process.

Game on! How HR can use ‘gamification’ to recruit, train and engage employees

02/10/2014

Candy Crush, meet the corner office. Online games aren’t just for playtime anymore. Small and midsize businesses can take a cue from their large competitors, who are increasingly using online games to recruit, educate and energize their staffs.

Business to hit road in 2014

02/05/2014

Buoyed by an improving economy, U.S. employers plan to spend more on business travel in 2014, reaching levels not seen since 2007.

Is it time to rethink an open-space office?

01/17/2014

You’ve probably heard the argument that if you want to improve employee communication and foster collaboration, tear down the walls and create an open-plan environment. But a new study based on a survey of over 42,000 office workers in 303 office buildings finds those assumptions may not be true.

Trade Secrets

12/06/2013

HR Law 101: There are two important reasons you need to protect your company’s trade secrets: (1) You make it less likely that confidential information will be misappropriated. (2) It will be easier for you to seek relief in court if your secrets are stolen …

Strike down the hidden tyranny of pay for performance

12/05/2013

Rewarding your company’s star employees with the heftiest pay raises might not be enough to keep them from looking to jump ship if you expect them to take up the slack of associates who do the bare minimum.

Should we use arbitration agreements to help resolve employment disputes?

12/03/2013

In California, companies adopting arbitration agreements face a number of difficult decisions in crafting their agreements to ensure that they will be enforceable while also maximizing the benefits of arbitration.