A warm “Thank you” to the 2,800 HRDA readers who responded to our recent survey concerning the effect of the economic slump on your organizations and your departments! Here is a summary of the results
BLR's CEO wonders if this country's flexibility doesn't provide a more supportive environment for working parents than do European countries' vaunted social systems.
BLR CEO Bob Brady's “Commitment” column generated some surprisingly strong backlash. Here's his response.
BLR's founder agrees that commitment is crucial for business success, but questions whether HR managers can be "commitment coaches" for upper management.
Spying on employees can take many forms, some of which are very intrusive. Yet, most employers do spy some, and so do we, says BLR's founder and CEO Bob Brady.
My recent column "Software Police: Best Way to Curb Webslackers?" generated a slew of opinions. Most agreed that webslacking is an insidious problem, but two said to hold off on that monitoring—it's no good for morale.
Today, readers talk back. Many agreed with CEO Bob Brady's comments on the virtues of more frequent performance appraisals, although three readers don't think every 6 months is often enough. We present a sampling of reader responses.
BLR CEO Bob Brady's column BlackBerry® at the Beach covered excess business use of e-mail off the job. Today: Excess personal use on the job.
Most companies consider the end-of-year performance appraisal the crucial one. But BLR’s CEO advances a different idea.
The 2008 edition of BLR’s no-cost National Employee Attitude Survey is open for sign-ups again. Results from the first 1,000 companies this year show employees concerned about the same issues as last year, and even more work needed to resolve them.