I try to handle employee problems face-to-face and one-on-one. That’s what I was always taught — praise in public, punish in private. But the problem
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Happy Groundhog’ Day
Let’s face it, a lot of life can feel like Groundhogs Day (if you subscribe to the Bill Murray theory of the day). We do
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Layoffs Via Email: The Best Way to Say Goodbye?
Google, along with other big tech companies, chose to use email to notify employees that they were terminated. As I noted last week, this is
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When a ChatGPT Bot Interviews a ChatGPT Bot
Repackaging old ideas is easy and that is basically what AI does. As much as we talk about it being artificial intelligence, it’s really only
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Dear Sundar Pichai, Here Is How You Lay off Employees
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai just laid off a bunch of employees at Google, with plans to lay off more–bringing the total to 12,000 roles. Pichai sent the
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Tech Layoffs Should Make Tech Recruiting Easier. So Why Isn’t It?
It may feel like the current rash of tech layoffs started with Twitter, but they did not. Twitter was just loud about it. Challenger, Gray
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Mentoring with Impact with Suzanne Lucas
I sat down with Tracy Scherk at Talent Optimization about mentoring! It was a fun conversation. You can learn a bit about using improv comedy
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Recruiter Advice that You Should Ignore
This morning I got sucked into watching Facebook reels. The offspring inform me that these are just old TikToks, and I should go straight to
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Missouri Imposes New Dress Code on Women Representatives
A couple of weeks ago, I had a transatlantic flight–Las Vegas to London. I wore cat slippers. This may seem in direct conflict with my general praise
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How do I prevent salary harassment?
I have an employee, Heidi, who continually asks others for their salary info. Some people don’t want to discuss it and tell her that, but
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Maternity Leave Is Not “Sitting Around on Your Ass”
Sometimes it might feel good to call a coworker a “soul-less [sic] and morally bankrupt ” person. And if that person is a lawyer, you
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Resume Workshops
Are you thinking about finding a new job and want to get your resume updated, but you feel stuck? This two-hour workshop will get your
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The One Way to Recruit Moms, According to the Evil HR Lady
Francesca Di Meglio interviewed me over at HR Exchange. It was a fun conversation where I shared some ideas about Why daycare benefits don’t have
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Please correct my grammar (but not anyone else’s)
I’m a professional writer, but I’m not a professional copy editor. Typos happen. Genuine errors happen. And I truly appreciate it when someone messages me
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How Can I Help an Employee With Anxiety and PTSD?
I have an employee, Bill, who’s been with us for four months. A couple of weeks ago, his manager called me to say that Bill
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Instead of Being Friends With Your Employees, Do This
Being friends with your direct reports can cause problems. You need to treat everyone fairly, and if you’re besties with one employee and not others, you
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If You’re Going to Rage Quit, Do It Right
When your boss is horrible, or customers have unreasonable and rude requests, or you just can’t take it anymore, you may wish to “rage quit”
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‘Merica Monday: A visit home
Do those of you who live in the United States have any idea how deprived of Oreo variations the rest of the world is? No,
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The 10 Most Terrible LinkedIn Posts of 2022
In the interest of full disclosure, I write on LinkedIn multiple times per week and I read there every day. Most of it is interesting
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Why Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s 37-Page Guide is Brilliant
Someone in Senator Krysten Sinema’s office leaked a 37-page staffing guide to the Daily Beast. While they didn’t release all the text to protect their source, article author
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