I took a break from planning my Thanksgiving activities the other day and was perusing the Internet when a story about Kmart’s Thanksgiving policy caught my eye. For those of you that don’t know, Kmart has alerted its employees that if you don’t show up on Thanksgiving, you’re going to lose [...]
Recently, I’ve asked some of our clients “do you have defined career paths for your positions?” Some say their employees’ career is their own responsibility, others say that they provide a structure for their staff in an effort to succeed. What’s the right answer? Honestly, it depends. Today, more and more [...]
HR Advisors Group has been focusing on leadership development and the importance of organizations making investments in this area. I attended the American Waterworks Association’s (AWWA) Annual Conference last week in Denver, Colorado and participated in a series of topics on “Workforce Strategies that Really Work.” One of the speakers talked [...]
Michelle Bennett is the People Manager, Americas, for GHD, Inc., www.ghd.com a global engineering, architecture and environmental consulting company. Ms. Bennett provides oversight and HR responsibility for the 1,100 GHD employees located in multiple offices throughout Canada, Chile and the United States.
On May 17th, I presented at the Society for Design Administration Symposium in Williamsburg, Virginia. The topic was on HR Assessments and Audits. One of the questions posed by an attendee was “when do we need an HR Director for our organization?” It was a great question and the answer really [...]
Recently I wrote about the importance of defining and measuring employee engagement to an organization’s bottom line. There are a myriad of strategies to keeping employees engaged, but one of the most successful ways is to start with on-boarding on day one. On-boarding is a key strategy to build a culture [...]
Are your employees engaged? There have been numerous studies, articles, research and publications on Employee Engagement. Within the U.S. workforce, the Gallup organization reports of costs of over $300 billion to the bottom line in loss productivity. That’s a pretty serious number. How do you think your organization is doing with employee engagement?
At the A/E Advisors CEO Forum that I attended in Scottsdale, AZ last month, one of the round table topics was “Ensuring Cultural and Organizational Alignment.” What does that really mean? […]
We recently wrote about the changes and trends in health care benefits. Much is changing, but one thing that remains the same is that health insurance is one of the most important and most expensive benefits to offer employees. Outside of traditional benefits such as health care, dental, vision, long and [...]
With changes to health care reform beginning to be implemented, organizations across the country are evaluating options in an effort to keep medical benefits competitive while remaining affordable. According to the Washington Employers Benefits Survey, administered by Wells Fargo, health care reform appears to have impacted the dialogue on medical plan [...]