Recently on HR Morning, there was a post regarding what should be mentioned in employee handbooks. It was in response to a question regarding whether or not specific disciplinary measures should be included. They responded no, specific measures should not be included, but there should be mention that violations of employee policy would be met [...]
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The Employee Handbook
No Comments Khalil on Apr 24th 2010
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Engaged Employees?
Following the link from one of the brilliant folk I follow on twitter (@JoeGerstandt), I found myself digging into a website on employee engagement. I downloaded a powerpoint from a recent webinar that outlined some of their research. Among some key points they offered are that: 1/5 employees are highly disengaged; 60% of employees are [...]
1 Comment Khalil on Feb 23rd 2010
Ok, I complained about Other World Computing last weekend after getting a bum Newer Technology Voyager. As I mentioned Monday, Newer Technology stepped up to the plate, contacted me, told me what had gone wrong, was apologetic, and really left me with a positive feeling. Tuesday, Other World Computing followed suit. They ended up sending [...]
No Comments Khalil on Sep 4th 2009
Filed under Business,Culture,Fam,Organizations,Work
The 4 Day Work Week
In some places, the four day work week works. It does good things and has good results. For the company, primarily, and perhaps there are some environmental benefits. While it initially sounded good, after giving critical thought to an opportunity I had to take on such a schedule, it really didn’t make much sense. When [...]
No Comments Khalil on Aug 9th 2009
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Facebook, Twitter, and Blogs at work
It goes without saying that I am interested in how organizations respond to the extracurricular activities of their members. Be it employees or volunteers, there is often a vested interest in controlling, or at least attempting to control, what employees do and say in their lives outside the organization. The Chronicle (yes, it’s mediocre academic [...]
No Comments Khalil on Feb 28th 2009
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Don’t forget to say thank you…
I will be the first to admit that since having Baby #2, I’ve gotten behind on thank you notes. There was a time when I tried to send at least 3 thank you notes out a week. That said, I found this blog entry via lifehacker and thought it was worthy of posting, as sometimes [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jul 19th 2008
Filed under Business,Community,Culture,Fear,Organizations,Organizing,School,Silence,Social Justice,Voice,Work
Primate Committee Thinking Experiment
Someone in my office printed this out the other day. Thus far, nobody is taking responsibility for it, but I found it both funny and extremely insightful and had to transcribe it. Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it. Before long, [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jul 14th 2008