The Underside of Vine: Another Headache for Employers

If you thought FaceBook posts and Twitter feeds gave HR Departments hives, they are nothing compared to Vine.  Not heard of it?  I guarantee your employees have.  Gen Y, in particular, loves this new app that make posting video from a cell phone a piece of cake. ...

Great Leaders Know When to Forgive

There is a fine line between holding subordinates accountable and punishing them.  I spent much of my early career in leadership untroubled by this distinction, if not totally dismissive of it.  Mercy has never come easily to me, and I was far too tardy in developing...

Tours of Duty: The New Employer-Employee Compact

Lifetime employment faded in the 70’s, and with it, the demand of unquestioned loyalty by the employee.  We’ve been searching for a new employment compact ever since. Gen X saw their fathers laid off and swore they would never give unquestioned loyalty to an...

Happy Memorial Day

Today I give thanks and respect to all who ever wore the uniforms of service to our country and gave, in President Lincoln’s words, “the last full measure of devotion”.  I never served, but relatives on both sides of my family have served in every...