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Employers need to address carers

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Employers underestimate how hard it is for staff to balance work and caregiving duties, according to a new study from Harvard Business School researchers. The study found almost three quarters of U.S. workers have some caregiving duties: 32% have left a job because they couldn’t balance both; more than 80% say their caregiving duties prohibit them from optimal […]

Is that all there is?

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In the continuous process improvement world, we consistently here about the need to listen to the voice of the customer when trying to resolve organizational problems. The problem is that this approach is primarily retroactive in nature. According to Wikipedia, Voice of the customer (VOC) is a term used in business to describe the in-depth process […]

Jackson Lewis issues benefit advisory on meal deductions

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Notice 2018-76: Taking a Bite Out of the Business Expense Deductions for Meals, Entertainment The Notice explained that, under Code Section 274(k), no deduction is allowed for food and beverage expense unless the expense is not lavish or extravagant under the circumstances and the taxpayer or an employee of the taxpayer is present at the […]

What was the last book you could not put down?

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In the past year I took the opportunity to join the Next Best Idea Club and part of the benefits is the delivery to your home four times a year. In the box that just arrived was a copy of the new book Uncensored by Zachary Wood. It is one of those books that is […]

From HR Dive: Feedback-shy employees can cost employers $25K or more

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AUTHOR Valerie Bolden-Barrett PUBLISHED July 16, 2018 Dive Brief: Employees who keep quiet for too long on problems they spot could cost their employers as much as $25,000, a new VitalSmarts’ study found. Researchers David Maxfield and Steve Willis said that when employees don’t to speak up, or wait too long to do so, about […]

EEOC releases report on Age Discrimination

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he U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), issued a report today on the State of Older Workers and Age Discrimination 50 Years After the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The ADEA was signed into law in December 1967 and took effect 50 years ago this month, in June 1968. The ADEA was an important part […]

Thank you for the memories

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Take a trip back in time to May of 1991 at the Anatole Hotel for the Worldwide ERC’s National Relocation Conference. During that event two events took place which would shape my work for over a quarter of a century. The first was the suggestion from a member of the ERC staff that based on […]

Are you safe?

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I recently conducted a two-day training class for business managers in the six-sigma methodology at a major university in which one of the participants stated that the least beneficial part of the course was having to create a project centered around an issue from their individual workplace. One of the participants responded that the project […]

When will they ever learn?

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In their iconic song “Where have all the flowers gone?” Peter, Paul and Mary posed the question when will they ever learn. While not talking about war but rather our corporate environments on a global basis, I have the same question. In today’s global workplace it is mandatory that we not only talk the talk […]

TLS Continuum Part 89: Empowerment: The DNA of Sustainable Change Management

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You and I constantly hear the comment that our organization human capital assets are no longer engaged. Dale Carnegie Institute in a recent survey states that among the 1,500 employees, only 29% are fully engaged and 26% are disengaged. Almost half (45%) are partially engaged. One of the downsides of today’s organizational structure is that […]

TLS Continuum Part 88: I am a human capital asset manager, but who am I managing?

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I began as the personnel administrator. I was the organizational fireman. But times have changed and now I am the gatekeeper to the organizational talents, attributes and skills. With that responsibility comes the need for me to assist the organization with the retention of current human capital but also to plan for the future talent […]

TLS Continuum Part 87: Processes Gone Awry

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First of all, let me extend my regrets for not keeping better in touch but I and my family have been fighting this bug that is flying around. Not the flu but close to it. It sucks to be under the weather. This past week has been filled with more irony then I would want […]

TLS Continuum Part 86: 5 ways to bring business skills to the classroom

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We constantly read in the media and hear our elected officials espousing that our schools are in turmoil. However, if we bring the TLS Continuum and its associated business skills to the school environment we can counter these messages of gloom and doom. So how do we make that happen? Map your processes Both from […]

TLS Continuum Part 84:The organizational view of the world via a mirror or a window?

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The other day I was listening to an installment of the Voice of Experience from the National Speakers Association in which the presenter talked about the different view one gets from the mirror versus the window. There is a direct applicability to the TLS Continuum. In order to achieve sustainable process improvement, you must begin […]

TLS Continuum Part 83: The HR Missing Link;Have you found it as yet?

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In Part 82 of this series, I posed the question whether or not human capital management was dead or not. In this part I want to suggest that there is a vital path to your survival both as an HR professional and as part of your organization. The C-Suite office holders of the 21st century […]

TLS Continuum Part 82: Is Human Capital Management dead?

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As I listen to the Internet scuttlebutt I have cause to stop and consider whether the HR profession, as we know it , is thriving or either dying or has already died. I have a fellow consultant who told me that the reason why I am not getting the interest in some of my programs […]

TLS Continuum Part 81: Who are we as an organization/ as a society?

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TLS Continuum Part 81: Who are we as an organization/as a society? I am currently experiencing the thrills of having a 16-month old grandson running around the house. This is an experience, which I have not had to deal with in over thirty years since my sons were born. But the events of this past […]

Department of Labor changes the playing field

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U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today announced the withdrawal of the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2015 and 2016 informal guidance on joint employment and independent contractors. Removal of the administrator interpretations does not change the legal responsibilities of employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, […]

Do you diagnose What Goes Right?

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Paul Michelman, Editor in Chief of the MIT Sloan Management Review discusses 6 steps to diagnose what you as an organization do right in the Spring 2017 issue. The full article appears at http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/do-you-diagnose-what-goes-right/

What problem are you trying to solve?

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Solving organizational problems begins with understanding the problem in the first place. Nelson Repenning et al discuss how to identify the real problem in the business in the Spring 2017 issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review. Read the full article at http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-most-underrated-skill-in-management/

Beware the Cycle of Doubt

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Projects fail when support dwindles due to shifting organizational priorities, changes in leadership, and distrust of information. Karen Brown et al discuss to reverse the cycle of doubt in an article in the Spring 2017 issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review. Read the full article at http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/protect-your-project-from-escalating-doubts/

Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 6.7 Percent

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Today the 2017 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database.  The benchmark – 6.7 percent – is effective March 31, 2017. Contractors who adopted the previous year’s national benchmark of 6.9 percent after March 4, 2016, but prior to this announcement, may keep their benchmark […]

TLS Continuum Part 80: Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell

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This blog post does not refer to the former government policy regarding sexual orientation in the military. Rather this refers to a vital part of the TLS Continuum and the voice of the customer. We can’t improve our processes without the input from our customers. However it does no good for you to ask the […]

TLS Continuum Blog Post Reprise: Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery and today is present

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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery and today is present You read that real quick didn’t you? But go back and really consider the implications of the words themselves to the human resource professional in the daily exercise of their responsibilities. Yesterday is history There is no organization that is free from having made really […]

TLS Continuum Part 78: Obstacles are pathways to Opportunities, Not a Dead End

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Let me begin with a few premises. Whether we are talking about our personal lives or your business workplace, everything we do is based on a process of some type. Each process is constructed of a series of steps, which lead us to the end result. The second premise is that although we would like […]

TLS Continuum Part 77: The Dark side of TLS Continuum Part 2

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I had made a commitment to you, the readers of this blog series to try and post a new segment every Friday. So far in 2017 I have gotten away from that to some degree and I promise to be better through the rest of the year. At the end of Part 76 of the […]

TLS Continuum Part 75: Where have we been and where are we going?

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As we enter a new year and we begin a new round of postings to the TLS Continuum blog series, I want to wish you and your families a very happy new year. Further if you are experiencing some humps in the life road, as I am, I hope they are short lived. During our […]

TLS Continuum Tip of the Week

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Crowds are only wise when the group has access to everyone’s individual information. Think organization for crowds. Jonah Berger “Invisible Influence.