A survey by Express Employment Professionals and The Harris Poll (of 1,000+ U.S. hiring decision-makers) found that: Another report found 78% of employers had hired someone with strong technical skills who didn’t work out due to poor soft skills fit. This is consistent with our HR experience, as many times we have found employees with strong skills cannot work within… Read more »
Category: Cultural
We have worked with many clients who are upset about something an employee has posted on social media or elsewhere that may be viewed as negative about the company and/or its practices. These have to be very carefully evaluated to determine if the statements could be concerted protected activity. A recent case demonstrates the potential liability for not doing… Read more »
Our HR team works with clients every day who have workplace conflict, so a recent article on this topic identifies some recommendations that we know can help minimize the potential. First, no one likes dealing with this but letting conflict go unaddressed is too costly. It’s estimated that leaders spend more than 10% of their time managing conflicts, and ignoring them can lead to presenteeism, absenteeism,… Read more »
Many organizations believe they have strong accountability cultures yet routinely undermine them by making exceptions for high-performing individuals, or others leadership makes special exceptions for. When leaders hesitate to address behavioral concerns from employees seen as indispensable or “special” — rationalizing conduct they would never tolerate from others — the consequences may not show up immediately in performance metrics. However, the… Read more »
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