Hope is not a Performance Management Strategy
While hope is generally a good thing in life, it can be problematic when managers use it as a performance management strategy. An all too common scenario: manager hires someone who never should have...
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Why train on performance management?
When clients think about hiring us to train their workforces, they typically ask for the usual suspects: harassment, discrimination, wage and hour, and union avoidance. Performance management training...
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Employers Must Protect their Investment in Recruiting and Retaining Women...
Women with advanced degrees are faring just as well as men in the economic downturn. Citing a report by the New York nonprofit research group Catalyst, The Wall Street Journal reports that women and...
View ArticleWarren & Hays to Speak about Dealing with Problem Employees
On Friday, November 20th, Sindy and Jennifer will be speaking at the Taft 9th Annual Labor and Employment Law Update at the Embassy Suites Cleveland – Rockside on the topic of Dealing with Problem...
View ArticleHow valuable is your HR professional?
Very, according to The Wall Street Journal, calling HR professionals “suddenly hot.” Companies are recognizing the importance of experienced HR specialists on a range of hot button issues like...
View ArticlePerformance evaluations gone awry: Fort Hood shooter’s appraisals gave...
An article released yesterday in major newspapers across the country reported that Major Hasan’s (the suspect responsible for the November Fort Hood workplace shooting spree that left thirteen dead)...
View ArticleFailure to follow progressive discipline policy does not (necessarily) amount...
On March 16, 2010, an Ohio court of appeals affirmed summary judgment for an employer in an age discrimination case. In Wigglesworth v. Mettler Toledo Int’l, the plaintiff was terminated for...
View ArticleA performance improvement plan is not an “adverse employment action”
The Third Circuit just joined a bunch of others in holding that placing an employee on a performance improvement plan (PIP) is not an adverse employment action for purposes of bringing any kind of...
View ArticleTwo tips for managing employee performance issues
For business owners, HR professionals and managers, dealing with employee performance issues is an inevitable part of the job. There are two guiding principles to follow when it comes to managing...
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