By: Robert I. Sutton, PhD September 2, 2010. RePosted from Fast Company Blog, 9.2.10 RAS comment: We went through this recently with a longer term employee becoming a Narcissistic Icon. It was painful, debilitating for the other great employees, and worst of all, the guy ...

So you have a brand new customer and they have asked to have credit extended with your business.  A quick credit check reveals no blemishes that would cause any concern.  However, the credit check only reveals part of the story.  Here are some things to ...

My daughter works in the hospitality sector. They, like the rest of us, have also been hit hard economically. Listening daily to her thoughts and feelings about work is the impetus to this post. I realized that her industry could only be a reflection of ...

Sometimes in our own little world we create the illusion that our problems are exclusive. This blog post from Staffing Advisors written by Bob Corlett made me realize that all hiring managers experience the same frustrations, disappointments and difficulties no matter where they are located. ...

I’m sure you’ve heard Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation removed the DFWP (Drug Free Workplace Program) with the new and improved DFSP (Drug Free SAFETY Program). This new program took effect July 1, 2010. But now the Department of Transportation through its Office of Drug ...

I'm connected to Michael on Face Book. He posted this on FB at about 9:45 this morning: "A sense of purpose is not something that we find; it is something that we are. Truth is not something that we look for; it’s ...

In making phone calls to potential clients I am often met with, “Are you JUST a TEMP SERVICE?”  It’s so common because of what has become the perceived role of a “Hiring Service”.  Of course my answer is “No…we are a flexible staffing service.” A flexible ...

Suppose an employee suffers from sleep apnea, which keeps employee awake for periods of time at night. In fact, the employee’s nighttime sleep patterns are interrupted to the point that the employee is excessively tired during the work day. Two weeks after being hired as a ...

Guide to Romance and Sexual Harassment at Work by Laurie on July 28, 2010 When someone comes to HR with a sexual harassment issue, it’s usually not sexual harassment. Most people who are sexually harassed are afraid to report it. As a Human Resources ...

Let’s say you have a sales person that regularly drives their vehicle to appointments as a part of their job. When you ran a background check at the time of hire, their driving record was just fine.  Well, fast forward two years and their license is ...

So often in the world of Ohio Workers’ Comp, employers feel that their inflated premiums are ‘just the cost of doing business’ and there is not much that can be done to help them.  In actuality, the range of what an employer can pay in ...

Last fall I attended the Secret Service Summit presented by The DiJulius Group and John DiJulius (author of Secret Service and What’s the Secret?).  The Summit brought together an incredible group of speakers and brand experts sharing their lessons, tips, and strategies ...

Once a company rejects a workers' compensation claim, the claim will be set for a hearing.  The outcome of the hearing is obviously critical in controlling future workers' compensation premium costs.  A win or loss at the hearing could mean the difference between thousands of ...

I am blessed because I get to do something I love everyday…build relationships with people.  Of course we all do that in our daily interactions with our friends and family, but when one decides to make a career out of creating relationships it becomes even ...

An excerpt from the book: The Great Workplace 2.0: "For the front lines, hire people who do not read much, and teach them what you want them to know to do their jobs... today. To secure the Future, hire people who are voracious readers. Feed their eyes. ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has started a Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) effective June 18, 2010 which will more than likely lead to larger fines. They will be reviewing your OSHA Recordkeeping logs (Form 300).  You must be up to date and it must ...

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." – Lord Acton (1834-1902) We’ve probably all heard this phrase at one time or another in our lives.  It is mostly associated with our politicians, some of which who are voted into office again and again because ...

ALERT: OHIO SUPREME COURT REJECTS OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION’S INTERPRETATION ON MANDATORY PREGNANCY/MATERNITY LEAVE By: Lois A. Gruhin* In a long-awaited decision, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the Ohio Civil Rights Commission’s (“OCRC”) attempt to require all employers with four or more ...

“Collaboration” is a characteristic of The Great Workplace of today and the future, and will be explained in business-detail in another excerpt. This chapter takes a lighter, but more pointed allegorical view of “Collaboration”: “I got 29 ways to get in my baby’s door. And if ...

“We stand to learn more from our explorations into the future we desire, than from the past that continues only in ways that we choose to let it continue. Imagination is in fact a larger learning space than past experience. The only way to romanticize ...

Loosing your Boomers by Barbara Krecic Boomers can’t afford to retire, right? Why should you worry about making plans to replace them now? Why worry?   Because a statement like that could hurt your business immensely! Let me tell you something, Boomers have learned these last two years to tighten ...

This is an addendum article to the core of the book and article series on, The Great Workplace 2.0, to define the term "Participant": In The Great Workplace 2.0, we use a term not typically used within “Legacy” (Old Model) organizations. The term is “Participant”. It ...

“The Great Workplace 2.0” is an ongoing research and discovery project that has encompassed over 500 interviews of CEO’s, Corporate Managers, Innovators, Business and Social Entrepreneurs, the compilation of over 150 recently published books on business management for the new economy and over 100 “White ...

Memorial Day…Coming Together by Pamela Glowski Memorial Day…what comes to mind when you think of this day?  Is it Barbeques?  An extra day off from work?  What do you FEEL when you think of Memorial Day?  Is it just another day?  Or do you get an ...

A Memorial Day doesn’t go by without that elephant sitting on my chest as I fondly remember Michael J. Holtz, one of my extended sons whom I loved dearly.  It’s been three years now that he and another fallen sailor lost their lives while in ...

Over the next several weeks, The Great Workplace.com will introduce North East Ohio to a new set of standards for organizations striving to become noted as a Great Place To Work, or as we call it, The Great Workplace 2.0: Each article ...

As a relatively new beekeeper I am enchanted every evening as I watch the workings of the honeybees’ activities at the end of my workday.  I sit several feet away in front of my two hives in a comfortable chair taking it all in. Their ...

You’ve got the title, or you own the company. One would think that proper interview techniques are secretly given with the job title. The fact is that MOST people who do interviewing, are neither thoroughly trained to do so, nor have taken the time in ...

When it comes to budgeting revenue, do you budget only the revenues that you have a direct influence over?  Whether you sell services or products, how good you are at evangelizing your company will dictate how much revenue you receive.  You have a direct correlation ...

So many candidates out there right? As a company who is in search of good, dependable, experienced and qualified candidates you would think that there would be so many available people out there that you’d have no problem finding that position on your own.  But do ...

In a Colorado Business Magazine Article entitled: ”Top Four HR Challenges for 2010” http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/top-four-hr-challenges-for-2010/ written by Susan Zimmerman, SPHR, MBA, Senior VP – Human Resources for Lincoln Trust Company (her background is primarily Financial Institution HR), Susan concludes that: Legislation, Talent Acquisition, Organizational “Dieting” and ...

For the majority of Americans and businesses for that matter, living paycheck to paycheck has been the status quo for as long as they can remember.  Nothing left over at the end of the week or month to sock away for a rainy day. Last week, ...

I found an interesting blog post the other day that reinforced the reason why all employers should recruit thru services like Champion Personnel instead of hiring direct regardless of first impressions!   Why put your company at risk for hiring the wrong person no matter how ...

When did it happen, the role reversal?  I can’t recall the exact moment when I became the parent and my parent became the child.  It sort of just happened before I even knew it.  But it happened none the less.  I am an official Sandwich ...

The Abacus Over 5000 years ago, in the Orient, an early form of calculation was built using beads strung on wire.  Each bead had a significant meaning.  It was paired with an object. One bead may have represented one animal. Counting was nothing more than matching ...

There used to be a philosophy of workplace management – and even a book – called Management By Walking Around. For a short time the acronym MBWA was as well known as WWJD. The point was that managers would know and understand their businesses if ...

In the last 15 years, the business community has attempted to use fancy-sounding terminology to fluff up old business functions to sound more sophisticated and attractive: “Recruiting” is now “Talent Acquisition” and “Personnel” is now “Human Talent Management” (Except at Canine schools I suppose) and ...

I never met a Human Resources Director I didn’t like or at least admire! Hire the perfect employee... keep the workplace safe... write policies... manage workers compensation, terminate employees, drug test employees and now, in order to manage rising insurance costs. Make sure all employees ...

Drug-Free Safety Program (DFSP) information   Notice: New Drug-Free Safety Program replaces Drug-Free Workplace Program (DFWP) effective July 1, 2010 The end of DFWP BWC will phase out DFWP effective July 1, 2010. The new program, Drug-Free Safety Program (DFSP), will be available for employers the same ...

The Great Workplace/ Network North East Ohio has a tagline: “Network With Purpose ™”, and I call it “Network On Purpose”. Both are right, and both cover a myriad of directions to those who wish to build solid and profitable business or social relationships. The ...

Excerpts from the Book: The Great Workplace 2.0™ A Great Workplace functions at a higher level of purpose and productivity and is a more interesting place to work than other “normal” organizations. It attracts great talent and it attracts great results…for the customer. It extends its ...

CHANGE. The professionals in Human Resources have a difficult job that most people do not quite understand, nor appreciate. HR professionals are supposed to be developers of people, systems and environments, but most companies have them cornered into performing duties and responsibilities that turn them into ...

WELCOME!!! The Great Workplace is proud to announce the birth of its blog! We welcome you to our world and invite you to be apart of it! This blog is for everyone in northeast Ohio! The section marked The Great Workplace is for business owners, hiring ...

The One Who Tells The Stories Rules The World. -Hopi

We are speaking about THE best workplaces of today and tomorrow, and how they differentiate themselves from the “also-ran” pack of today and yesterday: Throughout our copious research we found these characteristics to be true: 1)     Their door is “Always Open”: “Discovering” new potential employees, board members, ...

This segment is built around a real company, real people, real hiring being done. First, the organization has a great growth track record. They are recognized for it, have trophies and plaques, articles and accolades. (As do MANY companies including my own). They are in a ...

Yeeeyyyy!!! I had been offered my first “big girl job.” It was super exciting…I mean how fun was it going to be? I was now going to wear the business casual clothes that I so admired in the Victoria’s Secret, Anthropology, and J. Jill catalogues. ...

Ask 10 Professionals in Human Resources, and 10 Hiring Authorities...and you’ll probably get 20 different answers! So, what DO the top HR and Hiring Authorities look for? At least, what do MOST look for in common?: 1)   The basics...spelling, punctuation and grammar. Beyond the obvious it ...

Barb Westfall (not her real name) was engaged at age 20. Once engaged she dropped her Spanish minor, realizing that her idea of becoming a radio personality for Voice of America in Spain wasn’t going to pan out, if she wanted to stay with her ...

Regardless of what Human Resource professionals tell their superiors, they can’t and don’t read and truly consider all of them. Work Is Good ® has a unique insight into what Human Resource professionals actually do in responding to applications through ads, internet, help-wanted signs and ...

Over the next several weeks, The Great Workplace.com is going to introduce North East Ohio to a new set of standards for organizations striving to become noted as a Great Place To Work, or as we call it, The Great Workplace 2.0: Each article will ...

Why The Platinum Rule for Small Business Mastery Was Written The Platinum Rule for Small Business Mastery was written for business owners and managers who want to get more control over their businesses and achieve more balance in their personal lives. The Platinum Rule helps you, ...