Shepherd’s Result Triangle.

Topics: Heather Bussing, Policies, Social Media Policy, by Heather Bussing
Most people and companies are good at figuring out their goals. And many are pretty good at showing they care . . . well, at least about themselves. But knowing what you want and caring about it is exactly the right place to start.
 

HRExaminer v.4.04

There are a boat load of new issues to navigate in hiring and managing people in 2013. In this week’s feature, Rethinking Discrimination, Heather Bussing cruises over the legal undercurrents and offers up a 5-step guide for keeping your company off the rocky shoals of legal trouble. We wrap up this issue with new posts from Dr. Todd Dewett and John Sumser. Enjoy.
 

Rethinking Discrimination

“As accessibility to information and data about everyone become ubiquitous, we need to rethink our approaches to equal opportunity, diversity, and discrimination.” – Heather Bussing
 

HRExaminer v.4.03

There’s a universe of great minds who never see the light of day in our industry because they are so busy building their companies. These are the people who hold the secrets you want to learn. The tricky part is finding them and unearthing their stories. Two weeks ago, John Sumser began a new journey to find them and bring their stories back to you.
 

Don’t Take Bad Social Media Advice

Topics: Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Privacy, Social Media Policy, by Heather Bussing
If you have good judgment and common sense, social media can be a great tool. If not, it’s evidence. There’s a lot of bad advice out there about using social media. Some of it is well intentioned. Other is just plain stupid. Some of it will hurt you.
 

HRExaminer v.4.02

Heather Bussing’s feature article on How to Avoid Employment Litigation is a 360 degree tour of clear-headed business tactics that might just save your company from legal ruin.
 

How to Avoid Employment Litigation

Topics: Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Policies, by Heather Bussing
Interventions like progressive discipline policies rarely improve performance and just lock everyone into a system that prolongs the frustration and damage. Learn a host of business savvy alternatives to prevent employee lawsuits.
 

HRExaminer v.3.51

Our features this week are highlights from HR Examiner in 2012 and include The Skills Gap, New Architecture of Work and Employee Privacy Series. We’ve enjoyed your company this year and we wish you a wonderful New Year.
 

More Privacy

“As technology makes monitoring everything possible, and data about people, their bodies, actions, and processes becomes valuable, privacy will be one of the biggest social and legal issues of our time. Here is the series we did on workplace privacy late last year.” – Heather Bussing
 

Year in Review: Privacy

“Allowing people to know information about you is not necessarily a bad thing. I like it when Amazon suggests other books I might want to order by the same author or about the same subject. I often buy them. But the Facebook ads for weight loss, wrinke reducers and pole dancing lessons usually just piss me off. ” – Heather Bussing