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Category Archives: management and leadership
Cussing Out Your Employee May Get You Sued By… OSHA??
Hopefully you are aware of the continuing escalation of all forms of whistleblower and retaliation claims, including under the 21 Anti-Retaliation laws enforced by special investigators from OSHA’s Whistleblower group. If not, check out the News Room on OSHA’s … Continue reading
Posted in cultural changes, EEOC, generational differences, government inspections, management and leadership, NLRB, OSHA, whistleblower/retaliation, workplace violence
Tagged another risk for employers - cursing their boss, can a boss' threats constitute workplace violence?, cursing your employee may get you sued, workplace violence and the employer, workplace violence in construction, workplace violence in the marine setting
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Kudos to the Top Workplaces In America Winners!
Check out the Top Workplaces In America List. There are admittedly numerous national and local lists of “Best Places to Work,” but for various reasons I find the Workforce Dynamics process to produce more accurate results than many other efforts. … Continue reading
Posted in cultural changes, employer policies, management and leadership, wellness
Tagged 2013 top places to work in america, 2013 top workplaces in america, best places to work in Atlanta, best places to work in the us, children's healthcare of atlanta, raceTrac petroleum, the results of positive employee relations, treat your employees right and maybe you will get sued less
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Do Real Leaders Pass the Buck?
About 300 comments have been pasted on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) Linked in site response to this recent question. Check them out. While many are repetitive and simply restate what we already know, others offer sharp insight or provide … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, cultural changes, generational differences, management and leadership
Tagged employer policies, generational differences, leaders don't pass the buck, managing younger workers, real leaders create workforces which don't need unions, recruiting and keeping employees, servant leadership
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For My Fellow Attorneys… Do the Cobbler’s Children Have Shoes?
I could not resist linking to a recent Fortune Magazine article criticizing law firm treatment of personnel; especially associates. Because we are a labor firm, we are constantly becoming better at practicing what we preach, but it requires purposeful effort … Continue reading
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