I know there are some of you business owners who think you can wait to worry about HR until you’re a little bigger. My question is, “what are you waiting for?”

Recently I had a business owner call me in a panic. He was a one-person business who happened to be using an unemployed friend once in [...]

We’ve been waiting for an update to the Immigration and Naturalization Services’ (INS) I-9 form since the last version expired and it’s finally here. Delete the version you’ve been using and replace it with this NEW I-9 Form!

This new I-9 form expires August 31, 2012, so it looks like we can stop worrying about which version [...]

When promotions aren’t a reward or even a good career move

Let’s see if this sounds familiar. Bob has been a fabulous employee but you’ve been concerned lately because he’s been in the same position for over two years and you’re afraid he might leave the company. The answer seems obvious… you’ll promote him. In fact, [...]

I’m typically very healthy and rarely catch whatever bug is going around. But last month a series of early morning meetings and late nights (aka lack of sleep) resulted in a minor cold that lasted about three days. But two weeks later it came back with a vengence. I’ve now had this latest cold more than two weeks and it’s [...]

No matter how many times I might offer suggestions, train managers, or talk about it, there will always be a few of you that are not properly dealing with your bad employees. Why is that?

The most common reasons were compiled by the CNN.com staff. After reading what they put together, I have to agree with [...]

If you’re around me much, you know I preach consistency when making HR decisions. However, now I’m going to flip that around and say that the same action does NOT work in every situation. Am I being inconsistent in my teachings? Not at all!

Consistency is needed when making decisions to ensure you aren’t being discriminatory. [...]