What if Albert Einstein worked for you? How would you write his annual performance review? Albert Einstein’s performance review shows that he wasn’t promotable, didn’t work well with others, and rarely shared credit with others. How do you handle the brilliant, yet different?
I think this will make it into How to Get Rid of Performance [...]

“Everyone with a pen is a writer” is the bane of the organizational communication creativity. So when I saw this 8 Creative Critics cartoon on Advertising/Design Goodness I had to stop and chuckle for a moment. How many of these have happened to you?

Business 2.0 released its 101 Dumbest Moments in Business for 2006. Coming in at Number 27 was the Dumbest Moment in Human Resources:
From: RadioShack
To: RadioShack employees
Subject: Your former job
In August, RadioShack fires 400 staffers via e-mail. Affected employees receive a message that reads, “The work force reduction notification is currently in progress. Unfortunately your position [...]

Okay, I questioned whether I should post this video, but suffice to say it’s brilliant. And for anyone who has dealt with certain advertising or consulting types, this can be sadly close to the mark. Yikes. 80% of communication is non-verbal. But in this case, the cartoon balloons are said out loud. Definitely not safe [...]

HR Training Rule Number 1: Know What You’re Doing.

HR Training Rule #2: Don’t Shoot Yourself in the Foot

HR Training Rule #3: Test Your Demo Before You Show an Audience

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