Okay, so you already know I sometimes watch (or maybe Tivo?) the Today Show first thing in the morning because I mentioned it in a previous blog.
Well, recently they were discussing identity theft and how our own government has made us vulnerable because they are actually publishing our personal information on their websites including military discharge […]

Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
–Unknown
Isn’t technology amazing!
The things we can do at work these days: video conferencing, distance learning, instant messaging, and more.
According to the most recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 77 million workers or 55.5% of employees use the computer at work.
With all the technology available to us, it can […]

Once you’ve sold your organization on why you should do workforce planning, the next step is to actually, well, do it.
Stumped as to where to begin?
Here are my top picks for conducting workforce planning:
Gain Support. Before you can even begin workforce planning you must involve the leaders of your organization to gain their support and […]

Workforce planning is an important tool meant to identify appropriate company staffing levels by using a systematic process of identifying the human capital required to meet company goals then developing strategies to meet these requirements.
But why do it?
As organizations are confronted with business concerns such as an aging population, the need to identify a diversified […]

When most people think of succession planning they think of it as something reserved for the executive level within an organization. 
That is, before the CEO, President or Vice President of the company retires a suitable internal replacement is identified and groomed for the job in order to make any transition as seamless as possible resulting […]

When I first heard about stored value pay cards I thought, “What a stupid idea. Just deposit my money into my bank account and let me access it with my ATM card.”
Then I read more.
Stored-value cards have been in existence for years in the form of transit fare cards, pre-paid phone cards, store gift cards […]

Ain’t love grand?
Not always.
Well, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought I would tackle what can sometimes be a very sensitive subject: workplace romance.
This is not a new topic and everyone has an opinion. However, when it comes right down to it, romantic relationships at work are going to happen. You just can’t stop two […]

Most people have long-held ideas about what they find appealing in another human being. Whether it is a physical characteristic such as blue eyes or a personal trait such as a sense of humor, we are all attracted to…whatever we are attracted to.
That’s why I find it interesting that these same personal characteristics may also […]

This term really hit home for me a few nights ago when I happened to catch an old television rerun of Star Trek: The Next Generation and thought about all the knowledge workers on board the Enterprise.

Coined by Peter Drucker in 1959, the term knowledge worker means someone who works primarily with information or who […]

Work/life balance is probably the dream of most employees. However, as more and more organizations focus on doing more work with fewer staff, the ability to incorporate sufficient personal time into an already demanding schedule has become difficult.

But how important is work/life balance?
According to a survey by the Families and Work Institute conducted ten years […]