When Everything at Work Feels Personal, It Probably Isn’t
There are moments at work when everything feels personal. You get written up. You disagree with a policy. Your manager tells you no. Following a separation, you are told the company will arrange for your belongings to be returned rather than having you reenter the workplace. And suddenly the thought becomes: “HR is doing this […]
Dear Future Me: Write It Down
There’s a conversation that happens in HR more often than you might think. A manager comes to us with an employee issue. Maybe it’s attendance. Maybe deadlines are being missed. Maybe there’s been an ongoing performance problem that has finally reached the point where something needs to be done. And the manager says: “I’ve talked […]
The People Behind the Business
Labor Day is here, and September 11 is approaching. They are very different days, with very different histories and meanings. They shouldn’t be packaged together as if they are the same kind of observance. But having both on the calendar during the same week does offer an opportunity to think about something we don’t talk […]
