by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 9, 2009 | Headlines, Human Resources, Leadership
I am very pleased to have had the opportunity to interview Ester Horowitz, the founder and CEO of M2Power, Inc., and the voice of sanity among the current confusion surrounding the Red Flags Rules. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) states that the Red Flags Rule: was...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 22, 2008 | Day-to-Day Operations, Human Resources
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Ergonomic disorders including CTS (carpal tunnel syndrome), various tendon disorders and lower back injuries, are the most rapidly growing category of OSHA recordable injuries and illnesses.” According to the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 15, 2008 | Human Resources
One of my favorite books of all time is “Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals, A Guide to Successful Evaluations” by James E. Neal, Jr. I have purchased many editions of this book through the years and I typically supply a copy of it to everyone...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 16, 2008 | Human Resources, Innovation, Memes
An article authored by Kurt Cagle, online editor for O’Reilly Media, does a great job exploring telework which he defines as …employees and contract workers performing their work out of the office – from home, from distributed work centers, from...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 4, 2008 | Human Resources
I’ve been very meticulous about not doing anything that has to do with this blog while I am at my real job. I do know, however, that there are others in my organization who do work that is not related to the practice while being paid by the practice. At a...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 11, 2008 | Human Resources, Leadership
A great column in last week’s BusinessWeek by Carmine Gallo gives the reader 4 steps to making difficult conversations with employees and coworkers more productive. I like his steps, but I have four of my own, and I’ll let you choose which works for you....
