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Author: Stephen M. Paskoff

When Crisis Strikes

Just imagine you’ve got a new job. You’ve been hired following a major business crisis. Your responsibility:  make sure that a similar catastrophe never happens again. The recently selected CEO and her team need your advice and leadership. They will sign on to your plan. That’s the deal. Maybe the

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2012: The Year of Retaliation or Professionalism and Courage

A distinguished employment lawyer recently told me that he sees 2012 as the Year of Retaliation.  My friend may be right.  EEOC charges are on the rise; surveys indicate that in-house counsel view reprisal actions as a major concern; the new Dodd Franks legislation may spark “bounty” charges followed by

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Can Those HR People Help Us Build Our Tanks?

I had dinner with my friend, an engineer whose firm produces military equipment used by our Armed Forces. He’s project focused and detailed oriented. His daughter will soon graduate from college and has shown an aptitude for human resources. She’s smart, has a great sense of people and sound judgment.

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All This Technology is Harming Communication

Despite having more ways than ever to communicate, it does not appear that our understanding of one another’s meaning is improving. Actually, I believe it’s getting worse. I’m not the first to write that all these new technologies, great as they are, are also wreaking workplace and social havoc. I

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The Mercury Men and the Thrill of Corporate Learning

Switch on your smart phone or tablet and watch The Mercury Men if you want your organizational learning to have a greater impact on changing behavior and culture.  After seeing just a minute and a half of the free trailer, I had to spend a few dollars to buy the first web

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Where to Start: President Obama’s Executive Order to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce

On August 18th President Obama issued an Executive Order establishing a “…coordinated government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the Federal workforce.”  The Order reaches civilians and military personnel working in a wide array of agencies, departments, locations and operating environments. This Order is not a typical compliance initiative, though

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