In today’s fast-paced and competitive world, the pressure to perform and succeed can often lead individuals to prioritize their own comfort and well-being over the objective facts and truths that underpin successful decision-making. This tendency can be particularly dangerous in…
Ethical decision-making principles are especially important for Human Resources professionals, who often face complex and sensitive issues that involve the rights and interests of various stakeholders, such as employees, managers, customers, suppliers, regulators and society. Human Resources professionals have a…
National origin harassment is a form of discrimination that occurs in the workplace. It occurs when employees are harassed because of their national origin or ethnicity. National origin harassment involves the use of languages, jokes, or other forms of intimidation…
There are several definitions of perquisites; perhaps the most common is “Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary; a gratuity; a privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.” These are some of…
Role of HR in Employee Recognition In the 2016 SHRM/Globoforce Employee Recognition Survey, the following findings were reported by HR professionals: • Organizations that had strategic recognition programs reported less frustrated and more engaged employees. • Programs tied to the…
Action-Centered Leadership Action-centered leadership is a model created by John Adair and states that effective leaders accomplish goals and tasks through the efforts of the team they lead. To do so, they must do three things in their leadership of…
Contingency or Situational School The well-known theories for contingency and situational leadership are the ones that accept differing leadership styles and adapt to the situations or people involved. Widely referred to as the Hersey-Blanchard situational leadership theory: there is no single…
5 Leadership Theories In this section on leadership theories, we recognize that your formal education most likely went into great depth about each of the theories. What follows is a refresher on the basics of the leadership theories that will…
In Marshall Goldsmith’s work, he identifies the 21 habits of behavior that derail a leader’s effectiveness and holds them back. These behaviors have to change and adapt to the level of leadership a person’s career grows into. The 21 bad…