When the Ax Hits Home

Brad Nelson thought he had landed well when he accepted a position as Senior HR Generalist with a major company in the financial services industry. The last of several additions to the HR staff, Nelson was to focus on recruitment. Things took a major turn in the opposite direction, though. He participated in more than 400 employees being laid off before the ax fell his way. By that time, Nelson was ready to leave. more

The bad financial results have been indicating a downsizing for quite a while, and now you’ve gone ahead and done it.  All of the weeks and months of planning and agonizing over executing a RIF (reduction in force) are over. So the question is:  How can we avoid having to clean up our own mess once our remaining employees see other options becoming available to them? more

Have the bad economy and the associated belt-tightening, layoffs, and furloughs totally distracted you from the impending crisis you were thinking about a couple of years ago? How will your company fare if and when the economy recovers and an avalanche of baby boomer retirements occurs?  It may be time for both you and your employees to rethink retirement strategies. more

That we must ask “Where are female executives?” shows we are not there yet. In this article published in Diversity Executive magazine in July 2009, Gerriann Fagan of CPI partner firm The Prism Group, LLC explains, "The current economic climate may have shifted organizational focus from diversity to survival, but diversity executives should not shelve goals to attract and retain top female talent. Successfully engaging women can improve business, and starting the process can be as simple as facilitating supportive networks and creating development opportunities." more