I want to offer her flexibility if she needs it.
Archives for May 13, 2025
Rethinking Work Performance Culture: Why Annual Reviews Fail Gen Z
Having grown up with instant feedback through likes, comments, and immediate digital responses, Gen Z approaches workplace feedback with dramatically different expecta…
I Treated My Employees Like Friends — and It Backfired. Here’s How You Can Avoid the Same Mistake.
Building lasting friendships with employees is difficult. Boundaries help you maintain authority and build strong relationships.
Why taking a break mid-argument is the best conflict-resolution hack
The surprisingly simple solution to resolve any dispute
How to emotionally survive a performance improvement plan
Understanding your emotional reaction to a performance improvement plan is an important part of moving forward successfully.
8 ways to create mentally healthy workplaces
Proven, practical strategies
You don’t have a culture, you have a clique. 5 ways to work with people who aren’t like you
Why you shouldn’t hire for culture fit and how to ensure that diversity of thought isn’t just tolerated—it’s leveraged.
Labor Organizing and AI: The Employer Perspective
Labor Organizing and AI: The Employer Perspective
Artificial intelligence (AI) presents both a large opportunity for employers — and potentially a source of reputational risk — depending on how its adoption is handled. As AI transforms the workplace, unions are responding with a mix of concern, advocacy, and strategic adaptation.
Power At Work Blogcast #91: Federal Employee Unions Fight Back
In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Andres Grajales, AFGE’s Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, and Julie Wilson, NTEU’s General Counsel, to discuss the numerous lawsuits that their unions are having against the Trump administration’s assault on federal employees. Watch now to
Unexpectedly Out of a Job? Here’s How to Bounce Back
A conversation with author Whitney Johnson on recovering from a career disruption.
WEBINAR: Understanding the 2025 Changes to NYS Workers’ Compensation Law Regarding Stress Claims
Join us for a look into the changes to stress claims made since the signing of bill A.2020-A/S.6373-B that eliminates the requirement that work related stress be greater than the normal stress sustained by similar workers for all workers, not just first responders. The webinar will also cover the best practices and steps for preparing for successful litigation.
Workplace culture, not policies, biggest factor in helping employees disclose mental health concerns
A new Simon Fraser University study is challenging a commonly held misconception that there’s little organizations can do to encourage employees to disclose mental health concerns.
Civil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directives
The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights has moved to terminate a New York administrative judge who has resisted compliance with President Donald Trump’s directives for the agency.
EEOC Asked to Probe Claims of Bias in Law Firm Intern Program
An anti-DEI group filed a bias charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, asking it to investigate a nonprofit that places incoming law students in summer internships, along with the organization’s 44 large law firm affiliates.
Kelly Clarkson Doesn’t Care What HR Says, She’s Totally Open to Comments on Her Weight Loss: ‘I Want You to Say ‘Damn!’
Kelly Clarkson told fans at Saturday Atlantic City show that she doesn’t care what HR says, she wants to hear your compliments about her weight loss.