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Workplace Matters
Contributing to SHRM Online (the Society for Human Resource Management) has allowed me to explore very interesting workplace issues. After all, HR is more than pay stubs and health insurance. There’s emotional intelligence, telecommuting and social media policy, among other subjects, to consider. While some of my stories are behind a members’ pay wall, others now are available for general viewing. One of SHRM’s websites conveniently organizes articles by author. Here are two links to several of my SHRM pieces.
http://www.weknownext.com/author/141
http://www.weknownext.com/author/142
Have a good and safe weekend!
Avoiding Layoff Mistakes
Do HR execs ever regret the decisions they make during layoffs? Interviews with more than two dozen North American managers showed that many do, indeed, believe they, or their companies, made mistakes, whether choosing to dismiss or keep the wrong employees, or laying off too many or too few workers. The MIT Sloan Management Review recently published a paper outlining the survey results and offering advice for avoiding layoff errors. I wrote about the issue for SHRM Online.
Trucks With Sensors
Those brown UPS trucks are hauling more than Internet purchases. Find out what else in my newly published MHI Solutions story on supply chain technology.
Agility
It’s been a journalistically eclectic few days around here.
Entrepreneur.com published my story on what the self-employed need to know about the Affordable Care Act.
SHRM Online (the Society for Human Resource Management) ran my piece on the importance of keeping your social-media posts professional.
And MHI’s (the Material Handling Industry) blog posted my article on yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm’s work to develop a sustainable supply chain.
Since I haven’t posted in a while, I’ll mention a few more recent features: the text for a CNBC.com slideshow on smart shopping, and YoungEntrepreneur.com stories on a dorm-room outfitter startup and a fast-growing car-share company.
It’s very satisfying to write about such diverse topics for such excellent clients.
Obamacare 101 for Small Business
I’m now writing about healthcare — and specifically health reform — for Entrepreneur.com. Here’s my first piece on the topic for the site, an overview of the law’s implications for business owners and how they can prepare this year for the big changes coming in 2014.
Inventive Teen Entrepreneur
I like learning how people are able to take an inspired idea and turn it into a product (or book or movie). I had the chance to hear one such story first-hand recently when I interviewed 14-year-old inventor Carter Kostler and his mom for YoungEntrepreneur.com.
A Look at REITs
It’s been a while since I’ve added a story here, so here is a new piece for CNBC.com on investing in REITs. REITs Weathering Stormy Markets