Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – December 9 thru December 15, 2012

Dec 10 – Artificial Motivation – It is the season to seek justification for our actions even when it is purely emotional rather than logical. We were urged by major box stores that if we didn’t shop on Black Friday then we would lose out on all of the best prices for holiday shopping. Hidden away was that whisper of truth that the hottest shopping days are actually the ten days preceding Christmas when the best deals not only reappear they are usually better than earlier so-called bargains. – more –

Dec 11 - Fixing Disloyalty – Sometimes it is convenient to just react to a feeling rather than to do in-depth research. Within any company there will be day-to-day occurrences that will in isolation seem like a trend. We all know the danger of taking anecdotal evidence to represent a truth when in fact it is really looking at a symptom rather than the disease. Much has been said pro and con regarding employee engagement or the lack of it. One camp seems to see disengaged workers as something that can be fixed with more dedicated leadership and training. Others see “engagement” as the buzz word du jour and totally meaningless in accomplishing meaningful progress. – more –