Every year I look forward to attending and presenting at the Cornell HR in Hospitality Conference. It is a great time to connect with clients, contacts, and to learn
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Don’t Sugarcoat Performance Evaluations
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
Many people want to be liked. Problems arise, however, when a supervisor’s desire to be liked prevents them from pointing out deficiencies in an employee’s work. Pointing out deficiencies is…
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8 Tips for Writing Performance Reviews Your Lawyer Won't Hate
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
I’ve written before about why lawyers who defend employers hate performance reviews. Here are tips to writing performance reviews we’ll hate less:
- Spell Check is your friend. Use it.
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Top Ten Take-Aways from the Cornell HR in Hospitality Conference 2015
By Nancy Yaffe on
I just returned from the Cornell HR in Hospitality Conference in Las Vegas with my partner Carolyn Richmond. I participated in the Executive Summit and shared ideas with some…
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Top 10 Take-Aways from the Cornell HR in Hospitality Conference 2014
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For those of you who follow my blog posts, you know I love top 10 lists. So here is my top 10 list of take-aways from last week’s Cornell HR…
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Why Underperformers Think They're Stars
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
You may not know about the Dunning-Kruger effect, but it explains how hard it can be to get underperforming employees to improve. The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias…
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Why Employment Defense Lawyers Hate Performance Reviews
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
Ask lawyers who defends companies in employment litigation what they think about performance evaluations. I dare you. And then stand back. Most of us (I’d say "all of us" but there are always…
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