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Let’s pretend you’ve been working at ACME company for 5 years or so, doing a reasonably good job, (you got a ‘3’ last year, but two years ago

A pal of mine, Greg Lee, Sr. Marketing & Membership Director for the Chapel Hill YMCA forwarded me an interesting article about former Apple Store “Genius”, Chad Ramey.  Since

Statistical analysis, usually, seeks to draw conclusions about a population by using a sample that represents that population.  It’s easier to do the math and analysis on 700

As hiring has increased over the last year, we saw the articles about how hard it was going to be to keep employees. All of a sudden, companies

There have been countless articles, posts, and other musings on HR metrics and how, without metrics, HR is doomed to forever be viewed as a second-class business citizen. 

Growing up, my mom took me to Cardinal baseball games every year, even though she didn’t really like baseball. She let me ask 100 questions, listened to me

The Assassins lay in wait.  The Ninjas hone their resolve.  The Samurai sharpen their swords in silence.  Yes, it is time -- like the "White Walkers" on HBO's

Political campaigns typically offer fabulous examples of both good and bad talent management, and last week was no exception. In case you missed it, news broke Thursday that

We almost went a whole week without a basketball post here at FOT. Rest easy, friends, disaster averted. Actually, people smarter than me at FOT have the “HR