How can you increase personal accountability, enhance employee satisfaction, provide a better customer experience and eliminate dysfunctional/unhealthy behaviors from the workplace while – at the same time – adding value and improving the bottom line?  Go Fish!!! Although, before proceeding any further, the reader MUST have an open mind; this is not a hokey or […]

Understanding the Basics of Conflict: In its simplistic terms, conflict arises out of a disagreement through which the parties involved perceive a threat to their needs, interests or concerns. Within this basic paradigm there are several important understandings that arise. It’s assumed that there is some level of difference in the positions of the two […]

As the Owner of Organizational Development Solutions and a frequent Blogger on this site, this Consultant receives countless inquiries from students, other HR professionals, as well as those looking to make a career change into an HR related discipline. More often that not, their first question is “I want to pursue a career in HR […]

What is the Purpose of the HR Audit? To identify issues of potential liability To surface things that needing improvement To formulate strategies for improving operational efficiencies Looking to Complete an HR Audit of Your Organization? Check out the Org Dev Solutions HR Audit page Organizational Development Solutions (ODS) partners with the leaders of small […]

Salaries are a difficult if not awkward concept to discuss with employees, as well as a frequent topic of misunderstanding.  All too often prospective candidates and current employees perceive salaries from only a base pay perspective.  Therefore, candidates – and employees – need to understand both the compensation philosophy and the total compensation package of […]

In the course of conducting an HR Audit, once you’ve ensured that your organization has met – or exceeded – all state and federal compliance requirements (and, thus, insulated your organization from potential liability), the next step of the assessment is an analysis of the current HR functions. It’s important to evaluate each HR function […]