From the category archives:

Performance

Five Steps To An Effective Mentoring Program

by Lance Haun on January 27, 2010

Editor’s Note: Steve Browne is a good friend of Rehaul and has conducted local HR forums in Cincinnati for several years. One of their most recent forums focused on mentoring programs. What follows is an edited version of the results of that discussion. You can follow Steve on Twitter.
Like many HR initiatives, “Mentoring” became an [...]

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Sometimes Mediocrity Won’t Cut It

by Lance Haun on January 14, 2010

There is a small discussion going on about how some people choose mediocrity for their careers. I started to leave a comment but realized that I’d love to separate it out from the other issues addressed in that post. Let’s get some laser focus in on this thing and let some of my super smart [...]

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Life Is All There Is

by Lance Haun on November 23, 2009

Last week (or maybe two weeks ago, I am losing track), I participated in a round table-esq discussion about some pertinent topics regarding HR called “Raging Debates in HR” by Halogen Software (Halogen is a former sponsor). Jason Seiden actually brought up some good points about the question regarding “weisure.” Have you heard of this [...]

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Feeling locked into your current role?

by Lance Haun on September 25, 2006

Most companies take a stance where they want to promote from within.  If you are with such a company and you feel trapped in your current role (maybe you’ve been overlooked for several promotions, etc…), here are a few things that can help you out.
1. Go beyond your job. As I pointed out earlier, your [...]

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Your HR Guy Wants You to Perform

by Lance Haun on June 22, 2006

I had an employee at an old job of mine who thought I was out to get him. I’ve had many “come to Jesus” talks over the course of my career but the one I gave him was simply brutal…brutally honest. Performance wise, he was the worst employee consistently. He might never [...]

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