Bugle #47: Picture a Leader. Is She a Woman?
It’s Friday! Here in the US, today is the kickoff to your Memorial Day weekend. While we’re here working on updating our privacy policy and terms for GDPR, you can check out the best HR, leadership, and policy management articles we put together from the last couple of weeks.
Did you know? Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day due to the practice of decorating the graves of fallen soldiers.
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Article of the Week: We chose this week’s highlighted article (look for the ✦ below) because its topic is something so simple yet so profound! A little reminder that most of the time, we are just animals following our animal brains.
Show Employees You Care
- ✦ Picture a Leader. Is She a Woman? ✦
- Debiasing the corporation: An interview with Nobel laureate Richard Thaler
- The 8 best questions to put on your next one-on-one meeting agenda
Protect Your Company
- If you use a third party to drug test job applicants, then stop what you’re doing and read this!
- What’s With This Fetish About Pants?
- Does “You’re Too Experienced” = Age Discrimination?
Location-Specific Company Protection
- San Francisco: Revisions to Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Rules
- Arizona: 2018 Legislative Session – What’s New for Arizona Employers?
- Connecticut: New Pay Equity Bill Prohibits Questions Regarding Prospective Employees’ Wage and Salary History
- Rhode Island: New Paid Sick and Safe Rules May Frustrate Employers
- Vermont: Enacts Salary History Inquiry Law
Become a Better You
Tom O'Dea
Tom is the CEO and co-founder of Blissbook, where he helps HR teams craft and distribute culture-first, digital employee handbooks. For over 10 years, he’s partnered with hundreds of organizations and thousands of HR pros to develop clear, engaging HR policies, employee handbooks, and more. At home, his two daughters provide daily reminders that even the best-written policies are open to interpretation.