Musings of an organization consultant
Posted in Employee Engagement, Labor Management Partnerships, Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
It is not unusual to hear managers say that employee engagement is important to their organization culture, and in the next breath offer a caveat – except for the bargaining unit. The sour tone of labor negotiations has either made management and labor want nothing to do with each other, or, the history of the [...]
Posted in Labor Management Partnerships on Jan 28th, 2010
The primary motivation for this article is my quest to help clients achieve better employee engagement in the face of labor negotiations that can sour management employee relations. Although labor management partnerships (LMP’s) are separate from the collective bargaining process, they are instrumental in building relationships and mutual understanding of the challenges facing the organization. [...]
Posted in Employee Engagement, Labor Management Partnerships, Pay and Benefits on Jan 28th, 2010
One example of what can happen when employees, union and non-union, and management work together, can be found in Montgomery Ohio, a small city not far from Cincinnati. Several years ago the City implemented a Health Care Committee that relies upon labor, union and non-union, and management to work together to guide the city health [...]
Posted in Government, Pay and Benefits, Personnel Policy on Jan 5th, 2010
I know you are busy, which is why I am going to start you off this year with a quick sampling of some recent stories of interest in the HR world. If you want to read more, just click and go to the source! Is Text Messaging Private in the Workplace? Does a police officer [...]
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