Eric Swenson's Leadership Blog

Think about what’s in your breakroom: bagels, donuts, chips, and sodas? How about fresh fruit and other low-fat snacks? The American...

For the student, an internship allows them to learn about a potential career from a ‘real-world’ perspective and perhaps earn some money...

As many as 37 million people are expected to participate in the wagering, according to an estimate by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a job...

The results mirror results of the same survey conducted in 2002, 1998, and 1997. In some ways, the results make since. Fridays are the...

“Corporate America needs to do a better job of proactively preventing discrimination and addressing complaints promptly and effectively,”...

Yet 25% of Americans have at least one tattoo (up from 1% 30 years ago). The strain to find qualified employees will continue if the...

Believe it or not, some bosses are loathe to share corporate information with their rank-and-file employees. There are so many good...

The U.S. Department of Labor is considering the expansion of a program throughout California that helps workers – regardless of immigrant...

My experience in working for managers, being a manager, and working with managers is that the bad ones don’t know they’re bad! The...

A political discussion is a wonderful thing – with friends. But it has no place in the office. For many, politics is intensely personal,...

There is an increased awareness of discrimination based on race, religion, gender and even sexual orientation in the workplace – but a...

How come? Only 39 percent of the Gen Y workers said their boss did a good job of recognizing and praising their accomplishments. And...

Although techniques are available to mitigate the cost of bad hires, it’s up to the hiring manager to determine whether or not a...

Towers Perrin recently published a study of over 86,000 workers around the world showing that only 21% of employees are ‘engaged’...

The cost of employee turnover is significant – about 50% of an employee’s salary. Between interviewing, hiring, training, and getting a...

The trend with employees who are mistreated by their bosses is only escalating. Most poor managers are simply in denial that they treat...

Today’s Modesto Bee illustrates a popular scam, one we see every year. You should place the updated poster in your workplace, but don’t...

From our friends at Gevity: 1. Offering candidates uncompetitive compensation. Offering prospective hires a competitive compensation...

Should you re-hire a former employee? Theories vary. Lew Wasserman re-hired just one employee in his 60 years at Universal (Frank...

From the Orange County Register: An interview with an expert who discovered that only 3 in 10 employees are highly motivated – and found...