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Layoffs (Usually) Don’t Work and Why They Harm More Than Help

Workplace Psychology

“Layoffs are mostly bad for companies, harmful for the economy, and devastating for employees.” In December 2017, I (along with many of my colleagues) got laid off by the parent company that had acquired our smaller company in 2014. In turn, lowered psychological health follows from this condition” (Muchinsky, 2006, p.

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Rick & Amy Simmons: “A great company is one whose end product permeates all levels of the system”

Thrive Global

A great company is one whose end product permeates all levels of the system?—?individual, maybe even outside the company (ie if coaching is the company’s end product, within the company, the individuals are coached, teams are coached, coaching is organization wide; people outside my work world may even benefit from me being coached).

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Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)

Workplace Psychology

Two sociologists from University of Minnesota’s Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, Dr. Phyllis Moen and Dr. Erin Kelly ( Kelly is now at the MIT Sloan School of Management ), were the original researchers invited in 2006 to observe and study ROWE as it was being implemented at Best Buy (Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, 2015).

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Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)

Workplace Psychology

Two sociologists from University of Minnesota’s Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, Dr. Phyllis Moen and Dr. Erin Kelly ( Kelly is now at the MIT Sloan School of Management ), were the original researchers invited in 2006 to observe and study ROWE as it was being implemented at Best Buy (Flexible Work and Well-Being Center, 2015).

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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

QAspire

a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Hard facts Other Links to this Post MAPping Company Success — November 8, 2010 @ 11:18 am Leadership Development Carnival — November 10, 2010 @ 3:28 am RSS feed for comments on this post. Not aware of such an organization, though.

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16 Top HR Influencers You Should Be Following

ApplicantStack

As an applicant tracking system software company, we follow Christman closely. Any startup or established company can profit from his knowledge. His 2006 book ‘Strategic Human Capital Management: Creating Value through People’ has never been more relevant and should be required reading for any HR director.

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Employee Recognition: Picking Up The Pieces

Dave's Weekly Thought

The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Case Study #1: A Story of Manipulation Employee A (Let's call him Carl) had worked for Company X (let's call it Pied Piper ) for a calendar year. Achieving sales results did not come as easily in an Enterprise role at a large company and Carl struggled in this first year.