New OSHA Guidance on Recording COVID-19 Cases
On Tuesday, OSHA issued new guidance regarding an employer’s obligations to record COVID-19 cases. Under the new guidance, all employers...
Legal Issues and Liability During COVID-19
Do you have questions about how COVID-19 will affect your business? In a live webinar on April 20, 2020, Luke Reese from Garrett Hemann Robertson,...
PPP Loan Certification
The Treasury Department and SBA announced on May 13th that businesses who received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of less than $2 million...
Anne Donovan Joins the MOD Virtual Scale the Podcast with Daniel Ramsey to Discuss HR Leadership When the Business is Pivoting
Xenium's President Anne Donovan recently joined the MyOutDesk Scale the Podcast with Daniel Ramsey for a discussion on HR leadership tips when...
2020 EEO-1 Report Postponed
The EEOC announced today that it is delaying the collection of EEO-1 Reports until March 2021. In addition to postponing the EEO-1 (Component...
Strategic Teams with Dan Wolf
Welcome back! I’m sure there are a few more listeners due to COVID-19 and social distancing, so welcome to the podcast. I’m excited that you’ve...
The Six Universal Human Needs
Welcome back! I’m pumped to share a recent conversation that I had with Jennifer Blankl, a certified relationship and life coach, speaker, trainer,...
2020 Workplace & HR Trends
It’s always fun to get together with colleagues you know and trust. That’s why I’m so excited to share some insight from two HR leaders at Xenium -...
Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act Effective April 1, 2020
The Department of Labor has updated the effective date of the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act to April 1, 2020. This has caught many...
State of Washington Issues Stay at Home Order
Washington issued a stay at home order on March 23, 2020 which goes into effect immediately and is expected to last for a minimum of two weeks....
Oregon Governor Kate Brown Issues Stay at Home Order
Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued a Stay at Home order yesterday. Under the order, specific businesses are directed to close their operations...
How to Build Social Wealth and Capital
Recently, I got a chance to chat with Jason Treu, author of Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships by Transforming the Way We Live,...
Summary of the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act
President Trump signed the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act last night. It will take effect on April 1, 2020. The Act is an economic...
Sick Leave and OFLA Guidance for Employers Regarding Coronavirus
As you are probably aware, Oregon has ordered all public schools to close through March 31 as a step in trying to contain the spread of coronavirus....
Building Trust One Game at a Time
There’s a saying about teamwork that really captures what team building is all about, “One team, one dream.” A little cliche maybe, but when a...
Latest Information on the Coronavirus, and Other Preventative Measures
We are monitoring the latest updates regarding the Coronavirus, and wanted to get a message out to our readers to reinforce the best practice...
How to Free Yourself from the Conflict Cycle
Recently, I got the opportunity to invite Jennifer Goldman Wetzler to talk with me on the podcast. She’s the author of the book Optimal Outcomes:...
The Future of Recruiting
I love thinking about the future—especially when it relates to HR. So when LinkedIn Talent Solutions came out with a report about the future of...
The Laws of Trust with Joel Peterson of JetBlue Airways
I recently got the chance to talk “trust” with Joel Peterson, chairman of JetBlue Airways. Since I trust until given a reason not to, I was curious...
How Managers Should Spend Their Time
Brandon Laws: Welcome to the Transform Your Workplace podcast. I’m Brandon Laws, your host, and I've got Paige Tamlyn with me. This is round two....
Why Employer Branding Matters: An Inside Look at How Nicole Blevins Joined Xenium HR
I’m beyond excited to share one of my latest podcast discussions with you. Our very own Nicole Blevins, a...
How to Stay Healthy at Work
Many people are continually trying to find that perfect balance between work life and personal life. It’s not easy to be the ideal employee and take...
How to Create a Culture of Gratitude
I’m so excited to share my interview with Adrian Gostick with all of you. He’s the co-author of a new book coming out on March 3, 2020, called...
Everyone Deserves a Great Manager
When I spoke with Scott Miller, Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer at Franklin Covey, I must admit that I was more than a little...
How Focusing on Health and Wellness for Yourself Trickles Down to Your Staff
I got a chance to sit down with Mark Mohammadpour, a PR executive turned health and wellness coach and trainer. I knew that this stark career change...
The Evolving Recognition Programs at Xenium
We all know that it’s important to recognize when our team members are going above and beyond, making a solid impact, or implementing a creative new...
Mentoring Redefined
I got a chance to talk with Reshama Shaikh, who is not only one of our podcast listeners but also an independent data scientist and statistician....
How Organizations Should Measure Their Talent and Staff Their Teams Using Workforce Planning
Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws of Xenium HR discuss how organizations can use a workforce planning process to identify talent in the organizations...
How (and When) to Implement Corrective Actions and Performance Improvement Plans
When you’re having trouble with an employee, it’s a challenge to figure out how to address their behavior in a way that is productive and that leads...
The Dangers of Crowdsourcing Wage Data
The other day, I received an intriguing email string with a couple of articles and an attached document. It turns out that my colleague Lacey...
How to Ask for Meaningful Feedback at Work
According to numerous Gallup studies, employees who receive frequent feedback are more engaged at work than those who don’t. However, the...
How to Shift Your Mindset
Not everyone can turn a tragic loss into a positive force in their life. But Karen Millsap did just that. She rebuilt her life by coaching other...
The People, Places, and Policies of the Talent Mobility Revolution
From a transcriber in the Philippines to a web designer in Boise, this blog post has had quite a journey. In fact, one of my copywriters wrote this...
How to Lead Remote Employees and a Distributed Workforce
Have the fundamentals of leadership changed now that workforces are hiring more remote workers from across the world? And how do you manage...
Reinventing Feedback
We know feedback is important. But that doesn’t mean we like it. Consultants M. Tamra Chandler and Laura Dowling Grealish wanted to understand why...
Three Myths about High Achievers in the Workplace
There are plenty of books out there for high achievers—usually prescribing morning routines, how many books you should be reading and other habits...
Five Ways to Make Meetings More Meaningful
It’s no secret that I’m a stickler when it comes to meetings. And I’m not alone. Nobody likes wasting time in ineffective meetings, and sadly, it...
How to Inspire Success and Meaning at Work
"The truth is that organizations are run by people, and people run on emotions. Our feelings supply the energy to fuel our pursuit of profit and...
Redefining Feedback
We are not built the same when it comes to receiving feedback in the workplace. What might seem as open and direct to one person can seem completely...
Why You Should Respond (Not React) to Stressful Situations at Work
Positive workplace relationships give our work meaning. Through these connections, we make impact on those around us and on our organizations. But...
Getting to Know Xenium's Implementation Manager, Shanda Nikkel
When Shanda Nikkel showed up at Express Employment Professionals’ Wilsonville office in 1992, she was looking for temporary employment somewhere in...
What should I do when market pay is not aligning with what I pay current staff?
It happens to every organization and is hard to avoid: you hire for a position you need to fill and the market pay is higher than what you pay your...
Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
We’ve all seen the diagram: The circle labeled, “Comfort Zone,” and the area outside of it labeled, “Where the magic happens.” It’s common wisdom...
How to Expand Your Employee Assistance Programs—And Why You Should
Finding a balance between work and life is all about managing situations in our personal lives that affect our work, and vice versa. In order to...
5 Tips for Keeping Work from Getting Crazy
So many of us talk about work being “crazy.” But what do we mean when we say that, and why do we often say it with a tinge of pride? For an episode...
New Overtime Rule Raises Salary Cut-Off to $35,568
The U.S. Department of Labor just announced the new salary threshold for exempt employees. Effective January 1, 2020, the salary threshold for an...
HR Mailbag with Paige Tamlyn
As an employer, you might have a lot of questions about what potential employees look for in a company before they apply. And you may also wonder...
Legal Update for Oregon Employers – Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees
Eileen Hannigan contributed to this legal update In its last session, the Oregon Legislature passed two laws which provide additional protections...
Simple Ways to Engage Your Employees
Every year, companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars to increase employee engagement. But is it working? And why is it so important? To get...
How to Build a Coaching Culture
The team is losing, the players are defeated, and the coach steps into the locker room. Even though we know what’s going to happen next, we hold our...
Why Inclusion is Just as Important as Employee Diversity
Having a diverse workplace is the right thing to do, and it’s also better for business. More and more organizations today understand that, but many...