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...
Washington Domestic Violence Poster Required
Washington law now requires all employers to post a notice regarding domestic violence resources in a place where other required employment posters...
Creating a Bravespace Workplace with Moe Carrick
It’s not every day that you read a book that truly inspires. Bravespace Workplace: Making Your Company Fit for Human Life is that book. I loved it...
Six Ways to Step Up Your Workplace Etiquette
Nobody sets out to be that person. You know the one—the one people avoid at work because they’re always interrupting people or microwaving leftover...
Why We Need 'Psychological Safety' to Do Our Best Work
Today, employees at all levels spend 50 percent more of our work time collaborating than we did 20 years ago. As a result, our need for supportive...
Why Organizations are Becoming More Flexible for Working Parents
In the past, many families believed it was the mother’s job to stay home, raise the kids and handle the household. Today, most of us view parenting...
Improving the Candidate Experience and HR & Recruiting Trends for 2019
Paige Tamlyn joins the podcast to discuss the report from Glassdoor "50 HR and Recruiting Stats for 2019." Paige and Brandon discuss candidate...
Getting to Know Xenium’s President, Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan is proof that hard work, a positive attitude, and commitment to growth will take you far—in your career and in life. She has a long...
Rod Reasen, Founder of the Heathiest Employers Award, on Healthcare Intelligence
Summary What if you could identify how many of your employees are at risk of suffering from a disease like a stroke, cancer, diabetes, and other...
Making Personal Differences Productive in the Workplace
We know so much more about our coworkers than we used to thanks to social media. We don’t just see vacation photos and baby announcements—we also...
Why Planning Sessions Are the Most Powerful Time Management Tool
There are countless methods for managing time, but they all require one crucial first step that we often forget: planning. It’s difficult to...
Paid Family & Medical Leave for Oregon Employees
The Oregon Senate passed a bill recently to provide Paid Family and Medical Leave to Oregon employees. The bill was sent to the Governor and she has...
5 Days to Your Best Work
Do you ever hear people say “Sunday nights are the worst because Monday is coming up”? Are you showing up to work but not giving 100%? These may be...
7 Ways to Decrease Workplace Distractions & Increase Productivity
Four-day work weeks and unlimited paid time off sounds like workplace heaven. It also sounds like a recipe for attendance and productivity...
Debating the Big HR Issues with Angela Perkins
Where do you stand on mandatory paternity leave? What about publishing everyone’s salary at the office? For this special debate-style episode,...
Oregon Workplace Fairness Act: Summary & Action for Employers
Summary of Oregon Workplace Fairness Act The Oregon Workplace Fairness Act was recently signed into law by Governor Brown. Most of the provisions...
Recalibrate Your Work-Life Balance with These 4 Questions
For many of us, home and work hold nearly equal importance. We want to be great parents, attentive friends, and stellar employees simultaneously, so...
New Oregon Law on Federal Agency Inspections
An employer must notify employees within three business days of receipt of a notice of an upcoming federal agency inspection of the employer's...
Pitching a Better Leadership Model with Mark Greenburg
In the early days of Major League Baseball, it was all about the team. A player started and ended his career with the same franchise, and fans...
Is Your Workplace Training Making a Difference?
Generally, when organizations implement leadership development programs for their employees, they are hoping for changes in behavior or performance...
Hiring Without the Bias
As humans, we inherently operate with bias. It’s a tool that allows us to quickly sort through information and understand the world around us. So...
More Consciousness, Less Feedback
Rat race. It’s a phrase we all know, and its origins began in a lab, centuries ago, as rats raced through a maze to be the first to get the cheese....
Washington Equal Pay Act Expanded Effective July 28, 2019
What's New About Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act? Effective July 28, 2019, the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act has been...
Tired of Bad Meetings? Master These 14 Things and People Will Love Attending Your Meetings.
Wasting money sucks, and running meetings that suck wastes money. If an employee spends about an hour a day attending meetings, and that employee...
EEO-1 2017 & 2018 Reporting Rules Revision
We recently shared that the EEOC is requiring 2018 pay data to be reported in this year’s EEO-1 report. The EEOC has now confirmed that employers...
How to Start a Company Book Club
The idea of a book club may evoke visions of stuffy people on stuffy couches nibbling on stuffy snacks and having stuffy conversations. Or, we might...
12 Things to Know & Do About Oregon's Pay Equity Law
With Oregon’s ever-changing workplace laws, it’s hard to keep up. That’s why Suzi Wear and Luke Reese recorded a webinar to help employers...
How to Develop Career Paths with Your Employees
Talking with employees about their career goals is a necessary part of maintaining healthy employee morale and retention. Employees need to see that...
New Reporting Rules for 2018 EEO-1 Report
A federal judge ruled on April 25th that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) must collect employee pay data as part of the 2018 EEO-1...
Managing People on a Learning Curve
Helping employees develop at work is such an important part of being a manager—and the first thing to get lost in the day-to-day shuffle. So I...
The Question That Changes Everything at Work
When I first met acclaimed author and motivational speaker Greg Bell, he asked me something that made me pause; it was something that nobody had...
DOL Proposes New Rules for How Compensation is Calculated for Non-Exempt Employees
Proposed Rules from the Department of Labor On March 29, 2019, the US Department of Labor (DOL) proposed new rules to clarify what forms of employee...
How to Boost Energy and Confidence at Work
A successful company depends on successful employees, and successful employees depend on successful engagement. When an employee isn’t engaged,...
How to Conduct Effective 1 on 1 Meetings
One-on-one interactions between employees and their supervisors have a direct impact on employee engagement. Research shows that engaged employees...
Bringing Tech Benefits to HR
Technology has changed so many things in the workplace, from the way we communicate, to how we get things done. It was only a matter of time before...
How Loyalty is Defined in Today's Workplace
When Lee Caraher’s employees leave her company for another, she sees it not as a failure but as an opportunity. She encourages her past employees to...
State of Washington Tips, Gratuities and Service Charges
Eileen Hannigan contributed to this post. Washington’s Bureau of Labor & Industries has issued a policy to clarify state laws related to the...
Designing a More Human Workplace
As humans, creating connections and building relationships is wired into our DNA. The companies encouraging this in the workplace are the ones that...
DOL Proposed Minimum Salary Increase For Exempt Employees
The Federal Department of Labor just released its draft rules on the proposed new minimum annual salary for employees who are exempt from the...
Five Common Payroll Questions Employees Ask, and One They Should Ask
Kristy Roberts, Xenium’s most senior payroll specialist, has worked for The Stoller Group for almost 30 years. Since she started with us in 1990,...
Welcome to the Era of Social Enterprise
There's a shift happening in the business world. Jeff Mike, VP and HR research leader of Deloitte Consulting, joins us to discuss "The Rise of the...