One Business Owner's Solution to Work Life Balance
Are you someone that works to live or lives to work? That's what James Sudakow, business owner and author of the new book Out of the Blur: A...
The Differences Between HR Consultants and In-House HR
Paige Tamlyn, HR Generalist at Xenium HR, provides a first-hand look at the differences between in-house HR professionals and external HR...
How to Know if Payroll is the Right Career for You
Are you considering a career in payroll processing or accounting? If you are, there’s a lot you need to know. To help you make the right choice, we...
Doing Good, Building Culture
There was a time when the only way you could give back at work was to work at a non-profit. Those days are over. Employees are looking for more and...
What's Up in the Workplace 07: How Political Views are Impacting the Workplace
In this What's Up in the Workplace, Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws discuss how political views from the mid-term election are impacting the...
Planning for the Next Generation
Every company experiences it at some point—the changing of the guard. And with the current generational shift from boomers in leadership to Gen-Xers...
Transform Your Workplace 08 | GROWing Through Professional Problems
No matter how content we are with our career and life choices overall, at some point we’ll inevitably feel stuck. In these moments, it’s helpful to...
The Prescription for Your Everyday Business Headaches
What’s your biggest workplace frustration? Whatever it is, there’s a good chance you’re not alone: as we’ve worked with leaders of small- and...
What's Up in the Workplace 06: Trends in HR & Recruiting
Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws discuss several interesting statistics from the Glassdoor Statistical Reference Guide for Recruiters, including why...
How to Prioritize What is Most Important – Create Your Own Life Wheel
If you could put all your energy into what’s most important to you every single day, what would your life look like? Would it look anything like...
Good Things Come Back Around
If you love someone, set them free. Old advice for the lovelorn, but also, a great way to treat your employees. Lee Caraher, author and CEO of...
Developing Employees with Engaging Micro Learning
Continuous, active employee development is a crucial part of employee retention and success. But in our modern, technology-dominated world, it can...
A Day in the Life of an Executive
Your alarm shouts. As soon as you open your eyes, you see your phone lit up with emails. There’s a lot of responsibility on your shoulders, and you...
Transform Your Workplace 07 | Uncovering Future Job Performance with Behavioral Interviewing
One of the biggest conundrums we face in the hiring process is interviewing. While interviews are crucial for getting to know and vetting job...
How to Prioritize Relationships in a Transaction-Based Business
In fast-paced, commoditized industries, it’s easy to lose sight of bigger company values when we’re intently focused on getting to our next...
Putting Your Ego to Work
Ego tends to get bad rap—especially in the workplace. So is the ideal employee the person with no ego? And is that even possible? Jennifer Powers,...
Ask HR Series – Preparing to Promote an Employee to Supervisor
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
Ask HR Series – Getting Creative with Employee Commutes
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
Ask HR Series – What is "Ghosting" and How Can an Employer Prevent It?
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
A New Approach to Performance Management with Michael Bungay Stanier
Improving employee performance is such a big part of company success. But what tools and tactics really improve performance and what’s just getting...
OregonSaves – an Alternative Retirement Option for Employees
OregonSaves is a state-run program that gives Oregonians more options for saving for retirement. After a brief pilot phase, it officially started...
Ask HR Series – Documenting an Employee's Late Arrival Patterns
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
What's Up in the Workplace 05: Voluntary Turnover and How You Can Fight It
With the unemployment rate hovering at around 4% nationally, skilled employees are in high demand. Ultimately, that leads to a spike in voluntary...
Transform Your Workplace Ep. 06 – The Top Development Questions to Ask Employees
In today’s employment climate, employee retention is crucial to a business’s success. In many industries, there are more jobs available than there...
Ask HR Series – Being Mindful with Internal Promotions
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
How will the Portland bridge closures in July & August impact workplaces in the Portland-metro?
Portland commuters: if you haven't heard by now, traffic in Portland, Oregon is likely to spike in July and August 2018 Why? Well, according to...
A Little Kindness Changes Everything
When you think about the things that drive business profit, does kindness come to mind? Linda Cohen, author and the Kindness Catalyst, certainly...
Ask HR Series – Addressing Workplace Concerns Before They Escalate
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
Is it Time to Reconstruct Healthcare?
Over the last 16 years, healthcare premiums have increased by 200%. Inevitable? Just how the system has to be? Not according to Michael Menerey,...
What's Up in the Workplace 04: Why the Leadership Changes at Nike are a Lesson for Businesses
Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws discuss the recent shake up at Nike at the senior leadership level and why it's a good lesson on diversity for...
Ask HR Series – Accountability versus Blame in the Workplace
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
Transform Your Workplace Ep. 05 – How to Give Constructive Feedback
Genuine, constructive feedback is an important part of employee success. When we receive feedback, even if it’s negative, not only does it show us...
Creative Ways to Pay Your Key People
Compensation is a tricky subject, especially when it comes to your key players. If you’re wondering how to keep your top people committed, Kevin...
Ask HR Series – Boosting Company Morale and Bringing Your Team Together Following Layoffs
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
Why great employers focus on total rewards, not just compensation
What do your employees really want when it comes to compensation and benefits? Not everyone desires strong compensation alone; sometimes, attractive...
Bringing Energy into the Workplace
Creating a workplace where everyone is engaged and thriving is no easy task. For Linda Binns, it all comes down to the personal. An energy coach and...
Ask HR Series – How to Add Value to Your Employee Benefits Package Without Spending a Ton of Money
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
Ask HR Series – Working with Argumentative Coworkers
Xenium’s Senior HR Business Partners know a lot about human resources, and we want to share their knowledge and insight with you! Each week, we...
Turning Survey Results into Action
How’s your company culture nowadays? If you ask Eric Gregg, CEO and founder of Clearlyrated, you should start by checking your Employee Net Promoter...
Transform Your Workplace Ep. 04 – How to Give Meaningful Recognition at Work
Taking a moment to express your appreciation for your coworkers and employees is a great, simple way to show those people you value them and their...
What's Up in the Workplace 03: Email after Work, Miserable Managers, Pay Transparency
In episode three of What's Up in the Workplace, Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws discuss how one city is trying to limit email after work, why...
The Science Behind Decision Making
Ever thought about why you make the decisions you do? And how you know it’s the right one? From acting on intuition to weighing the risks and...
How an A-Team is Built
While a manager should be focused on helping people develop at work, that role is so often lost in the day-to-day shuffle. Whitney Johnson, author...
What You Need to Know: Washington’s Equal Pay Act
Eileen Hannigan contributed to this post Last month, the Washington State Legislature passed a bill updating the state’s equal pay laws for the...
How Technology is Changing the Way We Recruit
Aman Brar, CEO of Canvas, a text-based interviewing platform, joins Brandon Laws for a future-oriented discussion about the impact technology is...
How to Handle Employee Complaints
Complaints are an unfortunate but inevitable part of working in human resources. But not all employers know how to handle complaints and...
Transform Your Workplace Ep. 03 – How to Handle Defensiveness in the Workplace
Many of us avoid direct, potentially difficult conversations because we worry about how others will respond to them. Despite our best efforts to be...
What You Need to Know: Oregon’s New Transit Tax
If your company does business in Oregon, then starting July 1, 2018, you will be required to withhold a new transit tax at payroll. The tax, which...
What's Up in the Workplace 02: No A-holes, Severance Policies, and Running a Business Like a Gym
In the second episode of What's Up in the Workplace, Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws discuss why one CEO is keeping "assholes" out of the...
How to Prepare a Rising Star for Leadership
It’s a common mistake to promote star employees into leadership roles before they’re ready, or before they fully understand their new...
How to Create a 'Powerful' Culture
Radical honesty, the importance of cultural fit—these terms are familiar to most of us. But when Patty McCord, Chief Talent Officer of Netflix,...