David J Wudyka
Empower Your Employees Through Education and Development
In the article which follows, a number of ideas are described that organizations can consider to build the knowledge and skills need
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David J Wudyka
Feb 234 min read
Managing Distance Workers
Working Digitally I still remember visiting my cousin who was working at home Pre-Covid due to some physical health issues. He was...
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David J Wudyka
Nov 21, 20233 min read
What I Told My Son About Leadership
Leadership is one of the most heavily researched topics in the history of Management thought. Some people believe that we’ve “got it” by...
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David J Wudyka
Oct 27, 20234 min read
Teamwork: Critical Design Theories
The concept of Teams emerged as an alternative organizational structure in the 1980’s, alongside the alternative pay systems known as...
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David J Wudyka
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Explain "Critical Race Theory" Uh, Okay, Sure, Hold On. . .
I like to stay current with ideas emerging as talking points in our country. After all, I’m a teacher. It’s good for me to do so. One...
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David J Wudyka
Jun 15, 20212 min read
Where Have All the HR Managers Gone?!
In the September 2020 edition of Bloomberg Business News, devoted to the issue of Equality (“Equality Here We Come”), a comparison of...
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David J Wudyka
Apr 26, 20213 min read
It's Time To Protect Asian Americans
The recent up-tick in violence against Asian Americans deserves closer attention. In my recent blogs (“Why Harvard Has a Problem,” “Here...
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David J Wudyka
Apr 17, 20215 min read
The Future of American Business
“There are places I remember, all my life though some have changed. Some forever not for better, some have gone and some remain." J....
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David J Wudyka
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Here We Go Again. . .Does Yale Really Have an Admissions Problem, Too?
Synopsis We recently posted our third blog in a three-part series about challenges to Harvard University’s Admissions Process by a group...
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David J Wudyka
Aug 5, 20202 min read
Reaction TO LGBTQ Supreme Court Decision of 6/14/20
The Supreme Court made two momentous decisions for the benefit of the LGBTQ and transgendered communities on June 14, 2020.
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David Wudyka
Feb 3, 20202 min read
Got Wealth? I can help you hide it!
That’s because Gabriel Zucman, an Economist from the Paris School of Economics and a disciple of Thomas Pikkety (author of the book...
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David Wudyka
Apr 16, 20193 min read
OK! We're "Digitized!” Now Start Hiring!
The debate over the advantages and disadvantages of automation goes back to the 1960’s, when our understanding of the true implications...
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David Wudyka
May 31, 20182 min read
Benefits of Job Evaluation Plans
Question: As a Human Resources Manager, I would like to implement a Job Evaluation Plan in my company to grade all of our job...
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David Wudyka
Apr 11, 20182 min read
Pay Transparency
Question: My company wants to set a goal of reducing the pay gap between men and women. Do we have to achieve “full parity” for us to be...
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David Wudyka
Apr 11, 20182 min read
Why Do We Work So Hard?
There’s a famous research question that has been studied in academic circles for many years: how can we get people to work harder in the...
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David Wudyka
Apr 11, 20181 min read
CEO Performance Evaluation Methods
Question: “My company is looking for a better way to evaluate the performance of our CEO. It seems like “stock value” has been the...
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David Wudyka
Aug 3, 20172 min read
Weighted Employee Pay Averages vs. Medians
Question: In my role as a Compensation Manager, I compare my company’s internal pay rates against the marketplace. But I’m always curious...
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David Wudyka
Jul 6, 20172 min read
When Is a Cost-Of-Living Increase Not a Cost-Of-Living Increase?
Sadly, too many companies say that they are giving their employees a “cost of living increase” when in fact they are giving employees a “gen
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David Wudyka
Jan 12, 20174 min read
SCOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!
WOMEN’S U.S. SOCCER TEAM: 1 U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION: 0 On January 12, 2017, we addressed in an earlier blog the Women’s U.S. Soccer...
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David Wudyka
Jun 15, 20162 min read
Are Executives Paid Too Much?
Are executives paid too much? Maybe, maybe not! A student of mine once made a presentation about the appropriateness of executive pay...
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