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Good Old Hindsight
June 30, 2009
I’ve spoken on the issue of doing a post mortem on a wrongful discharge case a couple of times recently, to Human Resource Managers and to lawyers. Bottom line – hindsight is a really valuable tool And we rarely take the time to look back and really critique ourselves. When we do, there are patterns, common mistakes, opportunities, efficiencies that we can learn from. It’s not rocket science. We ought to do it every time. I have a short article on my website aimed at lawyers. My colleague on the Management Labor & Employment Roundtable, Jathan Janove (Ater, Wynne LLP – http://www.aterwynne.com/ ) did a piece for the February 2004 edition of HR Magazine entitled “It’s Not Over – Even When It’s Over” describing for human resources managers the “invaluable lessons by conducting an employment litigation post-mortem.”