Brian Deming

Brian_Deming

Saving the World one PivotTable at a time

Washington, DC

Joined: Thu Dec 31 16:44:37 UTC 2015

http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwdeming

Sailing and Hockey addict who spends his days leading the Federal Reserve's HR Analytics & Insights team. I've been in HR long enough to remember being called "Personnel" and that allowed me the opportunity to dabble in every area of HR with Compensation being the most recent (April 2015).

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Latest Posts

Re: Professional Development for HR Pros
We have an informal policy that every employee should be able to attend one off-site conference/ training/ workshop/ etc. per year. The pace of business is accelerating faster than ever before and…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 6 yrs ago
- Training & Development
- Reported - view
Re: Employee Handbooks
The cost savings alone is worth it and you eliminate the difficulty of putting a printed page in everyone's hand once something changes. Bonus Points for being able to push a policy change…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 6 yrs ago
- 1
- Employee Relations
- Reported - view
Re: Turnover Reports
I report ours on a rolling quarterly basis (total terms over the past year/ average employee headcount for each quarter). Does a decent job of highlight trends or cyclical spikes.…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 6 yrs ago
- 1
- Discussions
- Reported - view
Re: Salary Challenge
Sounds like a "red circle rate" to me... still value the person, but the job is obsolete. Give the employee a choice to learn something new, or they can stay in current role but with the…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 6 yrs ago
- Compensation & Benefits
- Reported - view
Re: Performance Appraisals
formal performance evaluation? Yes. All regular employees, including interns. all employees? (i.e. exclude part-time?) Only exclusions would be temporary/ contractors review process: self-evals;…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 6 yrs ago
- Employee Relations
- Reported - view
Re: Telecommuting Policies
Our policy is driven by the type of job and manager preference. It is earned through consistent performance over time. Someone starts slipping (i.e. documented performance issues)?…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 6 yrs ago
- Employee Relations
- Reported - view
Re: Accrued PTO position moving to unlimited PTO
I wouldn't pay it out and would pose the question of why the 75 hours weren't used. The question is rhetorical, but might help to understand the employee's line of thinking.…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 7 yrs ago
- Compensation & Benefits
- Reported - view
Re: Holiday Pay - spanning across two days
My approach is to pay the entire shift as holiday pay provided at least 51% of the shift was worked on the holiday. I've seen the other extremes as well:…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 7 yrs ago
- Compensation & Benefits
- Reported - view
Re: Part-Time PTO
Our approach is a calculation of FTE times annual allotment. Example: FT employee gets 80 hours vacation & 40 hours of sick annually. PT employee working 30 hours per week (0.…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 7 yrs ago
- Compensation & Benefits
- Reported - view
HR Tech Conference

I'm off to the desert this year to check out what's on the bleeding edge of HR Tech. I love seeing the new tools coming our way, hearing about creative solutions, and connecting with other HR Pros.…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 7 yrs ago
- 175
- Upcoming HR Events
Re: Must see conferences for 2016?
I did some more digging stumbled across the following. Some (overseas) may be unrealistic, but another source to consider. http://www.hr-guide.com/HR/Conferences.htm
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 9 yrs ago
- Training & Development
- Reported - view
Performance Reviews are Dead! Long live the Performance Review!

Plenty of press about trashing performance ratings these days, but I have to disagree. I say it must evolve and emphasizing the discussion is spot-on. Talk about what went well, what didn't,…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 9 yrs ago
- 1reply
- 530
- Compensation & Benefits
Re: Must see conferences for 2016?
If you're bleeding edge tech, the yes, it's a good value. However, if budgets are tight, you'll see a lot of cool toys you can't afford. My state SHRM wish list as of today: Ohio, Illinois, Alabama,…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 9 yrs ago
- Training & Development
- Reported - view
Re: High School student wanting to go into HR
An HR degree strikes me as huge waste of time and money (I blame the for-profit Univ of Phoenixs of the world for mass producing HR degrees). I can't recall a single person I've ever worked with in…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 9 yrs ago
- Discussions
- Reported - view
Must see conferences for 2016?

What are your "must see" conferences for this year? I've got several on my wish list (SHRM National & State conferences; HR Tech; HRevolution; DisruptHR),…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 9 yrs ago
- 7replies
- 575
- Training & Development
Re: What are you doing to help your employees start the year out healthy?
We're kicking off a "New Year, New You" campaign next week. Everyone who signs up gets a "game card" with daily activities to complete over a two-week period.…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 9 yrs ago
- 1
- Employee Relations
- Reported - view
Work in Washington, D.C.

Interested in fulfilling your call to serve the public? Come join me at the Federal Reserve Board. We are unlike any other HR shop I've ever worked in...…
- Saving the World one PivotTable at a time
- Brian_Deming
- 9 yrs ago
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- Jobs

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Brian Deming

My Posts

Re: Professional Development for HR Pros

Re: Employee Handbooks

Re: Turnover Reports

Re: Salary Challenge

Re: Performance Appraisals

Re: Telecommuting Policies

Re: Accrued PTO position moving to unlimited PTO

Re: Holiday Pay - spanning across two days

Re: Part-Time PTO

HR Tech Conference

Re: Must see conferences for 2016?

Performance Reviews are Dead! Long live the Performance Review!

Re: Must see conferences for 2016?

Re: High School student wanting to go into HR

Must see conferences for 2016?

Re: What are you doing to help your employees start the year out healthy?

Work in Washington, D.C.

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