About the Author

AUTHOR AND HR EXECUTIVE PAUL FALCONE has twenty years of HR experience in the trenches and has held senior leadership positions at such organizations as Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, and City of Hope. He is the author of the bestselling 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire, 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees, 101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems, and 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews. He has also authored many articles on motivation and employee engagement for HR Magazine, as well as for the AMA Playbook. Paul is a top-rated international speaker and a long-term instructor in UCLA Extension’s School of Business and Management, where he teaches courses on ethics for human resource professionals and legal aspects of human resource management. His website can be found at www.PaulFalconeHR.com.