If you want to win, someone has to lose. “No more ribbons for participation.” That’s Ben Keenan’s prescription for getting peak … Read more
Survey: Internships Fill the Entry-Level Pipeline
With high school and college students about to begin summer internships, I thought the timing right to discuss this increasingly standard practice at … Read more
Creating an EVP for People Analytics
When a few colleagues and I started a group called the Silicon Valley Culture Club in the early 80s, our goal was to create a safe place where those of us … Read more
It’s Not the C-Suite That Earns the Five Stars
I was at the Forbes Five Star Awards two years ago. I went there and there were all the great hoteliers from around the world. And they said that Horst … Read more
Make Compliance Training About More Than the Dos and Don’ts
Have you ever read “The Ethicist” column in the New York Times Magazine? It’s a popular weekly column where readers send in their quandaries in … Read more
More Than Time Zones Separate You From Your Global Teams
Effectively managing a global team requires stellar leadership and communication skills coupled with a dynamic cultural awareness. It takes effort to … Read more
Do Your Employees Know You As Well As You Think?
The balance of power within recruitment has definitely tipped in favour of jobseekers in recent years. To avoid being stuck in an endless cycle of … Read more
How to Manage Office Romances
In the award-winning American TV series The Office, a small Pennsylvania workplace is rife with romantic relationships that would horrify any actual HR … Read more
Viewpoint: The AI Future Is Not Dystopian
It’s not quite as allegorical as the renowned English author Charles Dickens may have posited in his well-crafted prose, but the White House convened in … Read more
Will AI Be the Solution to Pay Equity?
34% of U.S. workers believe their pay is based on what their manager feels they deserve to make, rather than on their performance. This means that one in … Read more
Gig Employers Lose Big as Appeals Court Applies Classification Test Retroactively
There’s no way to sugarcoat this one. Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed a big loss to gig economy companies by concluding that last year’s … Read more
Great Recruiters Become One With the Hiring Manager
Last week, I was sitting on The Talent Fix Book Club webcast with one of my recruiting managers, Zach Jensen, and Zach made the comment that great … Read more
When the CEO is Toxic, Vaccinate, Isolate and Validate
We’ve all had lousy bosses – and we’ve had some really good bosses, as well. In my non-profit executive days I had some great bosses – and one … Read more
To Manage Change, Unleash Adaptability
About 2500 years ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus observed that the only constant is change. This statement is not totally true in the modern … Read more
Deciphering Learning Behavior Patterns to Make Training Engaging and Useful
In today’s highly competitive business and talent landscape, promoting continual employee learning and development is essential. By engaging with employees … Read more
What is Brand Gravity, Why You Need It and How to Get It
You’ve been working on spreading your employer brand through ongoing recruitment marketing campaigns. You’ve even got your social media presence on … Read more
US Labor Department Says Marketplace Participants Are Not Employees
In a major positive development for gig economy businesses, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an opinion letter Monday confirming that certain workers … Read more
What Is Your Superpower?
One of those trite interview questions goes like this: “If you had a superpower, what would it be?” What would you do if what you got back was, … Read more
Ageism Is Costing You Skills and Talent
I read an article about age discrimination overseas in Australia and found it to be interesting and strange that corporations today are breaking the law so … Read more
Ask These Questions Before You Write Another Job Description
Over the years, almost every aspect of work has transformed. We went from cubicles to open office floorplans (back to cubicles again). The rapid … Read more