Imagine the following scenario: it is late on Thursday afternoon. Your boss has just come in to talk with you about how much needs to be completed by … Read more
Make it Right BEFORE Disaster Strikes
I’ve been watching BP’s television commercials flooding the airways. They provide an impressive narrative on the wide range of actions and the commitment … Read more
What Does it Take for Your Employees to Get With the Program?
I’ve worked in a lot of different places over the course of my career, and if there’s one thing guaranteed to get a universal groan from rank-and-file … Read more
Inspiring Creativity: How to Make it Run Wild in Your Employees
A recent Newsweek article titled “The Creativity Crisis” points to research that shows for the first time that American creativity is … Read more
Why I’m Sick of Hearing About HR and that “Seat at the Table”
After reading “Survey: Leadership Confidence is Down – Especially in HR,” by Theresa M. Welbourne yesterday at TLNT, I searched Google and got … Read more
A Few Words on Getting Ready for the Workplace of the Future
The 2020 workplace of the future may seem to be just a glimmer down the road, but it’s being shaped by social media technologies, and the Millennial … Read more
Sometimes, HR Should Plan the Office Party
Everyone loves talking about human resources getting a seat at the corporate table (2 million or so search results on Google alone). And whenever you hear … Read more
The Key to Engagement: Figuring Out Why We Work – and Why It Matters
Humans work for more reasons than money — and money is not even at the top of the list. What is at or near the top of the list for people is to feel like … Read more
Does Your Social Media Strategy Include Measurable Results?
Isaiah Mustafa isn’t a household name (yet). Though if you mention the character he portrays, you might recognize him a little better. Mustafa is the … Read more
Talent Management Systems: HR Needs to Test Drive the Product
My wife’s favorite on TV is the Food Network and their new creation, the Cooking Channel. What this means is that she controls the remote sometimes and I … Read more
Want to Retain Good, Young HR Pros? You Better Recognize Them!
You’ve heard it before. Gen Y is the trophy generation (this mythical belief that every kid got a trophy). They’re entitled and spoiled and … Read more
What I’ve Learned About Managing Creative People
When Newsweek published an article this month headlined “The Creativity Crisis,” I was intrigued. After all, I’ve spent my life directing and managing … Read more
Four Barriers to Building Talent
By Marc Effron and Miriam Ort Through our corporate and consulting experience, we have identified four talent-building barriers that organizations create … Read more
When Is a Strategy Not a Strategy?
By Jocelyn R. Davis, Edwin H. Boswell, and Henry M. Frechette, Jr. Even as the business environment has become increasingly complex, many strategies have … Read more
Is Your Employees’ Health Their Own Private Matter?
My health is my affair, right? If I decide to stuff my face, never get off the couch, and chew tobacco until the cows come home, whose business is that but … Read more
Are Your Managers Prepared for the Seismic Shift in the Workplace?
As I paced back and forth, reviewing one last time what I wanted to say for my closing keynote,“The Hidden Gift Your Gen Y Employees Are Offering You,” my … Read more
LeBron James? He’s Just a Glimpse at Your Employee of the Future
By now, most of us have come up for air after being submerged in LeBron James fever over the past few days. I, for one, could really care less since I’m … Read more
A Lesson on Employee Loyalty from LeBron James
The NBA’s LeBron James is done in Cleveland. One of the biggest stars in the NBA didn’t just reject his hometown team that he has been with for … Read more
SHRM Membership Numbers Raise Mixed Concerns
When John Hollon reported from the 2010 Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference that membership held steady in 2009, I was admittedly a bit … Read more
Improving Union Relations at GM? It’s an Ongoing Management Struggle
You don’t hear a lot about the auto industry bailout right now, not with the focus on health care reform, or the big Gulf oil spill, or any number of other … Read more