The design thinking approach combines strong discovery with Agile methodologies applied to prototyping and testing. Robust discovery is the foundation of a … Read more
The 3 Most Common Manager Biases Tainting Performance Management
Most decisions we make as humans are biased. Take the research of Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman who demonstrated that the vast majority of human … Read more
Please Don’t Bring Your Authentic Self to Work
How many times have you said, read or thought it’s important to “Bring your whole self to work.” Or told someone to be … Read more
Changing Culture a ‘Nudge’ at a Time
Increasingly, HR departments are becoming people analytics departments. More than 70% of companies now say they consider people analytics to be a high … Read more
Everything You Do to Employees Is Becoming Public
“We are losing privacy at an alarming rate. We have none left.” – John McAffee, founder of McAfee anti-virus company “Publicity is justly commended as a … Read more
HR Roundtable: What It Takes To Have a Better Vendor Relationship
The April (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable was exciting because it tackled a topic that both sides of the aisle grumble about – the “relationship” between HR and … Read more
To Innovate In HR You Need Idea Sex
Here’s some disruptive HR advice from the Denver DisruptHR group: “HR needs more sex.” “More specifically, idea sex.” What HR … Read more
It’s Not Just Data, It’s Politics, Too!
One of the many difficult experiences in an analyst’s life is when they present turnover data. It starts easily enough as the analyst presents general … Read more
A Solution to the Problem of Too Small ‘Big Data’
In the deep ocean of big data, it’s hard for companies to know what’s true or even relevant to their operations. The latest research from Hamsa Bastani, … 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
The Lasting Value of Take Your Child to Work Day
For many employees, yesterday’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day was one of those moments on the journey through work and life that resurfaces the … Read more
Be the Coach Your Company Needs
I read an article in The New Yorker, probably the best article I’ve read in a while, on the importance of “Coaching” by Atul Gawande. Atul is a writer and … Read more
Reduce Turnover By Fixing These 3 Mistakes
Millennials may not be job hopping more than previous generations, considering the fact many of them are still young. However, that doesn’t lessen the … Read more
Does Feedback Really Improve Performance?
It frustrates me when things are presented as truths when they are at best opinions, and at worst self-serving fabrications. This is the reaction I had to … Read more
Maximize Shareholder Value By Investing In People
Note: This article is part of an occasional series dedicated to exploring the contribution of human capital assets (people!) to the valuation of a … Read more
The Virtue of Admitting When Things Are Ambiguous
The March HR (Cincinnati) Roundtable took on a topic that is often a subject of frustration among employees, but little is done about it. Every company has … Read more
Autonomy Gets What Micromanaging Never Will
Micromanagement is pervasive — in a 2014 RobertHalf survey 59% of the workers said they’d been micromanaged at some point in their career. Last year, 39% … Read more
Steal This Silo Smashing Idea
Pondering how (or whether) recognition and rewards can help smash silos and encourage collaboration where you work? Michael Schrage, MIT research fellow, … Read more
What It Takes to Be a Paradox Navigator
Are you a Paradox Navigator? Do you know what that is? Dave Ulrich, and his son Michael, coined the term to describe one of the key competencies of human … Read more
The Secret to Innovation? Diversity and Listening
Q: How do you promote innovation? A: You listen. To everyone. At the recent “Great Place to Work For All” summit, an annual event sponsored by Great Place … Read more