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
The Myth of the March Madness Productivity Drain
March Madness, the NCAA’s annual basketball tournament, should be making companies mad, if some productivity data is to be believed. The weeks-long … Read more
The HCM Predictions For the Year: Old Wine and Some New Bottles
Every year I read through hundreds of human capital management (HCM) forecasts, trends and predictions to see if there is anything truly new on the … Read more
Boost Engagement and Productivity By Playing Games
The benefits which the gamification of otherwise boring business technology can bring are impossible to quantify. However, the growth of the global … Read more
Try Monotasking to Be More Productive
Multitasking is how you turbo charge going too fast as a human. The American Psychological Association states, “Doing more than one task at a time, … Read more
Marketing Can Teach You How to Improve Engagement
The two most valuable assets in any business are actually the same thing. Humans. Our customers and our employees. Yet, in most companies there is a huge … Read more
Why It’s Hard to Get Excited About Comp Technology
It’s odd that the most numbers focused area of HR, compensation, is also the area with the least buzz in terms of technology. Yes, there is lots of useful … Read more
How to Become the da Vinci of HR
When we think of geniuses, perhaps several names come to your mind. For me, one stands out above the rest – Leonardo da Vinci. I agree with Michael J. … Read more
Get Ready For the Coming Human-Enhanced Workplace
When Pierre LeGrand says to a room full of HR people, “I want to postulate that we are the architects of a new age organism of interconnected … Read more
Solve the STEM Shortage By Getting Girls Excited
The US economy is booming right now. Unemployment is at a historic low, while wages and overall business confidence keep rising. But the tide can change … Read more
The Caregivers Among You Need Help
Every year in your role as a human resources or benefits leader, it’s your job to develop a people or benefits strategy that connects your company’s goals … Read more
Why You Can’t Get an Interview – Explained Using Job-Search Science Data
Ponder this: Two resumes are received, one with 58% of the job requirements and another that meets 100%, but the 58% resume gets the interview. Yes, it’s … Read more
What It Takes to Get a Valentine From Your Employees
Fortune’s 2019 100 Best Companies to Work For list was posted on Valentine’s Day. That’s highly appropriate, when you think about it, because to get on … Read more
With VR, Cisco Is Pioneering a New Way to ‘See’ an Org Chart
The most common diagram for understanding how an organization works is the org chart. An alternative diagram is produced by organizational network analysis … Read more