When the door opened a young man walked in buried into his phone. He did not look up, which I thought strange because in the outer office there were 3 customers and 4 of his workmates. He proceeded to his…
Leadership
The New Business-Driven Approach to Employee Experience
Human resources is experiencing a massive shift. For years, organizations have relied on a single annual engagement survey to collect feedback from employees. These surveys have become a ritual for many companies, and a lucrative industry has sprung up around…
How to Get Useful Feedback from Your Employees
Chances are that if you are in a position where you supervise or manage employees beneath you, you’ve put a lot of effort into giving your junior team members the feedback they need to grow and improve. But have you…
To Be a Real HR Pro, Stop Caring So Much
Today’s lesson in disruptive HR is: “How To Be A Crappy HR Pro.” Our leader is Brad Lutz. president of Acuity HR Solutions. His 5 minute instructional video was filmed before a live DisruptHR audience in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the…
Guru, Expert, Visionary, Futurist! Really?
Mr. Ron, I am an expert in XXXX. Titles used to describe me are Guru, Visionary and Futurist etc. I have worked in this field for close to 10 years in almost every capacity. Let’s set up a meeting to…
6 Lessons From My Journey to a Transparent Culture
Fear has become, unfortunately, a regular emotion at work. How often do you feel afraid of sharing your thoughts because of what might happen to you? Have your colleagues stopped sharing their ideas after being censored over and over? I…
HR Roundtable: What Do You Do With Problem Leaders?
The (Cleveland) Roundtable reconvened in August after taking a break for the July 4th holiday. To get the energy up for everyone, the topic seemed to be poised to get people involved. We discussed the idea of approachability and leadership….
Multi-Source Feedback Can Work If You Train It
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” Such is also true with multi-source feedback, a method of gaining a broad view of individual performance, which is also known as…
When the Boss Is a Spoiled Child, Who Will Be the Adult?
“Friends, I am glad to inform you that I quit XXXX yesterday. I choose self-esteem over job. This company where my MD routinely abuses, humiliates, and misbehaves with his employees. No one can disagree with him. He openly says, “Either…
The Biggest Issue Facing HR May Be Managing Change
PIHRA’s California conference, which concluded yesterday, is, in many ways, similar to other large HR conferences anywhere in the U.S. One of the two or three largest HR conferences, the PIHRA conference offers the usual assortment of workshops, certifications, networking…
When Getting Angry Is a Positive
What if getting angry at work is a good thing? Heresy! Blasphemy! Sin! you say? Not to Susan Bernstein, a PhD executive coach and leadership consultant. Now don’t go thinking she’s suggesting you need a rage room, or that everyone…
Empathy, Self-Reflection: The ‘Soft-Skills’ of Today’s Leaders
“The world is dramatically reshaped and operates differently. We have gone from an industrial economy where we hired hands, to a knowledge economy where we hired heads, to a human economy where we hire hearts. When machines can out process,…
Host a Culture Workshop and Discover How to Build a Stronger Company
We all aspire to work for a company that values our work and treats us like grown-ups. But what else do you want from the place where you spend the majority of your waking life? Company culture is best defined…
Rewards Can Help Close the Strategy-to-Performance Gap
I like to argue that we should be holding our compensation programs – and the money they represent – to a higher standard. Research examining how well company strategy delivers on its potential – and where and why it fails…
Why Pay Transparency Is Becoming a Best Practice
Ben Eubanks over at Lighthouse Research and Advisory has written a fascinating white paper on transparency. Transparency in Compensation: Trends and Best Practices, underwritten by salary.com, is a thoughtful and interesting discussion of the impact of different levels of transparency in the workplace – from…
The Next Step In Performance Management Is to Be Comprehensive
In past years, annual performance reviews were deemed necessary to ensure fair labor practices and standardizing pay and performance. However, in recent years, research has revealed that these processes are time consuming, discourage employees, and deter honest conversations. Employee performance…
How to Deal with Negative People in a Positive Way
I remember Mike like it was yesterday, even though I met him over a decade ago. He was the guy sitting in the back of the room with the dark cloud over his head in a supervisor training I was…
Are You Investing In Your Career?
“I don’t read this crap. When someone gives me an article to read, I just say yes I will. I don’t read anything anymore. When I leave work, the last thing on my mind is HR.” This was from one…
6 Critical Factors for Effective Strategic Leadership
I always remind my readers and audiences that however talented they are, their CEOs don’t want them to be sales, marketing, HR or tech leaders – CEOs want them to be business leaders with sales, marketing, HR or tech expertise….
Power Doesn’t Just Corrupt, It Can Rewire Your Brain
You’ve heard the expression, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We’ve all suspected the truth of Lord Acton’s indictment and have witnessed the tone deaf boss emotionally obtuse to his effect on underlings. Now, a growing body…