Tired of vacation season? Well, school is starting and the fall football season will be here soon enough, but there’s still a little summer left to play … Read more
Training and Social Networking Policies: Essential Elements in Protecting Your Company Secrets
Any business that does not have a social networking policy or does not train its employees on the do’s and don’ts of social networking may have a critical … Read more
Why It’s Always Easier (and Better) to Motivate Without Money
Money is the easiest and least personal way to motivate people (if you have money). If you don’t, you need to get down to the real business of making … Read more
Is This a Game Changer in the Debate Over the Four-Day Work Week?
Get ready for another big push for the four-day work week. Last month when my colleague Lance Haun asked, “Whatever Happened to the Four-Day Work … Read more
The Impact for Employees When a Business Takes a Political Position
In the U.S. at least, partisanship has extended itself from the halls of Congress to the hallways of your business. Don’t believe me? In the last … Read more
Are Job Descriptions Illegal? Here Are 9 Reasons Why They Should Be
If job descriptions aren’t illegal, they should be. Let’s hold a mock trial. You’re one of the jurors. We don’t need unanimity here, a mere super majority … Read more
Are You A Resume Snob?
Have you ever heard from a person who has consulted the web and books looking for advice on how to put together a great resume only to be more confused … Read more
Retooling HR: How to Focus on the Right Performance
Everyone in an organization must decide where improving work performance makes the greatest difference to success. Every day, managers, supervisors, … Read more
An Animated Reminder of Why That Jet Blue Flight Attendant Story Just Won’t Go Away
* See updates below. Remember that incident with the Jet Blue flight attendant going over the edge and quitting his job in a profane jump down the … Read more
Implementing Change: A Costly Lesson from the U.S. Mint
We all know people have a resistance to change but who would have guessed that the folks producing change (the currency that is) would encounter those … Read more
Forget the Economy: 40% of Workers Are Ready to Find a New Job This Fall
We all know how the tough economy has forced many, many employees to stay in jobs that they might have already bailed out on in the past. We also know that … Read more
Long, Hot Summer Question: Why Are Some Employees Freaking Out?
* See updates below Yes, I know it’s late summer. And yes, I know it has been scorching, make-you-crazy hot through most of the U.S. But still I … Read more
Making Work Anniversaries Work In 2010 And Beyond
I was talking to my wife last night about her upcoming anniversary at work. I couldn’t believe that it had already been two very short years. And … Read more
Do Engaged Employees Help Create Loyal Customers?
As part of an MBA Global Study trip back in 1989, I found myself in Japan in the boardroom of Fujitsu Corporation with the vice-chairman of the board and … Read more
The Evolution of HR: Building Talent Management Around Your Product
We had a popular discussion this week about HR’s seat at the table that sparked some ideas in my head about how HR continues to evolve and change and … 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
Overcoming Sink or Swim Management Initiations
I love reading books and sometimes, I like to re-read books that I read a while ago. So when I saw The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins on my library … Read more
Is There a Dark Side to HR Outsourcing?
In an HR world where outsourcing just about very function imaginable has become standard operation procedure, who in their right mind would question its … 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