Note: Artificial intelligence is helping HR professionals predict an individual’s personality, work habits and communication style more easily and … Read more
The Problem Of the Overconfident Leader
We like our leaders confident. Confidence is the leader’s best friend, the one attribute no leader can be without; the keys to the kingdom. There’s no … Read more
You Can’t Innovate Without Sometimes Failing
One of the greatest players to step up to the plate, Babe Ruth revolutionized baseball by hitting 714 home runs while compiling a lifetime batting average … Read more
Let Employees Do What They Do Best By Stopping ‘Responsibility Creep’
Responsibility creep is where top performers (because of their success record) continually get new responsibilities piled on them. Eventually, they don’t … Read more
What It Takes to Retain Your Best People
Retaining high-performing individuals is one of the most difficult problems facing organizations today. With a strong economy and a tight job market, top … Read more
Don’t Just Hire, Inspire
Shouldn’t it be hiring and inspiring, rather than hiring versus inspiring? If companies were in optimal conditions, then yes. But most companies are not … Read more
The Importance of Mental Toughness In Your Workforce
Throughout history, society has admired and celebrated sport. Whether it’s playing as a high school athlete, watching your child succeed on the field, or … Read more
The 3 Most Common Manager Biases Tainting Performance Management
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. This is No. 17 of the 708 articles. You … Read more
When You’ve Tried Everything Else, Terminate
Over the years, there has been an increasing realization – in part, kick-started by the millennial population – that the employer-employee relationship … Read more
Humor Can Be An Effective Workplace Tool
Note: The following is an excerpt from Humor That Works: The Missing Skill for Success and Happiness at Work. ∼∼∼∼∼ Psychologist Rod A. Martin has been … Read more
To Improve Performance, Keep Score
If you want to win, someone has to lose. “No more ribbons for participation.” That’s Ben Keenan’s prescription for getting peak … Read more
Personality Tests Can Help Managers Personalize Their Approach
Technology’s last frontier has long been understanding the nuances of human behavior, intelligence and personality traits. While we strive to improve … Read more
The Unconscious Factors That Make Annual Reviews So Subjective
Objectivity is the most important part of having an effective performance appraisal system. What you want is a process in which your top performers are … Read more
What’s Your Type? How the Myers-Briggs Became a Business Favorite
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator has been widely used for decades to assess personality. But there is very little, if any, science behind it. Merve Emre, … Read more
A Data-Driven Guide to Dealing with Toxic Employees
Imagine the workplace as an ecosystem and at its heart, lies a community of living, breathing organisms. In an ecosystem, how you work is just as important … Read more
How One-on-Ones Can Make the Difference Between Loving and Leaving
It’s a well-known cliché in HR circles that employees quit their bosses, not their jobs. However, having run many employee surveys and regularly studying … Read more
The 3 Dimensions of a Job: Style, Pace, Risk
I’ve spent over 25 years in human capital management and I’ve gotten 10 certifications in the space. Through the use and study of various assessments and … Read more
Do Your Subcultures Align Or Undermine Your Company Values?
It can be surprising when you first see the signs of an organizational subculture forming When the company is small, employees are much closer to the … Read more
7 Talent Assessment Myths and Why They’re Wrong
Talent assessment is all about managing people, that is, evaluating and screening candidates, hiring the right person for the right job, and managing and … Read more
Build a More Engaged Workforce These 4 Ways
Companies are becoming increasingly concerned with the internal culture of their company these days – and for good reason. Gallup has famously studied and … Read more