Have you ever been in a situation where you were inspired to work harder because of a teammate or co-worker? Or felt nervous because you were worried about looking bad when compared to those around you? If you are like…
High-Performance Workforce
To Build a Better Business, Hire Ramen Eaters
To build a corporate culture that’s as energized and agile as a startup, hire ramen eaters. “I meet these ramen eaters everyday,” says Amy Neale, VP, senior business leader with Mastercard. “These people are tough, ready to hustle and eager…
3 Damaging Myths About Top Performers
Those of us in HR and management spend a lot of time discussing employees — particularly those employees who appear to be struggling. We look for ways to support and encourage them, to boost their performance, and to incentivize them…
How to Tell Who Is A Real High Performer
We usually know high performers when we see them, because their stars shine bright in the workplace. But how can you tell the difference between a high performer and a high potential performer? The latter have the talent, education, and training to…
Best of TLNT 2017: Your High Performers Are Watching How You Treat Low Performers
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 30 articles through January 2nd. This is No. 30 of 2017. You can find…
Are You at Risk of Losing Your Rising Stars?
Rising stars are great performers and a welcomed advantage for any leader. But if you’re not careful with how you manage them, you can easily lose them to another organization. To provide guidance on this important topic, I turned to…
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…
6 Reasons Not to Use SMART Goals For Everything
You’re probably familiar with the concept of SMART goals. SMART is commonly defined as Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound. Organizations use these goals with two primary aims in mind. When addressing each aspect of the initials in SMART goals,…
3 Secrets to Building High Performing Teams
Whether you’re scaling a large organization or building a new company, hiring and retaining top talent and building a high performing team is absolutely key. In fact, there is no bigger factor in driving a company’s long-term growth and success….
A Strategic Plan Without a Talent Strategy Isn’t a Plan
“So what happens if I create strategy and ‘ignore’ the talent side since we have never paired the two together?” As a senior faculty member for the Human Capital Institute, I was leading a two-day strategic workforce planning session recently in…
The More You Use Data, the Better the Business Performs
Since joining Visier, I’ve been thinking a lot about the value of workforce analytics. I came to this organization because in my prior life as a researcher, my core focus was HR technology adoption and the value organizations derive from…
How to Drive Your A-List Talent Out the Door
Jennifer is A-list talent. She has a rare combination of high powered analytical skills and high emotional intelligence, which makes her outstanding at her work in the world of analyzing and designing the perfect experience for employees and patients. Jennifer…
The Future Is 4 Years Away. Is Your HR Team Ready?
When the international law firm, Eversheds, working with the Winwark research group, launched the HR 2020 project, its objective was “to study the future of the HR function, bringing clarity and strategic vision to build a roadmap for senior HR…
Why Employee Rankings Aren’t Evil
Each year’s Harvard Medical School graduating class includes one doctor who is ranked at the bottom of the class. To be clear, this individual was the absolute worst performer in their four years at this highly esteemed institution. Every other…
Are You Filling Jobs Or Consciously Hiring?
Many companies — from multinational mega-corporations to neighborhood markets — are still using outdated hiring techniques. Clinging to the ways of the past when constructing a workforce leads to high turnover, stagnant engagement from staff, and quarterly reports in the…
When the Work Makes Working Fun, You’re Becoming Best-In-Class
Recognize This! – Companies that encourage fun at work, as well as in work, are well positioned to succeed. Outside of our working lives, we are faced with balancing our chores and our hobbies: the routine things that need to…
3 Performance Indicators That Will Make Or Break Your Company
Want to find out how your business is performing? Setting and analyzing performance indicators for your company is the best way to forecast and get on track with your business goals. Creating KPIs or Key Performance Indicators will help you…
Emotions Are Good For Leaders – and For an Organization’s Performance, Too
Most readers know that I’m focused these days on the intersection of culture, organization performance, and humanity in the workplace. Deloitte’s new culture change solution unit, CulturePath, has just published a white paper that has an interesting spin on culture,…
Critical Questions to Ask Before Building a High Performing Team
Building teams can be a messy, lengthy, and all around daunting task. Managers are faced with placing several different personalities with varying motivators, performance drivers, and communication styles together to form one harmonious and, hopefully, high-performing team. But those efforts…
When It High-Potential Employees, Is Your “High” Really High Enough?
Sometimes a firm’s search for its high potential employees can seem as pointless and unproductive as the famous race in Alice in Wonderland where everyone runs in any direction they wish and everyone is declared the winner. The search can involve a…