“He makes how much?” Discovering that a co-worker handsomely outearns you — even though you have the same job title and years of experience — leaves a … Read more
Stuck in the Middle: The Plight of Average Performers
A critical skill for any leader is taking a middle performer and — through coaching, mentoring, development, etc. — transforming them into a high … Read more
Warning: Your One-On-Ones Are Failing
One-on-one meetings between managers and employees should be a required activity for every leader. This conversation is the fastest and least expensive … Read more
Why Companies Fail to Innovate
Leaders are obsessed with innovation. Becoming more agile and innovative are among CEOs top priorities. Why, then, do so many companies fail to innovate? … Read more
A Q&A With LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report Editor
Soft and transferable skills are all the rage now. It’s as if organizations are waking up to their importance in building a better workforce. Of course, … Read more
The Eternal Question: Can a Manager and an Employee Be Friends?
The average person spends 8.5 hours per day at work. That means you spend about one-third of your life working and likely spend more time interacting with … Read more
Fixing a Level-Six “Assbag” Crisis
This article is part of TLNT’s new series Questioning Authority, which challenges leading thinking by talking to leading thinkers. The piece below is … Read more
Performance Reviews During a Pandemic
At the heart of performance management is the performance review. This year, however, disruptions and workplace changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic … Read more
Don’t Read This Article and Get Back to Work!
Not long ago, I sat down to write a blog post about facetime vs. Facetime. The premise was that, in the course of the last year, the meaning of “facetime” … Read more
Star Wars HR: What Darth Vader Demonstrates About Employee Engagement
Some of the most visionary minds in business over the last hundred years have worked in popular media like film and television. I draw a great deal of … Read more
HR Famous: BlackRock’s New Love Policy, Simon Sinek’s Trust vs. Performance Quadrant
In episode 35 of The HR Famous Podcast, longtime HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee discuss their favorite Halloween candy, … Read more
HR Famous: Google Moves to Unhip Annual Performance Reviews, IBM Is the CHRO Move of the Week
In episode 31 of The HR Famous Podcast, longtime HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee discuss Google’s move to a very … Read more
Survey Shows How Little Leaders Know About Their Temps
His elves may be the most depended-on workers in the world. But how does Santa Claus keep track of them all to achieve maximum productivity? If he’s … Read more
Managers As Coaches Is No Longer Optional
These days we keep hearing about the disengaged workforce and the struggle to retain talent. Coupled with that, millennials are a growing segment of … Read more
Incentive Systems Won’t Substitute For Good Management
For two decades I designed compensation and performance management systems for large and medium companies. I always had this nagging thought that after two … 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
How Keeping Notes Makes Performance Conversations More Effective
Successful teams are made up of individuals with unique ambitions, strengths, and personalities. The secret to being a great leader is the ability to … Read more
The Importance of Resilience
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 U.K.’s Bradford Factor: A Tool for Monitoring Unplanned Absences
The “Bradford factor” describes the use of a special formula that calculates a score for each individual employee based on the amount of absences they have … Read more
Get Better Ideas, Higher Engagement and Even Improve Your Managers By Encouraging 2-Way Feedback
Every successful relationship works via a careful process of give and take. We need to learn how to express ourselves, our ideas, and our interests. … Read more