“’If you spend 12 hours a day doing work you hate, at some point it does not matter what your paycheck says,’” he told me. There is no magic salary at … Read more
What Do I Do If My Employee Just Won’t Engage?
I recently wrote an article about sucking the air out of your team. It was a fairly pointed article suggesting that leaders who do not facilitate … Read more
Is That Sucking Sound You Killing Engagement?
I started reading An Everyone Culture recently and came across a personal story that blew me away. The book follows three true learning organizations, and … Read more
Bringing Employee Engagement to Life On Stage
Editor’s note: Have you ever heard of a business book, particularly one focused on talent management, being turned into a play? Probably not since … Read more
Creating an EVP for People Analytics
When a few colleagues and I started a group called the Silicon Valley Culture Club in the early 80s, our goal was to create a safe place where those of us … Read more
From Paycheck to Purpose: Three Big Ideas for Purpose-Driven Culture
There is a tectonic shift happening in the employer-employee relationship. It wasn’t long ago, people looked to their companies for a decent salary, … Read more
Marketing Can Teach You How to Improve Engagement
The two most valuable assets in any business are actually the same thing. Humans. Our customers and our employees. Yet, in most companies there is a huge … Read more
Person of the Year: Employees
Every year, in either the 4th quarter or the 1st quarter, we all get the prognosis of the crystal ball view from the “futurist” as to what either the … Read more
The ‘Genius’ Behind Putting HR In Charge of Apple Stores
On February 5th, Apple announced that retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, is moving on after spending five years in the role. This news in itself isn’t terribly … Read more
Technology Can Help Build Those Critical Peer-to-Peer Connections
Research shows that relationships with coworkers matter. The more you interact with your counterparts, the better your physical and psychological health … Read more
You Miss 100% Of the Shots You Don’t Take
I was a very successful lawyer, making a lot of money, so-called dream job, etc. but I realized I was just going through the motions. It came down to just … Read more
Before You Do Another Annual Engagement Survey, Do Something Different
Engagement can mean a lot of different things, but in analytics, it tends to mean the data one gets from an annual engagement survey. Engagement surveys … Read more
How to Engage Your Hires Before They Start
In the HR and management world, we often discuss employee engagement — how to improve it, the detriments of low employee engagement levels and the … Read more
How You Onboard Can Make a Difference In How Much Your Employees Care
Gallup estimates that actively disengaged employees cost US employers $483 billion to $605 billion in lost productivity each year. But when executives look … Read more
5 Areas Where HR Technology Will Make a Difference This Year
The global human resource management (HRM) sector is projected to reach $30 billion by 2025. In other words, the business of creating innovative HR … Read more
HR Roundtable: Where Did the Passion Go?
The November HR (Cincinnati) Roundtable took a step into an arena that is somewhat taboo these days – “Passion at Work.” Now, please note that … Read more
How to Keep Your Remote Workers From Feeling Isolated
Remote working has become an increasingly common practice for modern businesses worldwide, whether that’s as a full-time replacement for the 9-5 office … Read more
Employees Trade Pay for Culture, Not Perks
Last month, Bloomberg reported that employees will give up big pay raises in exchange for job perks. The reported statistics from a study published by the … Read more
What We Can Learn About Engagement From Video Games
I sometimes joke with those who ask me what I do that I get paid to play video games. It’s actually half-true. As a behavioral scientist who specializes in … Read more
Could Mobile Technology Be the Answer to Retail’s Engagement Crisis?
There’s little that’s more important for HR strategy than addressing low levels of employee engagement. Engagement — or an employee’s emotional commitment … Read more