The client was eager to see their preliminary results. They’d hired us to conduct an assessment of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their … Read more
Your Next Employee Survey Needs to Ask This Question
What’s the fastest way to improve your employees’ engagement? Is it creating a more transparent, accountable, and empathic culture? That would … Read more
A Fluff-Free Approach for Employees to Connect With Work Goals
Given how stressed and burned out people are these days, let’s make employees’ 2022 goals better than the typical perfunctory and mindless ones. That … Read more
‘I’m Not Burned Out. I’m No Longer Fit to Work in D&I.’
In September 2012, I first said the words out loud. I was sitting on a wooden bench, drinking with a friend at one of Albuquerque’s newer breweries, … Read more
Best of TLNT: Top 5 Talent Management Stories of 2021
Over the past couple of years, remote and hybrid work have become more prevalent for obvious reasons. During this time, there has been a plethora of … Read more
Best of TLNT: Top 5 Employee Engagement Stories of 2021
Employee engagement continues to be one of those areas of HR that we can’t define perfectly, but we still know it when we see it. Or when we measure … Read more
The “Manager for a Day” Approach to Leadership Development
I’ve yet to meet a talent executive who believes that their company has a deep enough pool of future leaders. Even current leaders don’t think … Read more
The Pandemic Has Increased Employee Engagement — Except Where It Hasn’t
Without question, Covid has packed a wallop on employee engagement in many organizations. Companies should be paying close attention because engagement is … Read more
New Research Shows Leaders Are Not Doing Enough to Develop Their People
For many years, one of the big issues with employee training and development has been pretty obvious — managers didn’t have much time to do it. As … Read more
The Value of Building Competencies Over Skills
I’ve spent my career dedicated to learning and employee growth at a variety of organizations, from a global Fortune 200 IT company to now spearheading … Read more
The Uncomfortable Relationship Between Leadership and Goal-Setting
When it comes to their careers, lots of leaders have been treading water these past two years. Given the unprecedented upheaval we’ve experienced, that’s … Read more
Giving Employees Better Goals to Reduce Burnout
People are far more likely to endure hardship if they feel like they’re getting something out of it. We endure the soreness from a tough workout … Read more
Why Do Reorganizations Often Fail?
The answer to this article’s title rests on a variety of complex reasons, but one factor that is frequently undervalued and dismissed is mindset. Let’s … Read more
Ambition Is Overrated
It took nearly my entire adult life, but I’ve finally become fashionable. Suddenly, it’s cool not to be career-focused. I’m proud to say I was ahead of the … Read more
The Reason Behind the Great Resignation That No One Is Talking About
Record-high quit rates have business leaders freaking out about The Great Resignation. The phrase itself has become a trending tagline, just like “the war … Read more
If Your L&D Efforts Focus on Skills, You May Have a Problem
If you’ve ever led a cross-functional team at work, chances are you can commiserate with the following scenario: Susana is the leader of a highly … Read more
Executives Like a Different Style of Leadership Than Everyone Else (and It’s Causing Problems)
What’s your ideal style of leader? Someone who’s driven, competitive, and enjoys smashing through obstacles? Or someone who prizes interpersonal harmony? … 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
Are You Actually Willing to Empower Your Employees?
Empowerment is one of those buzzwords that achieves near-universal plaudits. Of course, leaders want to empower their people. What kind of monster … Read more
Should White People Do DEI Work?
“I just can’t even, anymore” he sighed, exasperated. “My patience for well-meaning white people has run out. We’re supposed to congratulate white folks for … Read more