With in-person interactions being few and far between for many teams, employee engagement is especially crucial to your business’ success. It starts with … Read more
Marginalizing Talent With a Culture of Fear
Some years ago, I was hired for an executive position in a healthcare organization, and it was strongly suggested to me that I “get rid” of one of my … Read more
What If Your Company Put Good First?
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the sweeping changes to the workplace that came with it, organizational systems and processes were bent, cracking, … Read more
Empathy Is Not a Soft Skill
This year dawned like any other. For many of us, especially those fortunate enough to work in the HR space, things seemed downright rosy. The economy was … Read more
The Myth of Authenticity: When a Best Practice Is Anything But
“To be a great leader, you have to genuinely care about your people.” My former boss at Prudential told me that years ago. She was wrong. And so is … Read more
Diversity & Inclusion Is Failing Us…Because We’re Failing at Diversity and Inclusi…
How many years have we been doing diversity and inclusion work? In the mid-1960s, Xerox CEO Joseph Wilson created the Xerox National Black Employees … Read more
Take the “Work” Out of Teamwork to Build It Remotely
If somebody had asked me before this all started — and we know what “this” is — how I’d stay connected to my work family while sheltering in place during a … Read more
An HR Book for Children? Or a Children’s Book for HR?
What happens when a child discovers that adults at her parent’s workplace can sometimes treat each other unkindly? Welcome to the real world, little girl. … Read more
Stay Remote: 5 Alternative Approaches to Return-to-Work Planning
When the current pandemic started impacting how we work, the internet was plagued with every tip, trick, and article about how to work remotely. Two months … Read more
4 Mistakes Organizations that Want to Be Values Driven Make
In the six years since the first edition of The 31 Practices book was published, the topic of values has caught the imagination of people all over the … Read more