By Eric B. Meyer I recently read this CareerBuilder poll, which found that the majority of workers don’t aspire to leadership roles. Here are the … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Real Power Behind Job Titles
Job titles have power. Titles set expectations. Titles attract people and titles repel people. Job titles affect not only the employee, but the customer. … Read more
It Takes the Right Talent Mix to Get the Culture Thing Right
“No the manager was cool, it was just that I could not survive in that culture. I had to get out.” We have all heard the phrase that people don’t leave … Read more
Weekly Wrap: 6 Critical Workforce Issues Companies Face
Better get ready for all that “seat at the table” talk again. Global enterprise software developer recently SAP partnered with Oxford … Read more
When Evaluating Performance, Perfect Is Not a Worthwhile Goal
My youngest started fifth grade last week, and as I was combing through the official forms and literature, making sure he had all his school supplies and … Read more
Here’s What a Manager Must Really Learn to Communicate
Your team creates all kinds of reports, spread sheets and slides to plan, run, measure, and report on what you are doing in your operation. Of course you … Read more
How You Can Put “Lead” Back Into Leadership
Many people split the world into dualities: You’re either this or that. Positive or negative. On or off. Black or white. But in reality, human behavior … Read more
Why Is It That So Many Employees Don’t Trust Their Employers?
More than half of us don’t believe our employers are open and upfront with us. This disturbing news comes to us from the American Psychological … Read more
How the Baltimore Ravens (and the NFL) Failed HR 101
By now everyone has seen former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, knock out his wife with two punches to the head in the elevator of an Atlantic City … Read more
Talent Management Gone Wrong: Why Can’t We Be Honest With People?
Last May, I posted a story of a young man who had been identified by a Fortune 100 firm as a high potential and placed into a leadership development … Read more