The HR Roundtable in Cincinnati took on a different buzz than normal this month because we were jumping into a hot topic. The group gathered to tackle … Read more
Great Companies Clearly Show: Employee Flexibility Drives Innovation
In successful organizations where employees are highly engaged and productive, producing the best work is no longer about putting in the most hours — … Read more
10 Key Principles For the Majority of Us Who Need Cultural Change
I wrote a popular TLNT article about how 96 percent of respondents from a Strategy&/Katzenbach Center survey on culture and change management … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Times Change, But People Still Find Ways to Avoid Work
Ever since the dawn of time, when humans figured out that they needed to work, people have found an untold number of ways to goof off and waste time on the … Read more
Things Great Employers Do, and How You Influence Every One
It’s always great when I can share research that makes it clear how important you are to your company’s success. I wish more of you would: A) … Read more
How Your Work Culture Can Get You Through the Sands Dunes of Life
“You are here,” the mat reads. You look down, mouth agape, and you think, “So where the hell is here?” You’re standing atop a great sand dune among a … Read more
What Happens When a Workplace Culture Is Built on Lies?
A friend and I were talking the other day about unethical business practices and why companies get away with them, even when the bad behavior is an open … Read more
The True Cost of Bad Managers – and Why You Need Really Great Ones
When bad managers are allowed to run free, everyone suffers. Employees suffer — Employees feel unsupported, undirected, bullied, confused, … Read more
What Makes Employees Happy and Productive? It’s Really Pretty Basic
It seems as though we are consistently seeing data that show decreasing levels of employee engagement and feelings of fulfillment at work. This data can … Read more
The Real Key to Driving Success With Organizational Change
Organizational change programs often don’t deliver as promised; and that’s not only because they don’t align with the current culture. Many programs still … Read more