It’s back to school time, kids. Finally, you parents can return to a schedule without teenager late nights in the middle of the week or requests to go to … Read more
Six Keys to Getting a Better Payoff From Virtual Training
Everyone agrees that employee skills training can improve organizational productivity by dramatic margins. The challenge for learning leaders is how to … Read more
Team Building Today: It’s Unfollowing Those Who Left Your Organization
Did you see what Mike Tomlin, head coach of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, did last week to the players who didn’t make the final cut of the team? … Read more
What We Can Learn About Determination From Diana Nyad
I have been working in our U.S. offices recently, and I was fascinated to read and hear several news stories about Diana Nyad and her record-setting swim … Read more
Making Remote Employees a Critical Part of Your Company’s Success
More and more companies use people not located at the main office. These include people working at home full or part time, as well as at smaller remote … Read more
How Do You Deal With a Manager Who Is Publicly Sexist and Racist?
Here’s a question that should be added to the HRCI certification exam: What do you do if you have a high level executive who uses social media to … Read more
4 Keys to Help Keep Employees Happy and Productive
Keeping employees happy may not immediately strike you as your most important duty as a leader … but it is. Don’t get us wrong; your small business or … Read more
The 7 Characteristics That Set Great Leaders Apart
No one is perfect, and that goes for our leaders too — even though we may wish differently for them. We want them to be near perfect in their ability to … Read more
HR and Travel Agents: Both Undervalued, Both Misunderstood
Quick, what is your first thought when you think of travel agents? Mine? The 1970?s and 1980?s, women working in strip malls, with sunny vacation posters … Read more
Could HR Sell Their Services? It’s a Point Well Worth Us Debating
There has been a lively discussion on TLNT about my last post, What Would Happen If HR Had to Really Sell Their Services? It seems to have hit a nerve and … Read more