Will we need workforce planning in a future filled with blood-sucking robots? A talent management colleague told me that workforce planning may no longer … Read more
The Battle For Top Talent: Will Your Workforce Policies Pass the Smell Test?
“You mean to tell me that you tried to forbid someone to look for a job for two years until the program that they are in is completed? Are you guys nuts?” … Read more
The Secret to Business and Workplace Success? It’s Getting Stuff Done
Sometimes, the most complicated questions have the simplest answers. This can be a little hard to comprehend because we’re conditioned to believe … Read more
Want Help at Work? You Need to Go Beyond Just Asking For Things
One of the things that I observe over and over again is just how much help highly successful people get from others. Whatever they are doing, they seem to … Read more
Out-of-Office Messages: Self Manage, Micromanage, or Just Leave it to HR?
Every week in even the smallest organizations, countless automated messages are being sent to your employees, your partners, your customers, your sales … Read more
How New Leaders Categorize Their New Employees
It’s a pretty common phenomenon for new leaders to turn over most, if not all, of their team when they take over. It happens all the time! It’s a primary … Read more
When Disaster Strikes: HR’s Critical Role in Helping Employees Manage
The unthinkable happens. A bomb explodes in a crowded business district. Your business is near ground zero. Some of your employees are injured in the … Read more
High Potentials: You Need to Feed Your Stars or Kiss Them Goodbye
I recall with sincere fondness the memory of playing certain childhood games — Sorry, Monopoly, LIFE, and one of my personal favorites, Chutes and … Read more
Remembering Core Values, or What I Learned From “Jerry Maguire”
I’ve always found it difficult to pinpoint my core values because I believe that as humans, we are always changing and adapting to our environment. Then, I … Read more
Engagement? You Don’t Get Much Honoring an “Employee of the Month”
What drives someone to wear a t-shirt like this? Just lost his job? Wishes he could retire and play video games all day? Is he a rebel at work and proud of … Read more