Why do so many executives (and high level managers) fail when it comes to executing on their strategy? The problem — their involvement stops with the … Read more
Workforce Trends Survey Finds the Biggest Obstacle to Increased Hiring
If you want to look more deeply into why hiring will continue to lag, just turn on the news and you’ll see the biggest reason in the headlines this … Read more
A Valentine’s Day Sermon: Why Office Relationships Are Self-Destructive
Editor’s Note: Although I mentioned this Valentine’s post from last year earlier this week, I have had a number of readers ask if we could … Read more
Does Your Organization’s “Magic Metric” Include Employee Recognition?
In Fistful of Talent last week, Steve Gifford tackled the ever-present topic of (my take) “what metric should we use to measure employee … Read more
Do You Know “When” It’s Time to Go? Here Are 8 Tell-Tale Signs
How do you know “when?” When I went away to college, my father told me that if you are thinking of getting married, college is the perfect … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How Would You Fare If the FBI Dug Into Your Life?
If there is a single story that intrigued and amused me this week, it had to be the one about the file the FBI kept on the late Steve Jobs. Yes, there was … Read more
Valentine’s Day Stat: 4 in 10 Workers Date Someone They Met on the Job
Walk into any workplace and what’s in the air? Besides the burnt popcorn. We mean that other thing. That sweet scent of romance. Yes dear reader, just in … Read more
Your Employment Brand: You Don’t Need a Super Bowl to Make Your Pitch
Living in Michigan, Chrysler’s last two Super Bowl ads have been big news in our part of the world (check out last year’s ad with Eminem here). In case you … Read more
How Bad Organizational Structure Contributed to Italy’s Cruise Ship Disaster
Why exactly the cruise ship Costa Concordia ended up on a reef 60 feet off the shore and only two hours into its January cruise is still not clear. What is … Read more
People Management Lessons I Learned From GE’s Super Bowl Ads
As most readers of my blog know, I’m Irish. Though I tend to divide my time between our Dublin and Boston offices, I can’t claim to be true fan of any … Read more