In a guest post on the Great Leadership Blog, Dr. Paul White (coauthor of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace), offered these statistics (I … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Do Real Managers Really Resist the Urge to Fire?
As a long-time manager, I’ve written a lot about how firing an employee is one of the toughest and most difficult things a manager ever has to do. … Read more
Tired of Poor Performance Appraisals? Survey Shows Most Workers Are, Too
You probably know about the current state of employee engagement today. Just about every survey you see says it’s pretty bad. We also see findings in … Read more
The Impact Financial Stress Has on Employees and Workplace Productivity
Stress is a part of life and isn’t necessarily a good or bad thing. Personally, I prefer less stress. But, in small doses stress can help us perform better … Read more
Are You Ready (and Willing) to Ban Email From Your Workplace?
I missed this story last week, and I’m sorry I did because it is one of those shortsighted workplace edicts that drives me nuts. According to … Read more
The Employee Engagement Trap: Why Giving More Eventually Gets You Less
There is an interesting psychological phenomenon that happens when you do something over and over. It’s called “decline effect.” Decline effect, simply, is … Read more
Dealing With Brain Drain: Sometimes, People Just Have to Move On
Brain drain can have all kinds of interesting imagery associated with it but I don’t imagine the folks at Yahoo were too pleased about seeing their … Read more
Appreciation Matters, or the Problem With Cash for Employee Recognition
Last week I discussed why the end-of-year bonus practice should be ended. Then I read this post from Jill Geisler on Poynter.org. Jill is speaking more to … Read more
The 7 Ways Organizations Justify Bullying in The Workplace
“You are fired, Get out! I am not going to pay you for two weeks! Leave now and I mean right this minute.” Yes, that is the way that it ended. OK, I gave … Read more
Why HR Fails at Organizational Projects
I was watching the movie 300 recently for what seems like the 300th time. (What can I say? I like gladiator movies, and yes, I know what that says about my … Read more