The older I get, the more I appreciate trends like this: According to Inc. magazine, more and more businesses are allowing (and even encouraging) workers … Read more
When Your Skills Aren’t Valued, Lead With Your Personal Brand Instead
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where your gifts and skills don’t line up with the type of skills that are valued in your environment. You might … Read more
Good Engagement Practices Are Simple and Trust Workers to Do Things Right
Yesterday, I wrote about the “obvious” management practices that are often overlooked. Why does this happen? There are many reasons, but one not often … Read more
Why Do So Many Managers Ignore The Obvious and Neglect Feedback?
Have you ever used a new product with perfectly obvious instructions, e.g., “Do not use hair dryer in shower?” Or perhaps seen a sign like the one at … Read more
Workplace Relationships: Just Like in Personal Life, You Want a Good Match
“You were too aggressive and I do not like aggressive.” My wife and I laughed so hard that I almost had to pull over on the side of the road with laughter. … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Are People Really Getting Nastier in the Workplace?
Sometimes, I hear about a new “trend” and it makes me scratch my head. That’s because what some think is “new” may actually … Read more
Survey: Companies Making Half-Hearted Effort to ID High Potentials
Remember my many rants about the terrible state of succession planning in the American workplace? Well, I haven’t had one in a couple of months, at … Read more
The 3 Things That Cause Ethical Breakdowns in Workplace Culture
We’ve all dealt with it: an unethical workplace. While I’ve never come down hard on an occasional ethical lapse, I’m bright enough to see patterns in … Read more
Can You Change Your Workplace Culture 10% at a Time?
Last week on the Fistful of Talent blog, Paul Hebert of Incentive Intelligence wrote about recent research on company culture: Recently, Scientists at … Read more
Do You Have a Culture Where You Value Your Employee’s Opinions?
I can’t tell you the number of bosses I’ve had who seemed to have little respect for the opinions coming from the good people who worked for … Read more