“I do not think employees should have to go home and watch the news to find out what is going on inside of the company they work at every day.” That was a … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Now It’s Ultraflex, But the Flexible Job Trend Keeps Growing
Blame it on Best Buy. Back in 2005, the nationwide electronics retailer came up with a new wrinkle on how to manage the company’s Minneapolis … Read more
Working 40 Hours Per Week: A Normal Schedule, or Career Suicide?
The question in the headline of The Wall Street Journal story jumped out at me because, well, I’ve heard it so many times before: Is 40 Hours a Part … Read more
The Netflix Backlash: Will Angry Customers Impact Company Culture?
I’ll admit it: I’m a Netflix fan. I haven’t been a big movie guy since my days of wearing tuxedo shirts while working at a Hollywood … Read more
Motivation and Delivering on Time, or Why Consequences Really DO Matter
This is third in my series, What Good General Managers DO I opened the series with a note that a good general manager makes sure s/he has the following … Read more
Corporate Culture: It Either Underpins (or Undermines) Your Corporate Brand
You create and reinforce your culture every day with the employee behaviors, actions and attitudes you recognize and reward. Last week I wrote about IABC … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Acting Like It’s 1999 – Tech Perks Are Getting Crazy Again
Back during the Internet tech boom of 1999, in what seems like a lifetime ago, I worked at a well known San Francisco dotcom that couldn’t help avoid … Read more
As a Manager, You Need to Build Your Relationship Before You Need It
“Every situation is different. In medical school you are trained on certain basic emergency situation. One you begin your practice, basically everything … Read more
EEOC Sues Abercrombie & Fitch (Again) For Religious Discrimination
Clothier Abercrombie & Fitch, the 21st century’s equivalent of the old South’s Woolworth’s lunch counter, is being sued again by the … Read more
SHRM Las Vegas Day 3: How Zappos Tony Hsieh Wowed the HR Pros
I’m a tough sell when it comes to SHRM conference general session speakers. Some say I’m too tough, but my philosophy is that the majority of … Read more