The moment your new hire walks through the door can be intense for all members of your workplace. This is especially true in the world of a startup, where … Read more
Why A Culture of “How” Beats “What”
We live in a VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) and every day our employees encounter situations and questions, particularly with … Read more
Six Myths of Employee Engagement
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’ll be reposting each of the top … Read more
Find Your Instrument and Pursue Your Dream
I believe everybody has their own instrument, but maybe they just never took the time to find it. As I looked up from the TV, I saw a 9-year-old piano … Read more
If Time Is So Valuable, Why Aren’t You Tracking It?
Most executives are accustomed to tracking a wide variety of variables that affect our organizations: capital expenditures, return on investment, … Read more
A Smashing Idea for Your Next Company Event
No long introductions here. No thought leadership. Just a collection of the more interesting odds and ends we get in the mail or stumble upon ourselves. On … Read more
When Workers Fear Asking Questions, Nothing Gets Better
The truth is that most people are afraid to ask questions—whether from years of conditioning within a company or plain old human nature. Whatever natural … Read more
How to Overcome Resistance to Making Onboarding Vital
Are leaders too set in their ways when it comes to onboarding? For so many companies, onboarding amounts to little more than filling out forms and signing … Read more
Why CEOs Fire CHROs and How to Avoid Being Canned
I just met with yet another HR head fired unceremoniously from an embattled tech firm. HR heads may last longer than sales leads, but they still probably … Read more
Are Your Leaders Still Practicing Command and Control?
They used to say in the industry: location, location, location. I say people, people, people; you invest in stores, you invest in events, but investment in … Read more