This week, I had the opportunity to sit on a panel discussion about employee engagement at the Southwest Learning Summit hosted by the Dallas Chapter of … Read more
A Dozen Great Books You Need in Your HR Management Library
Recently, I received an email from the Sudan asking me for my recommendations on Top 3 books in HR. I thought this was too good of an opportunity to pass … Read more
10 Ways Engagement Surveys are Killing Engagement
Over lunch, my friend Susan asked what she probably thought was a harmless question, “What do you think of employee engagement surveys?” After … Read more
Why Olympic Athletes Are Never, Ever Good Enough
A few years ago, our family saw Michael Phelps and Ian Crocker on a tour to promote swimming in America. After seeing them in person, I just assumed they … Read more
Cooperation? Competition? What’s Best for Real Business Success?
How competitive is your workplace? Is it a good type of competition or one that breeds dissension, disharmony, and ultimately, disengagement? A recent … Read more
Gold Medal Team Building: 7 Ways the Olympics Can Strengthen Your Team
The 2012 Olympic Games in London have just begun. Records will be shattered, new champions crowned, an esprit de corps built among teams and collective … Read more
More Views on What It Takes to Truly Engage Employees
I, among many others, write fairly often about employee engagement. Indeed, the importance of strategic, social employee recognition to creating a company … Read more
Workforce Insights: Do You Treat Employees Like Olympic Athletes?
What do the 2012 London Olympics and successful organizations have in common? The answer: talent, coaching and recognition. Just like top employees, … Read more
5 Employee Retention Strategies for a High Performance Environment
All high performance environments share a serious devotion to results. They’re competitive, stressful workplaces where mediocrity is disdained and failure … Read more
I Don’t Mean to Be Offensive, But Your Employee Engagement Stinks
My husband likes to point out that every time I start out a conversation by saying “I don’t mean to be offensive…” I ultimately end up saying … Read more