Substandard Co-Workers: The good employee isn’t paid enough to put up with the hiring mistakes ? the people who turn out to be lazy, indifferent, or … Read more
Making Work More Meaningful: 3 Simple Things That Managers Can Do
With dismal news of widespread employee dissatisfaction and disengagement, and uncertainty in the American and global economies forcing CEOs/CFOs continued … Read more
Volunteering: How You Can Turn It Into the Ultimate Team-Building Event
My daughter decided to volunteer through a program at her job. Each employee has the opportunity to volunteer their services and receive a day off in … Read more
Want the Secrets of Moneyball? Then Hear Billy Beane at TLNT Transform
Say what you will about how well it ultimately worked for baseball’s Oakland A’s, but Billy Beane’s groundbreaking talent management … Read more
Connecting the Dots: Every Worker Should Know Know Why They Matter
Recently, I have found myself retelling a story I read a long time ago, in a leadership book, that really stuck with me. It was about a boy who had a … Read more
Why Employees Leave: It Comes Down to a Stressful Work Environment
To retain key employees, you must listen closely to what their top concerns are and not make assumptions based on your own. “Unemployment, in real-terms, … Read more
Employee Engagement? In a Business, It Needs to Start at the Very Top
A fish rots from the head down, as the saying goes. While the word rot sounds offensive, let’s just say it starts from the top. This week, I was having a … Read more
What HR Is Measuring: Employee Satisfaction and … Retention?
I always find studies and surveys that talk exclusively to HR people to be especially fascinating. I start scanning through the pretty graphs and data and … Read more
Self-Aware Manager: What Do You Do When You Stress Employees Out?
I’ve managed people for a long time, and although I have pretty good instincts, I really learned how to do it the old-fashioned way: by just getting … Read more
The Cost Of Innovation: What Do You Do With Workers From a Cancelled Project?
Innovation is on my mind as we are on the Facebook campus finishing up the latest Recruiting Innovation Summit (put on by TLNT’s parent company, ERE … Read more