One of my favorite shows is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and without fail, his closing segment always gets me. It’s called Moment of Zen and it … Read more
A Management Question: If Employees Aren’t Assets, Then What Are They?
By Thomas O. Davenport and Stephen D. Harding It is dangerous to set up any single executive as a paradigm of enterprise-level leadership, given the … Read more
Managerial Alchemy: Why Work and Reward Are Really One in the Same
By Thomas O. Davenport and Stephen D. Harding It is difficult to overestimate the motivational power many executives and most organizations ascribe to … Read more
HR Roundtable: Just What is it That HR is Measuring?
The December HR Roundtable in Cincinnati was challenging because the weather had begun to turn and the traffic to get to the location was gridlock. It was … Read more
Don’t Be a Scrooge – Learning to Enjoy The Holidays As a Manager
Just call me Scrooge. While it wasn’t my official nickname, you could have called me that my first few Decembers as a manager and an HR practitioner. … Read more
Are You Managing Your Workforce by Staying on Top of the Holiday Effect?
Many companies avoid collecting any type of survey data from employees in November or December. They do so because they have learned through experience … Read more
Stressing Out Over Performance Reviews? Here’s a Way to Fix That
Sometimes when I am thinking about writing a blog post, my thought process can be all over the place. Often times, my thoughts run to what either someone … Read more
Work-Life Balance Debate: The Stress of Not Having it All
Welcome to my confessional: I’m feeling the stress of not having it all. What should be amusing about this is that I don’t even believe in the notion of … Read more
Where to Work if You’re a Talent Management Rock Star
There are many lists that highlight great places to work. Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” and BusinessWeek‘s “Best Places to Launch a … Read more
How Do You Motivate Employees Who ‘Quit’ but Stay?
By Brent D. Peterson and Gaylan W. Nielson “An organization pays a heavy price when its bright, capable people quit and leave. But it’s even more costly … Read more