When Newsweek published an article this month headlined “The Creativity Crisis,” I was intrigued. After all, I’ve spent my life directing and managing … Read more
Salary Increases are Down, But That’s Not Driving Employee Engagement
It was only a couple of weeks ago that the Hay Group weighed in with their forecast on salary increases for 2011 – 3 percent, and slightly better than … Read more
Are Your Managers Prepared for the Seismic Shift in the Workplace?
As I paced back and forth, reviewing one last time what I wanted to say for my closing keynote,“The Hidden Gift Your Gen Y Employees Are Offering You,” my … Read more
Best Places To Live And Your Employment Brand
Money Magazine released their 100 Best Places to Live list for 2010 designating the best small cities around the country to live. Many of these small … Read more
LeBron James? He’s Just a Glimpse at Your Employee of the Future
By now, most of us have come up for air after being submerged in LeBron James fever over the past few days. I, for one, could really care less since I’m … Read more
How Smart Employers are Dealing With Employee Stress
I attended the annual WorldatWork conference outside Dallas in May, but for the life of me I don’t recall the people from Buck Consultants taking a survey … Read more
Two Views of How Employees (and their Managers) Are Feeling Right Now
With the summer finally in full gear (and those of you living in the Eastern Time Zone know what I’m talking about), it’s time to step back and ask a … Read more
How to Communicate with Employees When You Don’t Know Everything
Too many companies delay communicating with employees until they have “all” the answers or have decided every last detail of a big change. This is the … Read more
How to Keep from Being Poached in the Upcoming War for Talent
The upcoming war for talent is different because the people pipeline has changed. Instead of an outright war, smaller, less conspicuous battles will be … Read more
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Employees
I’m not a big follower of Dan Pink and his book Drive, but I am intrigued by his premise – that everything we know about what motivates people is … Read more