Approximately 80 million Millennials live in the U.S today. In my last post on talent acquisition trends, I touched on the fact that this group is the … Read more
It Kills Creativity When You Talk a Good Idea to Death
Excessive talking can be dangerous to your business and your life. Tongue-wagging may not send you to the ER with heart-palpitations, blot clots, or … Read more
6 Ways You Can Help to Increase Your Workplace Value
I see (broadly, for the sake of this discussion) two types of people in their careers. People who see their job description as a minimum requirement, and … Read more
What I Learned Hiring Millennials: First, Forget All the Stereotypes
I used to have a certain image of the kind of workplace that attracts Millennials — a picture, I’ll admit, that was heavily influenced by movies like the … Read more
Keeping Employees Happy? Hey CEOs, This Isn’t Rocket Science
Editor’s Note: Readers frequently ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday. Are you tired of hearing about … Read more
Despite Your Best Efforts, Why Aren’t Your Employees More Engaged?
By David Lee and Jacob Schneid Despite millions of words written and millions of dollars spent on improving employee engagement, the needle has barely … Read more
Why Your Employees Need to be Both Engaged AND Aligned
I appreciate a good analogy, especially when it comes to terms that can be defined in multiple ways. Employee engagement and alignment are a good example. … Read more
Real Leaders? They Don’t Get Caught Up in Their Own Personal Power
People often ask me if it was hard for me to go from running really large organizations to having my own (implied — “much smaller”) company. This was never … Read more
6 Ways to Engage Employees – But Only One That Really Works
We think there are millions of ways to engage, or disengage, employees but there aren’t. Truly, there are only six. The six basic emotions we feel as … Read more
Shaping a Successful Culture? You Start With Purposeful Leadership
Culture is a powerful force and culture-shaping efforts fail for many key reasons. But what makes them succeed? What makes some culture-change efforts … Read more