“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody – is to trust them.” — Ernest Hemingway I was preparing for this month’s webinar and I came … Read more
Six Keys for a Better Payoff in Virtual Training
How can you get the best payoff from virtual instructor-led training? How can you keep the learners from tuning out? How can you help them use the skills … Read more
Quitting Dramatically: It’s Usually About Disengagement – and the Boss
Employees quitting in dramatic fashion via a video message that quickly goes viral is certainly nothing new, but I wanted to share this example with you. … Read more
What Top Companies Know: The 5 Basic Rules of Happy Employees
Editor’s Note: Sometimes readers ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday that some of you have requested. My … Read more
“I Am Sucking the Lifeblood Out of My Employer”
If you believe the recent Gallup Employee Engagement Poll (State of the American Workplace) is anywhere near accurate, 18 percent of employees are … Read more
Another Way to Motivate Employees: Try Building a Culture of Praise
If you’re like most managers, you want to motivate employees — the problem is how. You could try bonuses, regular reviews, occasional hand slapping, or … Read more
Generation X — Has Our Day Finally Come?
Members of Gen X (those born between 1960 and 1980), have I got good news for you. I mean us. A study conducted by EY claims that Gen X (and not those dang … Read more
A Game-Changing Conversation: Why You Really Need to Return That Call
“I heard from XXXX last week. Yes, I talked to him last week also, and he told me you did not return his call.” Like a lot of you, I have friends who are … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Less Than Half of Workers Get Regular Job Feedback
I’m said this before, but in my job, I get hit with a lot of surveys on a lot of different HR and talent management topics. Some are insightful and … Read more
Making Employees More Productive: 3 Steps to Breakthrough Performance
The business world has changed dramatically, and leaders can no longer rely on old management assumptions or paradigms to succeed. Generating the next … Read more