I hate to admit it, but I was fired from my first two jobs out of college. I felt like a failure and was dejected, not knowing why I could not succeed … Read more
10 Ways to Help Your Team to Be a Lot More Productive
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” — Napoleon Hill, motivational writer If you’re not the boss or … Read more
Rewards Run Amuck: Contests That Demotivate and Destroy the Culture
“We’re adding a little something to this month’s sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anybody wanna see second prize? … Read more
A Leadership Lesson to Remember: Don’t Forget About the Machinery
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, Bill … Read more
How a Workplace Culture of Trust Can Make Your Organization Thrive
Can we reverse the trust decline? Distrust is the new normal. There has been a dramatic decline over at least the past 15 years in almost every sector of … Read more
It’s Not HR’s Job to Be the Ambassador of Happiness
I’m down with all of this research and science behind happiness at work. I think it’s a good thing. I like it when HR professionals think about happiness, … Read more
Finding the Kind of Leadership That We Should All Aspire To
“You know, your butt looks so bad in the outfit you’re wearing, that I was surprised when I touched it, it felt good.” Imagine hearing that on a date, or … Read more
Five Dos and Don’ts of Managing High Potential Employees
As the War for Talent rages, ensuring the success of high potential (HiPo) employee programs is more important than ever. Many companies still struggle to … Read more
The Important Design Components of a “Buddy” Hiring Program
Second of two parts As I told you here yesterday (see Few Recruiting Tools Work Better Than a “‘Buddy Hire” Program), the buddy hire approach is where you … Read more
Here’s Why You Need to Take All Forms of Discrimination Seriously
By Eric B. Meyer Here are 100,000 reasons to take all forms of discrimination seriously. And, that includes discrimination against men. Remember my January … Read more