Nearly every January, we see a rash of articles in the business press reporting the percentage of employees who have made a New Year’s resolution to find a … Read more
Why They Stay or Why They Go: The Keys to Good Employee Retention
We know that it’s far cheaper to retain an employee than to replace them. But in order to understand how to retain, we first need to understand the … Read more
Workplace Collaboration: Here’s Why It Doesn’t Always Work
It’s hard to remember a time when collaboration wasn’t a widely discussed and accepted concept. It drives how we design offices, how we form … Read more
Feedback Is the Ultimate Leadership Sucker Test
I think I might be on the cusp of the next great employee feedback mechanism for leadership. I’ve been thinking about this concept for a long while. You … Read more
A Talent Management Truth: Your Employees ARE Your Brand!
North Americans tend to be a results-oriented bunch. We applaud an endeavor’s result, but are sometimes myopic about how that result was achieved. The same … Read more
Personal Interactions at Work: Is Technology Making Us Avoid Them?
Today’s workplace is fully wired, always on and untethered to geographical boundaries. We now have tools through which we can collaborate with people … Read more
The Biggest Lie We Tell in HR (and Why Need to Stop Telling It)
I believe that telling lies can render a person insane. Seriously. When a person makes a habit of lying, they eventually begin believing their own lies, … Read more
Hiding in Plain Sight: Why It’s So Hard to Find Great Managers
Great managers can help companies achieve around 150 percent higher earnings per share than their competition, and double the employee engagement levels. … Read more
HR Advice to Start 2015: Resolve to Listen More to Your People This Year
“But, it is the General Manager who so sets the tone and culture in an organization.” That statement, by a local reporter, followed the recent firing of … Read more
The One, Single Trait That Separates Great Hires
For 20 years, I’ve been hiring and firing people. I’ve been lucky enough to have some great performers, a bunch of good performers, and an also a few … Read more