Almost every single week of my life for the last 20 years, I’ve had to deal with an issue that just seems to never go away. It didn’t matter if I was in an … Read more
Should You Trust a Woman Who Cries at Work?
Last week on Shark Tank, a female business owner was counseled by Barbara Corcoran (one of the “sharks”) that she needed to “give up this … Read more
What You Need to Ask Before You Do Another Employee Engagement Survey
You wish your employees were more engaged, so you get ready to conduct another employee engagement survey. Don’t do it. At least, don’t do it before … Read more
Is Performance Management Dead? Why HR Needs to Get Behind This Problem
Don’t you just love it when the business media derails all your good work? The current edition of HR Magazine‘s article Is the Annual Performance … Read more
How Bad is Your Succession Management? This Report May Help You Find Out
“(Some) 84 percent of organizations report having a lack of candidates in the pipeline ready to assume open and critical positions.” That’s not good, … Read more
Open Offices Really Suck — But Your HR Department Already Knows This
About a year ago, a former HR colleague called me in a panic. She was asked to help design a new office layout. Nobody would have offices or cubicle walls, … Read more
Tech Insights: When Does HR Need to Get Involved In Sustainability?
Sustainability reporting sits at the edge of the world of HR. Issues like diversity land squarely into HR’s domain, whereas issues like child labor have an … Read more
Both the Past AND Future Expectations Can Dramatically Impact Engagement Levels
Employee engagement continues to drive very positive business outcomes and is a vital concern for leaders around the world, but efforts to improve … Read more
I Only Want to Hire People Who Have Been Fired – and Have Something to Prove
I was once fired from a job. I won’t go into the story because we all have a story and we all frame it to sound like a victim. In hindsight, many years … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: What Do You Do If You’re Not Attracting Quality Applicants?
Have you been asking yourself why your organization is not attracting quality applicants? If the people who apply are not of the caliber you want and need, … Read more