Last week, while listening to a friend weigh the pros and cons of a potential job offer, I started thinking about what I call the Unholy Work Trinity (UWT) … Read more
Mastering the Soft Skills: 5 Unspoken Rules Every Manager Should Know
There are unspoken rules that exist in the workplace that colleges don’t teach and HR rarely trains on, and those rules are a powerful influence of who … Read more
How to Keep HR Off the Front Page of the Newspaper
Last week, the head of Human Resources for my city’s public school district resigned after it became public she exchanged text messages with a subordinate … Read more
Giving Is the Very Best Workplace Communication
Sometimes, the best leadership examples come from someone who does not have the lofty titles. We watch in amazement how one tiny gesture ends up giving us … Read more
Do Recruiters Still Care About the Candidate Relationship?
Back in the day, while working at my first job out of school, I became bored. Shocker for a young person, right? I made the decision that since I had one … Read more
How Bullies and Barbarians Can Ruin Your Workplace Culture
A friend and I were sharing “speaker war stories” recently, prompted by his jaw-dropping experience earlier that week. Here’s what happened… Just as my … Read more
Finding Meaning on the Job Beyond the Job Itself
When was the last time you felt that the work you were doing had meaning or was about more than just making money? Have you ever done something that filled … Read more
Renaming HR: Maybe We Should Simply Call It Employee Engagement
If your company is like most, you have a Human Resource department, and you may still call it HR. For the traditional roles of Human Resources such as … Read more
The Next Frontier for Human Resources? It’s People Analytics
A new way of managing talent is beginning to emerge within the human resources world called “people analytics.” It attempts to remove gut instinct, … Read more
Are We Ready For the Uber-ification of Work, Performance and Pay?
We want it both ways as employers. We want workers who keep their skills up-to-date and willingly pursue learning and development. In addition, we also … Read more