“Imitation is the sincerest form of collective stupidity.” — W. Carroll (Bill) Munro, former marketing director, Pepsico I recently wrote … Read more
5 Ways That We Keep Employees From Becoming Leaders
In HR (or OD, Training, etc. – pick your title) we like to believe we constantly develop our employees to become the next generation of leaders. But many … Read more
Real-Life Engagement That Helped to Save a Real Life
I think there are more definitions of employee engagement than organizations pursuing it. I like this definition taken from recent Temkin Group … Read more
Weekly Wrap: The Secrets That Employees Don’t Want HR to Know
I wade through all sorts of content during the course of any given week, and a great deal of it is not particularly memorable. PR people pitch me all sorts … Read more
Cultivating Confidence: 5 Keys to Keep You on the Road to Success
“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” … Read more
A Lesson From Grammy Winners Daft Punk on Why Collaboration Works
I’m not a Daft Punk expert – unless you count listening to Get Lucky non-stop when driving my son and his friends to the beach last summer. This French … Read more
Big Data is Hot, But Sometimes, Small Data Is the Better Way to Go
The recruiting and HR world has been awash for the last year with talk about Big Data. It seems everywhere you turn you read another article describing how … Read more
Progressive HR: It’s All About Policies That Truly Engage Today’s Workforce
“[Cough, cough] I can’t come in today, I am very sick,” she said. I told her no problem; see you when you feel better. However, when she came … Read more
Giving Notice: What It Should Tell You When Workers Don’t Give Any
A few weeks ago, a man on LinkedIn questioned “Why burn bridges?” He was objecting to the behavior of a past employee, a young woman, who’d quit without … Read more
The Trick to a Great HR Department: Act Small – Even If You’re Really Big
Do you know why most restaurants fail? They don’t do anything really, really well. There are a number of new burger chains popping up all over the country … Read more