Last Saturday, I was an invited guest on a panel discussion during Social Media Weekend at Columbia University. This is their second annual Social Media … Read more
Where’s the Loyalty? Getting the Most Out of Your Team in Trying Times
Lack of loyalty is a serious problem in organizations everywhere today. No longer do people join a company and devote the rest of their working lives to … Read more
Motivating Workers: You Can Learn a Lot From 18th Century Sailors
Have you ever seen a nautical movie and dreamed of living a sailor’s life? We dream that silly dream because we don’t really understand how hard their job … Read more
Two Ways to Fix Mistakes at Work
What do you do when you mess up at work? The gamut of responses runs from “lie and hide” to “sweep it under the rug and hope no one notices” to “confess … Read more
7 Secrets That Only HR Pros Know
I was reading an article the other evening over at Huffington Post titled Welcome to the Club: Lessons From One Mom to Another. (Why was I reading this, I … Read more
The Quest for Excellence: It’s Why Learning Never, Ever Ends
“I will be glad when this is all over. I will never have to study anything anymore.” That was a statement from my daughter during finals week in her senior … Read more
Do Professional HR Certifications Really Help Job Seekers?
Professional HR certifications have become commonplace in the past 20 years. The HR Certification Institute (HRCI), affiliated with SHRM, has awarded the … Read more
Want to Drive Change? Be Like Steve Jobs and Hire Pirates
Dollars to donuts, Fast Company is the best publication out their for anyone in the business world! They hit a home run in my book recently with the … Read more
3 Lessons for Realistic (and Universal) Company Values Done Right
Do CEOs – other than Tony Hsieh of Zappos, of course – actually think about the company’s culture and core values to the extent of using the values as … Read more
Don’t Just Think Outside the Box — Find a Better Box
By Stephen M. Shapiro Leaders of organizations often use the expression “Think outside the box” when urging their employees to innovate. The belief is that … Read more