Note: This article is part of an occasional series dedicated to exploring the contribution of human capital assets (people!) to the valuation of a … Read more
The Virtue of Admitting When Things Are Ambiguous
The March HR (Cincinnati) Roundtable took on a topic that is often a subject of frustration among employees, but little is done about it. Every company has … Read more
Autonomy Gets What Micromanaging Never Will
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. This is No. 14 of the 708 articles. You … Read more
Steal This Silo Smashing Idea
Pondering how (or whether) recognition and rewards can help smash silos and encourage collaboration where you work? Michael Schrage, MIT research fellow, … Read more
The Secret to Innovation? Diversity and Listening
Q: How do you promote innovation? A: You listen. To everyone. At the recent “Great Place to Work For All” summit, an annual event sponsored by Great Place … Read more
The Myth of the March Madness Productivity Drain
March Madness, the NCAA’s annual basketball tournament, should be making companies mad, if some productivity data is to be believed. The weeks-long … Read more
The HCM Predictions For the Year: Old Wine and Some New Bottles
Every year I read through hundreds of human capital management (HCM) forecasts, trends and predictions to see if there is anything truly new on the … Read more
Boost Engagement and Productivity By Playing Games
The benefits which the gamification of otherwise boring business technology can bring are impossible to quantify. However, the growth of the global … Read more
Try Monotasking to Be More Productive
Multitasking is how you turbo charge going too fast as a human. The American Psychological Association states, “Doing more than one task at a time, … Read more
Marketing Can Teach You How to Improve Engagement
The two most valuable assets in any business are actually the same thing. Humans. Our customers and our employees. Yet, in most companies there is a huge … Read more