Three years from now can seem like geologic time for so many global companies still picking their way through today’s economic morass. Yet HR leaders of … Read more
A Few Things We Can All Learn From Being Trapped 69 Days Underground
I was moved as much as anyone by the feel good story of the 33 Chilean miners and their rescue after 69 days trapped (and thought to be possibly doomed) … Read more
The Gap Logo Debacle: There Are Lessons Here – Especially for HR
I looked on in amusement this past week when the Gap released their new logo to anticipated fanfare. All of their design team knew they had a winner. Gap … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bad Survey for Boss Day, Starbucks Lines, and Just Say No
Well, today is that day that I know you and your staff has been anxiously waiting for – National Boss Day. I will celebrate by not ranting about the idiocy … Read more
Traffic Lights and Layoffs: How a U.K. Company Used One for the Other
Here’s a layoff story that has to be read to be believed: “All 16,000 employees of Everything Everywhere, the mobile phone company created by the … Read more
Are You Implementing Your Strategy, or Just Wasting Time Studying It?
I was working with a CEO and his executive team on their strategy when we came to an interesting point in the day about their needing a game-changing … Read more
Stuck for a Boss’s Day Gift? 5 Suggestions If You Just Can’t Ignore It
Note: Some Fridays, we like to illuminate some of the funnier aspects of HR. Sometimes it will be a video, a picture, a story or satire but we hope it will … Read more
Are We There Yet? Dave Ulrich Insights on “What’s Next for HR?”
“I just hope that this conference gives me the answer to this project I am working on.” This statement came from a conference attendee that I sat next to … Read more
What’s The True Cost of Health Care Reform?
I was able to catch part of the recent webinar put on by the Corporate Executive Board’s Corporate Leadership Council on Benefits (that’s a … Read more
From the Energy Files: The Power of Fast and Frequent Coaching
The majority of employee survey work is done once a year, or in fact, every two years. This is an odd cycle given that financial data, sales data, and … Read more