BlessingWhite’s Employee Engagement Research Update has recently been released. It’s an update to their massive research published in 2011. Measuring … Read more
Are You Googling Job Candidates? When You Do, Everyone Loses
Years ago, I asked HR professionals to stop Googling candidates. In short, it is dumb and lazy. It is an unreliable and invalid way of discerning a … Read more
Want to Engage High-Potential Employees? Don’t Take Them for Granted
Employees aren’t human capital assets or resources — they are unique and talented individuals entitled to respect and the pursuit of purpose in their … Read more
Shared-Value Strategy: A Fundamental Change That HR Should Embrace
Why are market leaders behaving like non-profits, and what does this mean for your workforce and company culture? Today, a surprising number of global … Read more
Taking Your Pulse: You Need Data to Test How Company Culture Is Doing
How’s your company culture doing? Is it a powerful, positive impact for employees every day, reinforcing your core values in how the work gets done so … Read more
The 5 Hallmarks of Really Lousy Leadership
I saw a senior leader recently make several bonehead moves and was reminded that we can all learn from both good and bad examples. Here are five (5) poor … Read more
Can HR Be a Business Partner When Business Isn’t Our First Concern?
Marc Effron over at the New Talent Management Network recently published research on the 2013 State of Talent Managers. The findings are fascinating and … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 2 Big World-Changing Words In Recruiting – “What If?”
What if …? These two little words can change your world. They can even change the whole world. By asking yourself, “What if…,” you unlock the key to your … Read more
The Most Important Organizational Dynamic? It’s the Art of Managing Up
“No, I just know how to kiss ass.” My immediate reaction was simple: What? The answer was in response to a question I asked someone about how … Read more
The Flex Work Dilemma: How Do You Optimize Motivation and Productivity?
Now that the dust has settled a bit about Marissa Meyer’s controversial “no working from home” policy at Yahoo, I thought I’d weigh … Read more