Nothing is easy today. When I lived in the U.S. (I currently work in Dubai), I would always marvel at late night TV commercials. My take was that whatever … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why Training Your People Can Really Pay Off
Training pays. Sometimes, it’s easy to underestimate just how much it pays. Consider an employee who is going to work 2,000 hours for you this year. It’s … Read more
How to Get Your Company Succession Plan in Order (and Why It’s So Important)
HR professionals are expected to have solid succession plans and often believe they do when they do not. How often do we believe we created a quality plan … Read more
10 Tips For Keeping Your Best Employees Happy
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. Your best employees are the people who … Read more
Do Managers Motivate? There’s Actually Something More Important They Focus On
In coaching individuals, one of the questions I often choose to begin a dialogue on leadership is, “What is your primary responsibility as a leader of this … Read more
HR is Siloed and Too Inwardly Focused. Here’s What We Do About That
By David C. Forman In his new book, Fearless HR — Driving Business Results, David Forman asserts that HR must escape its past before seizing a future … Read more
15 Factors That Impact How Your Employees Respond to Change
Here are 15 factors that can impact how your employees’ respond to change: 1. Control The amount of input and influence the employee has around the change, … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Are You Training Your Staff to be Ready For a Crisis?
Let’s face it — stuff happens. That’s a given. What’s up to you and your people is how you respond. Have you trained your employees what to do when … Read more
Workforce Training Is Important, But Job Shadowing Is Critical
These days, roles in most white-collar teams have become so specialized that no single person can learn everything needed to keep the team’s work processes … Read more
Last Word: Jack Welch Says Micromanagement Is Good – and I Believe Him
Leave it to Jack Welch, father of the famous rank-and-yank system, to defend micromanagement. The former General Electric CEO is known for a lot of things, … Read more