This is not a deep psychology dive on ego and power in business leadership, which is a huge topic. But I want to share some practical observations about … Read more
Billy Beane and the Science of Talent Management, The Moneyball Way
What’s it like to have Brad Pitt play you in a movie? Billy Beane, general manager of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics, is one of the … Read more
10 Things You Can Do To Build a Team of Rock Stars
If you’ve been to a Hard Rock Cafe before, you know how unique the restaurant experience is there. But besides the memorabilia, music and videos … Read more
What Wells Fargo Gets Right: Focusing on Employees and Customers First
Banks and bankers have been much in the news the last few years, usually taking the heat for poor or questionable business practices that have inarguably … Read more
Are We Teaching Employees the Lessons We Want Them to Learn?
My youngest, an 8th grader, was recently caught cheating. On advice from her parents, Natalie approached the teacher before school to admit she wasn’t … Read more
HR Roundtable: What Hinders Effective Training & Development?
The mild winter put people in the mood for in-depth discussion about February’s HR Roundtable in Cincinnati topic – How do we keep Training & … Read more
What Makes A Company A Great Place To Work? It’s More Than Free Lunches
Editor’s note: The TLNT Radio Show is a weekly podcast where we talk to the top minds in HR and talent management. New episodes are posted here every week. … Read more
Diversity: It’s Good For Business, the Workplace, and All of Our Lives
It’s OK if the formula does not make sense. I have watched with amusement these past few weeks the reaction in the sports world to the phenomenon … Read more
Employees: The Best Companies Know They’re the Foundation of Success
By Kevin Cope Google has what is possibly the most rigorous hiring system of any company in the history of business. Most people go through more 10 … Read more
Enablement & Energy: 2 Key Factors to Sustainable Employee Engagement
Abhishek Mittal, a Towers Watson management consultant based in Singapore, is one of my go-to sources for on-point research and thinking on employee … Read more