I had a great conversation with a client yesterday who is working to shift her organization’s employee bonus plan from a purely discretionary one to … Read more
7 Keys to Successful Employee Engagement: Lessons from Stryker
Gallup recently issued a brilliant case study of Stryker, a global medical devices company. Focusing on just one unit in New Jersey, the case study … Read more
TLNT Q&A: Just What Is the Transform Conference Really About?
Maybe you missed it in the end-of-the-year rush, but late last month, I was a guest on TotalPicture Radio With Peter Clayton, and we talked about a lot of … Read more
Performance Reviews: Sometimes, They’re Like Bad High School Movies
It’s like a bad high school movie — where one clique picks on another less popular clique. But in this movie, it’s not the popular kids who taunt the geeky … Read more
How Should a CEO Handle Company Criticism? Best Buy May Offer a Lesson
It was 9:30 pm, two weeks before Christmas, and I was standing in a humongous line at Best Buy. This is not where I wanted to be. I hate shopping in stores … Read more
7 Sure Fire Ways to Fail as an HR Leader
It’s tough being an HR leader these days! You have all these boomers retiring and taking their typewriters and knowledge with them, you have all these Gen … Read more
Is This The Worst Thing You Can Ever Do to an Employee?
What is the worst thing you can do to an employee? According to management consultants Doug and Polly White, authors of the CFO.com article The Worst Thing … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How Empathy Can Help Ease Employee Job Burnout
As a long-time member of the workforce, I understand first-hand how easy it is to get burned out on your job. In fact, the problem of job burnout has been … Read more
Exit Interviews? Why Don’t We Focus on Stay Interviews Instead?
I got to thinking about exit interviews after I read the article here on TLNT by John Hollon titled Exit Interviews: How Can We Make Them More Than a Waste … Read more
The Art of Succession Planning: What We Can Learn From Warren Buffett
Did anyone see the announcement by Warren Buffett before the holidays where he named his son, Howie, as his successor to run Berkshire Hathaway when he … Read more