Many people have asked me recently how to build your personal brand and get positive visibility when you work remotely and no one can see you! … Read more
How Do You Identify and Develop the Leaders of Tomorrow?
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a strategist in HR and talent management for over 30 years. His specialty is HR strategy and designing world … Read more
Why People Don’t Do What You Say — Even When It’s Really Important
Your strategy is only good if you execute it. Think of if this way: Greatness of Strategy = Strategy * Execution If execution is zero, greatness is zero. … Read more
The Risks & Benefits When You Offer Employees “Unlimited” Vacation Time
The concept of unlimited vacation – an arrangement where employees can take vacation, personal and sick time whenever, however and in whatever … Read more
HR Metrics: Why They’re So Hot – and Why HR Needs to Embrace Them
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a strategist in HR and talent management for over 30 years. His specialty is HR strategy and designing world … Read more
Study Says That Severance Plans Have Held Steady Through the Recession
Is there anything good you can say about employee layoffs? According to some new research from WorldatWork, there is and it’s this: While companies … Read more
Rewarding Bad Behavior: When It Comes to Pay, Nice Guys Finish Last
I’ve never bought into the notion that “nice guys finish last,” as baseball manager Leo Durocher so famously put it, but I’ll admit … Read more
Survey: Companies Making Half-Hearted Effort to ID High Potentials
Remember my many rants about the terrible state of succession planning in the American workplace? Well, I haven’t had one in a couple of months, at … Read more
Do You Have a Culture Where You Value Your Employee’s Opinions?
I can’t tell you the number of bosses I’ve had who seemed to have little respect for the opinions coming from the good people who worked for … Read more
Strategic Planning and Other Great Managerial Delusions
Most strategic planning exercises are doomed from the start by being connected to the annual budget process. The money always wins. Strategy is creative. … Read more