Our colleagues over at ERE had a post today that asked something that really jumped out at you: Why Do Good People and Good Organizations Allow a Bad … Read more
Top 5 HR Mistakes in Mergers & Acquisitions, and How to Avoid Them
Mergers & acquisitions are ways for companies to grow, acquire talent, and technologies or obtain synergies. Whatever the reason your organization … Read more
What You Need to Do to Develop an Effective and Useful HR Strategy
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
How I Make the Case for Recruiting and Hiring More Diverse Candidates
I know a ton of HR Pros right now who have been charged by their organizations to go out and “diversify” their workforce. By “diversify,” I’m not talking … Read more
Motivating Employees: Do You Let Them Know When They Perform Well?
I greatly enjoy the regular New York Times column “Corner Office,” which features interviews with CEOs on their leadership styles, lessons learned and … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Now It’s Ultraflex, But the Flexible Job Trend Keeps Growing
Blame it on Best Buy. Back in 2005, the nationwide electronics retailer came up with a new wrinkle on how to manage the company’s Minneapolis … Read more
Creative Solutions? They Usually Require You to Think “Inside the Box”
There’s a great little story in Matthew May’s book In Pursuit of Elegance (Why the Best ideas Have Something Missing) about trying to solve the problem … Read more
Motivation and Delivering on Time, or Why Consequences Really DO Matter
This is third in my series, What Good General Managers DO I opened the series with a note that a good general manager makes sure s/he has the following … Read more
Want to Accomplish? Then It’s Important to Also Have a Sense of Purpose
By Thomas J. DeLong When people have a clear sense of purpose, anxiety usually doesn’t get in the way of accomplishment. We have examples throughout … Read more
Demand Straight Talk – Ambiguity Causes Workplace Anger and Anxiety
By Thomas J. DeLong During World War II, Winston Churchill was marking up a classified document that the Allied Forces generals were waiting for in order … Read more