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
Gen iY: They Want Meaning, Money, Influence – and to Work With Friends
Last of three parts By Dr. Tim Elmore Generation iY (I call them this because of the intense impact iTunes, iPhones, iPods, iMacs and the Internet has had … Read more