A friend (let’s call her Jeanine) phoned the other day with some great news and some not-so-great news. The great news: She applied for an HR consultancy … Read more
Simple Acts Can Have a Huge Impact — Especially in the Workplace
Have you heard of Edward Lorenz? If you don’t recognize his name, you probably have heard of his catch-phrase that described his work in the lab, which was … Read more
Coding and Cupcakes? Here’s Why We Need More Women in Tech
Last month at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, Google’s Eric Schmidt posed the question: There’s something about the tech culture, the way we approach it, … Read more
Can You Make a Case For “Unfair” Pay in Your Organization?
Laszlo Bock, Senior VP of People Operations at Google, has a new book titled Work Rules! hitting the market this month. As to be expected, there’s been a … Read more
The Growing Issue of “Clopening”: Do You Have the Tools to Deal With It?
In many industries, particularly retail, automated workforce management tools have been used for decades to assign workers to shifts/tasks, to log their … Read more
Open Office Backlash: Did Anyone Ask Employees What They Thought?
According to the International Management Facility Association, nearly 70 percent of corporate offices now have so-called “open-plan” offices, or work … Read more
Creativity Out of Chaos: Millennials Thrive in an Open Work Culture
Investing in the success of Millennials isn’t a request or a dilapidated plea to appease the emerging workforce anymore. Millennials are a critical part … Read more
HR Roundtable: The Challenge in Tackling What Diversity Really Is
The topic for the March HR Roundtable in Cincinnati generated some buzz even before it convened. There were people who chose not to attend because they … Read more
How to Get Better Information From Hiring Managers
I asked the question — open-ended, curious, and fearless — setting the stage for an answer with little information. It was the wrong question to begin with … Read more
The 9 Keys to Highly Collaborative Workplace Cultures
Work harder. Dress for success. Land the next big promotion. And whatever you do — make sure you win! Widely regarded as a universal leadership and … Read more