Athletes and coaches love the bottom line of a game. You win or you lose. The winner is clear. Usually. This past year, college football addressed a … Read more
How to Follow-Up Without Being a Pain-in-the-Rear Micromanager
“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” – best-selling author Tom Peters If you’ve attained a management … Read more
Hiding in Plain Sight: Why It’s So Hard to Find Great Managers
Great managers can help companies achieve around 150 percent higher earnings per share than their competition, and double the employee engagement levels. … Read more
It’s Time to Finally Kiss Traditional eLearning Goodbye
Have you ever tried explaining the early Internet to a young colleague? Mention Usenet and dial-up connections and you might as well be describing the era … Read more
HR Trends For 2015: It All Starts With Retaining Key Employees
You don’t have to read Fast Company to know that retention is a key issue for many executives in 2015. How do you keep the right people in the right jobs … Read more
Here’s What’s Really Happening With Adopting and Utilizing Big Data
For at least the past three years, there has been no shortage of articles written about the urgency of businesses and HR adopting a data mindset. Business … Read more
New Data Tells Some Surprising Truths about Millennials
Most employers say that competing for talent is one of their greatest challenges. Employers that want to remain competitive will need to meet the … Read more
Dear Employer: Here’s Why My Disengagement Is About You, Not Me!
Your employees are happy, right? They couldn’t possibly be looking for a new job. Think again. According to Gallup, 70 percent of workers in the U.S. are … Read more
Why One Millennial Thinks You Should Be Hiring Older Workers
There‘s much discussion about Generation Y and the benefits we bring to the workforce, but what about the Baby Boomers who are often times overlooked? This … Read more
HR Advice to Start 2015: Resolve to Listen More to Your People This Year
“But, it is the General Manager who so sets the tone and culture in an organization.” That statement, by a local reporter, followed the recent firing of … Read more