Are you leading the team you need? Or leading the team you have? Last week. I wrote a post about recognizing if you have someone on your team who is not … Read more
Domino Effect: Navigating Change Without Getting Knocked Over
Have you ever played dominos? If so, you know how long it takes to set up the pieces in whatever pattern you choose. Yet regardless of how long it took you … Read more
The Future of HR: It’s All About Making It a True Decision Science
“It is important for communities to educate our children for their future, not our past.” In a recent interview, Romain Dallemand, the … Read more
A Sad Workplace Truth: People Don’t Just Become More Strategic
As I am preparing for a session next week with an executive team on Leading Transformation, I got thinking about what blocks organizations from getting … Read more
The Strong Personality Safeguard: How a Smart Leader Changed His Style
While conducting a program on how to recognize and work with different personality styles, I heard a great example of self-awareness from the group’s … Read more
Can You “Fix” a Bad Manager? There Are Only 3 Choices for HR
If you’re interested in management, improving your management skills or the like, I strongly encourage you to add Wally Bock to your daily reading list. … Read more
Discretionary Effort: Is It Really the “Holy Grail” of Engagement?
A lot of my work lately has been focused in the area of employee engagement. In fact, I’m speaking at a number of conferences this fall, sharing my … Read more
Are You “Done?” You Need Some Fire to Fix Employee Discontentment
“I’m done.” Those words were uttered by Andy Roddick last month at the beginning of the U.S. Open. Tennis is unlike a lot of sports, where the coach or … Read more
Customer Satisfaction: Why Don’t More Companies Do the Right Thing?
I don’t know if you heard the story about the little 10-year-old girl that was flying unaccompanied on a plane trip** from San Francisco to Traverse City, … Read more
Being the Boss: Why Is Becoming a Manager So Difficult?
Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday, we’re republishing … Read more