When the numbers are in the trillions – 10 trillion to be precise – a lot can be accomplished. But then again, a lot can go wrong as well. The human body … Read more
A Lesson From the Big Reorganization at JC Penney: Change Can’t be Rushed
After a full on rebranding, new strategic direction, and massive organizational changes designed to reinvent the retailer and improve profits, JC Penney … Read more
Resetting the Organization: What if Your Employees Became Free Agents?
What if you made your employees eligible to become free agents every three years? That is the intriguing question that HR executive and blogger Andy Porter … Read more
Workplace Flexibility and Work-Life Balance: It’s a Benefit, Not a Burden
Long gone are the standard 9-to-5 work days. If an email comes in on Saturday morning, a response is often expected by noon. We have the flexibility to … Read more
When Leading and Managing, Don’t be Like Hatfields & McCoys
The History Channel just aired a mini-series called Hatfields & McCoys; did you happen to catch it? This lengthy and notorious family feud was a way of … Read more
Work-Life Balance: A Bad Concept That Ignores The Real Problem
Work-life balance is one of those concepts I love to hate. Here’s why: The notion of work-life balance is artificial at best, and at worst, it’s a false … Read more
The High Performance Organization: Does Your Organization Measure Up?
More and more organizations express their drive in annual reports, adverts and websites to turn into a High Performance Organization (HPO). But what does … Read more
Making Your Pitch: To be Effective, You Gotta be Short and Sweet
I remember in grade school getting an assignment to do a “report” on a topic or a book. Part of the assignment was always the length — “Make sure … Read more
Tale of the Lost Refrigerator, or How One Company Lost its Work Ethic
I’m shopping for a refrigerator to replace a custom built-in model that is in my home. Always looking for a bargain, I went online and found a great deal … Read more
Institutional Sexism? Here’s My 2 Cents on How We Start to Overcome That
By Laurie Ruettimann I was sitting in the back of a conference room at a Human Resources technology conference last week, zoning out and reading a review … Read more