For many of us in business, company culture is both an essential and elusive element of a productive workforce. Culture influences everything: how an … Read more
People Aren’t Afraid of Change – It’s About the Challenge of Navigating It
I’m at a conference and the morning keynote just stood up in front of the entire room and pronounced that change is hard because people are afraid of … Read more
Jurassic World: A Reminder How Workplace Intentions Can Go Horribly Wrong
If you break it down to its prehistoric DNA, the plot of blockbuster Jurassic World and its predecessors resembles anybody’s bad day at the office: You set … Read more
Disruptive Technology? Who Cares as Long as We’re Still Hiring?
The shift in public safety best practice was dramatic. Prior to early 1983, the Visalia, California police and fire dispatchers managed a manual process … Read more
Have to Fire Someone? Here’s How to Do it and Avoid Getting Burned
Whether it’s AOL CEO Tim Armstrong firing an employee in the middle of a conference call, or British entertainment company HMV firing the employees that … Read more
How to Influence at Work Without Being a Jerk
How do you: Convince a team to take on work they don’t consider a priority? Change someone’s mind? Persuade a leader to make a decision they don’t feel … Read more
People Just Don’t Become More Strategic
People don’t become more strategic I frequently talk to executives who are concerned about particular individuals on their team, saying, “I need them to be … Read more
Here’s the Real Secret to Employee Retention
What is the one thing that employees hate more than anything else? Change. Bar none, “change” would rank as the most disliked thing that a … Read more
Why You Really Need to Have a Not-to-Do List
Sometimes, the best thing you can do in productivity terms is NOT to do something. I’ve talked for years about having not-to-do lists, which can prove as … Read more
Getting Men to “Lean In” to Help Drive Diversity and Inclusion
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, Bill … Read more