Editor’s note: Weekly Wrap is stepping back and celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela today. We’ll be back with our regular format next … Read more
Workplace Change: How to Turn Objections Into Objectives
Good people resist change for lots of reasons. Perhaps they’re comfortable with the way things are. Perhaps they feel threatened. Perhaps they think the … Read more
San Francisco’s Flex Work Legislation: Will it Be Win-Win or Lose-Lose?
China Gorman, CEO of Great Place to Work, wrote an excellent Thanksgiving Day TLNT piece on San Francisco’s new Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance (FFWO) … Read more
When Bullying Turns Into Mobbing, Everyone in the Workplace Loses
An extraordinarily dimwitted New York business owner will have to shell out at least $250,000 for hurling the n-word at his employee during a reported … Read more
The Many Benefits That Come From Using ‘Stay” Interviews
First of three parts Many firms use exit interviews to find out why employees are leaving their jobs. Unfortunately, asking an employee on their last day … Read more
The Importance of Removing Obstacles to Your Team’s Success
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” — Booker T. Washington, … Read more
Chris Argyris: Remembering the Father of Organizational Learning
Chris Argyris passed away last month, at the age of 90. This Harvard Business School professor earned 14 honorary doctorates, produced 30 books, and … Read more
What Penney’s Ron Johnson Could Have Learned From Pope Francis
OK, they’ve probably never met, but it strikes me as interesting how two “turnaround” leaders of embroiled organizations, took wildly different approaches, … Read more
When Is It Time to Finally Quit Your Job? 4 Questions You Should Ask
I sat next to him because he never spoke. They were 10-hour days. The work wasn’t challenging. In fact, I spent most of my day trying to look busy. And, on … Read more
What Do You Learn About a Candidate in a 10 Second Video Resume?
I hear the all the kids love Snapchat! OK, I’ve been hearing this for over a year now, but never really found any reason to write about the product. I even … Read more