People in the business community love their clichés. “There’s no ‘I’ in team,” “work smarter, not harder,” and my personal favorite, “think outside the … Read more
Make Your Company Vision a KISS (As in “Keep it Simple, Sweetie”)
By Dr. David Vik I always advise clients that the “Vision” of a company needs to be a short, simple, and repeatable slogan that doesn’t put … Read more
Want a Singular Company Culture? It Must Come Straight From the Top
Your CEO must set your company culture. He or she must demonstrate by example and reinforcement the culture they want to see permeate the organization. … Read more
Leveraging Big Data: HR’s Golden Opportunity to be Strategic Partners
Just as having a saw doesn’t make you an expert carpenter, having Big Data doesn’t make you an expert analyst. A recent article in the Harvard Business … Read more
No More Flex Work? Are You Freaking Kidding Me?
So those who may not know, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently announced that employees are no longer allowed to telecommute – at all. I told myself I was … Read more
How to Avoid Hearing “That’s Not in My Job Description”
“That’s not in my job description.” Many frustrated employees have muttered that phrase. Due to some pretty sloppy examples of job descriptions, the … Read more
How Google Is Using People Analytics to Completely Reinvent HR
First of two parts If you haven’t seen it in the news, after its stock price broke the $800 barrier last month, Google moved into the No. 3 position among … Read more
How Culture Translates Into a High-Performance Organization
In a recent article on TLNT.com, I offered an alternative to the current standard for HR: Culture Development. While most of the comments on the article … Read more
Carnival Cruise Ship Moments: Coping With Situations We Can’t Control
I don’t do boats. Even looking at them makes me woozy. My motion-sickness heart went out to the travelers on last week’s Carnival cruise ship voyage from … Read more
Zero Dark Thirty: Driving to a Goal by Challenging the Status Quo
Editor’s Note: With the Academy Awards drawing near, TLNT again asked some prominent thought leaders to write about their favorite movie from this past … Read more