Intuit’s Fast Tack blog did a great job summarizing trends and predictions for 2013 based on PwC Saratoga’s 2012/2013 US Human Capital Effectiveness Report … Read more
How Stories About Overcoming Adversity Can Inspire Your Employees
Seek out heroic stories to unleash your Inner Hero. Share heroic stories with your employees to unleash their Inner Hero. Doing this increases everybody’s … Read more
What Executives Need to Know About Engaging Employees
I greatly enjoyed the summary of Deloitte’s Core Beliefs and Culture survey in ChiefExecutive.net. The importance of company culture and it’s foundation – … Read more
Getting Ready for Millennials: What Younger Workers Really Want
One of the biggest transitions in my journey from college student to working professional has been adjusting to the generational gap. In college, I most … Read more
What Will It Take to Grow HR Into Something Big?
I’ve enjoyed watching the evolution of HR throughout my career. Gone are the days when HR’s primary role was to handle the administration and compliance … Read more
7 More Ways to Help Your Employees Execute Your Vision and Strategy
Second of two parts Yesterday in Part I (6 Ways to Help Your Employees Execute Your Vision and Strategy), we covered the first six things you can do to … Read more
Ending Us vs.Them: How Divisions Can Eat Away Your Company
It almost doesn’t matter how a company is divided, whether it’s vertical (management vs. employees), or horizontal (department vs. department), the end … Read more
6 Ways to Help Your Employees Execute Your Vision and Strategy
Recently at Sales Architects, Lee Salz posed a challenging scenario for sales managers to weigh in on. It involved a company dramatically changing its … Read more
How Fiefdoms Destroy Company Culture (and What You Can Do about It)
Recently, I had breakfast with a friend, Martha. As friends do over coffee and pastry, we filled each other in on the latest happenings in our work and … Read more
Should Companies Ever Terminate GOOD Employees? Here’s Why …
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it’s been.” — Wayne Gretzky One of the most difficult actions management has is terminating an … Read more