I’ve seen so many leaders completely unprepared to help their teams transition through change. The biggest mistake they make is forgetting who’s at the end … Read more
Push Hiring Managers Beyond Their Comfort Zone
It’s a perennial recruiting challenge: telling managers their expectations aren’t realistic; that they’re asking for a candidate who … Read more
It’s True: Highly Talented People Can Get Scared at Work, Too
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about this, and there are so many new followers of this blog (thank you and welcome!), so I wanted to write this short … Read more
Want A Competitive Advantage? Get Your Team To Make Faster Decisions
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. Can your team make a decision? I was … Read more
Opportunity Cost, or What I Learned About Employee Satisfaction From SNL
Two middle-aged men walk into an elevator. The taller and heavier of the two points to the other’s t-shirt. It’s a Saturday Night Live t-shirt with a … Read more
Taking Initiative: It’s the Sign of a Healthy, and Highly Engaged, Workforce
“When you believe in what you’re doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.” — Sam Dash, American law professor and chief … Read more
One Answer to Company Data Breaches: Better Employee Engagement
It seems we hear about more breaches of companies’ personal or financial information nearly every month. When companies suffer security breaches, costs are … Read more
It’s Embarrassing: Every Business Function Measures Quality, Except Recruiting
Recruiting Is Literally the Last Function to Measure It’s Output Quality Quality is such an easy-to-understand thing. It is an improvement in performance … Read more
How Frequent Turnover in Top Leadership Can Turn an Organization Toxic
A few months ago Amtrak faced the worst train accident to ever hit the northeast corridor. Though still under NTSB investigation – it is likely that no one … Read more
5 Better Things to Do Than Have Status Meetings
What’s a good staff meeting? This is such an important topic that any effective manager needs to really get it right. Here are some questions I get: What … Read more