Did you know: The average company loses 20-50 percent of its employee base each year? Or, that 57 percent of Millennials think corporate loyalty is dead? … Read more
Show Me the Money for Talent
If you ask most CEOs who don’t work for a non-profit what is most important to them, they will reply, “whatever makes the company money (revenue) or … Read more
Stop Relying on Job Descriptions and Find Candidates You Really Want
Job descriptions, those horribly written, barely comprehensible strings of roughly 500 words of stuff that only barely resembles reality if you squint … Read more
What I Learned About Fast HR From Turning Down a Top HR Position
Have you tried Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches (err, subs)? My family loves Jimmy Johns! Way too much of my annual income goes to this company! … Read more
Calm Down, Don’t Worry: A Lesson in Service From Government Workers
Mr. Ron, don’t stress yourself out. We will find it. We always do. You will get a call within 24 hours, the policeman assured me. I live and work in Dubai, … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: HighPo’s Are Great, But High Producers Pay the Bills
High Potential, or High Producer? The difference between these two desirable types of recruits or employees are that the High Producer is a proven entity … Read more
Want a Message That Gets Employees Attention? How About a CEO Video?
One of the best parts of my job is the creative work I get to do with our customers around change management, communications and training. As I’m sure you … Read more
What Shelter Dogs Taught Me about Employee Engagement
One day while volunteering at the animal shelter, my interactions with two of the dogs — Mia and Harper — reminded me of a fundamental truth about employee … Read more
Leadership 101: The Most Powerful Words You Want From Any Leader
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. “All I want is for someone, sometime, just … Read more
It Makes No Sense to Have Employees Come to Work Sick
How much sense does this make: Retail and restaurant workers, who come into more direct contact with the average customer than any other job, are the least … Read more