Empowerment is one of those buzzwords that achieves near-universal plaudits. Of course, leaders want to empower their people. What kind of monster … Read more
The Risks of Getting Risk Management Wrong
Nearly all business risks can be sorted into one of four categories: financial, operational, external, and strategic. Typically, senior managers are tasked … Read more
No Body, No Crime: Addressing HR Baggage
Corpus delicti, known as “no body, no crime,” is commonly defined as “the substantial and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime.” … Read more
Most HR Pros Don’t Know Why They’re in HR, Says TLNT’s New Columnist Kayla Moncayo
Meet Kayla Moncayo, TLNT’s new employee relations columnist. (OK, not that new. She’s already penned two columns.) Kayla writes “ER … Read more
Can You Identify Effective Leaders by Their Communication Habits and Emails?
You may not be able to tell a book by its cover, but you can definitely tell productive leaders by their communication habits and their emails. Here’s how: … Read more
Your Leaders Are Spending Their Time in the Wrong Areas
Depending on the study you read, the average leader spends between 20 to 25 hours per week in meetings. And as James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom Of … Read more
Former CIA Chief of Recruitment Reveals Talent Intelligence
You may not think your business has much in common with the Central Intelligence Agency, but it does. Whether you manufacture tires or roam the world to … Read more
Beware Succession Plans That Lionize Outgoing CEOs
Over the past four years, an average of 11.3% of Russell 3000 companies changed CEOs each year, according to the latest report on CEO turnover rates by The … Read more
Are Managers Abandoning Their Responsibilities in the Name of Employee Engagement?
I just hopped on the internet and searched for “engagement and retention strategies.” Google returned 116,000,000 results. My God, have we written or read … Read more
The Value of Company Values
I know I’m not supposed to say this, but I’ll say it anyway: Company values are lame B.S. Usually. They are often generic. We respect each … Read more