Stop promoting people to management positions because they are great at their jobs. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen employers promote a STAR … Read more
The Power of Failure: Why It Is One of Our Very Best Teachers
“How did the project turn out? Oh, we lost it. The project was a disaster from start to finish.” Sometimes during the course of the day, we hear statements … Read more
A Leadership Question: Have You Watered Your Bamboo Today?
Have you watered your bamboo today? When I ask that question, I often get some rather puzzled looks. What does cultivating a crop of giant timber bamboo … Read more
Getting Down to Management Basics: My 5 Postulates of Employment Law
Editor’s note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles that they have heard about but may have missed. That’s why every Friday we’re republishing a … Read more
The Meaningful Workplace: It Takes New Ways of Thinking, and Acting
Fourth in a series How do you build an organization where people are willing to bring their gifts of initiative, creativity, and passion?” – Gary Hamel You … Read more
Utilizing Big Data: Do You Apply it to Your Human Capital Investment?
Big data is coming into its own. The Harvard Business Review blog published this excerpt of an article on “Big Data’s Management Revolution” saying, in … Read more
Does Your Workplace Truly Have a Culture of Flexibility?
A college professor breast-feeds her child during class and a firestorm erupts at the school and across the Web. Some are outraged that she’d dare expose … Read more
The “Comeback Kids” — The Great Hidden Value in Returning Employees
With everyone screaming these days about not being able to find the right talent, you might want to consider hiring “comeback kids.” What are “comeback … Read more
Breaking the Workplace Dependency Cycle: You Need Effective Delegation
In America’s bootstrap, entrepreneurial culture, the word “dependent” is reserved for children claimed on tax forms and for people who are perceived as … Read more
The Meaningful Workplace: Why Workplaces Aren’t Meaningful Now
Third in a series Disillusioned by the age of conspicuous consumption, worried by the state of the planet and its people, rocked by war, corruption, and … Read more