Six years ago, Fred had a friendship with a rep for a small brand. The brand’s contribution to our sales was insignificant, so going to a dinner with … Read more
Lessons From Most Effective Leadership Practices Competition Winners
The Most Effective Leadership Practices competition was a first in 2012. We started the work on the competition in 2011, and then the winners were … Read more
3 Ways to Help Your Organization Accept (and Cope) With Change
Communication missteps and a failure to motivate employees to adapt is causing most corporate change initiatives to fall short and, in addition to hurting … Read more
Will They Stay or Will They Go? In This Economy, That’s Up To You
When accounting for the costs (both real costs, such as time taken to select and recruit a replacement, and also opportunity costs, such as lost … Read more
HR Strategies For Dummies: 4 Elements That Better Be Part of It
In HR we have to have a strategy for everything. What’s your employment brand strategy? What’s your orientation strategy? What’s your open enrollment … Read more
It Takes a Village to Build a Strong Organizational Culture
The rise of the importance of organization culture in the last few years has been quite striking. No, wait. That’s not true. The rise in the realization of … Read more
Recession Fallout in HR: Why Aren’t Hiring Managers Getting the Message?
I have a feeling I’m about to preach to the choir. I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had lately with hiring managers who just don’t get it! (I … Read more
Performance Management: What HR Should Learn from Football
Last week’s annual NFL draft reminds us that effective performance management practices are demonstrated in live action every weekend in the fall. … Read more
Recognition’s Impact on Productivity: It’s More Than Employee of the Month
One of the major outcomes of the Great Recession is a dramatic increase in employee productivity. This is not surprising, as the employees who survived … Read more
The Key to Successful Mergers? It’s Usually About People and Culture
“I knew enough to allow them to handle their own culture, headquarters and management,” said Paul Murry, CEO of Calvin Klein, a PVH Corp. company. In 2003, … Read more