It was 9:30 pm, two weeks before Christmas, and I was standing in a humongous line at Best Buy. This is not where I wanted to be. I hate shopping in stores … Read more
7 Sure Fire Ways to Fail as an HR Leader
It’s tough being an HR leader these days! You have all these boomers retiring and taking their typewriters and knowledge with them, you have all these Gen … Read more
Is This The Worst Thing You Can Ever Do to an Employee?
What is the worst thing you can do to an employee? According to management consultants Doug and Polly White, authors of the CFO.com article The Worst Thing … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How Empathy Can Help Ease Employee Job Burnout
As a long-time member of the workforce, I understand first-hand how easy it is to get burned out on your job. In fact, the problem of job burnout has been … Read more
IBM’s Eat-to-Earn System Rewards Employees For Eating Right
Around the same time you were pondering a resolution to eat better in the new year, IBM was patenting an idea that might make that easier. Long known for … Read more
Exit Interviews? Why Don’t We Focus on Stay Interviews Instead?
I got to thinking about exit interviews after I read the article here on TLNT by John Hollon titled Exit Interviews: How Can We Make Them More Than a Waste … Read more
The Art of Succession Planning: What We Can Learn From Warren Buffett
Did anyone see the announcement by Warren Buffett before the holidays where he named his son, Howie, as his successor to run Berkshire Hathaway when he … Read more
Another Reason Why We Need to Ditch End-of-the-Year Bonuses
I’m on record with my opinion that cash-based rewards, particularly end-of-year bonuses, are a bad way to drive desired behaviors and actions year-round. … Read more
CEOs Resolve to Make 2012 a Fruitful Year. What Have YOU Resolved?
“My resolution is to add to the infrastructure of my company.” “Change behavior, not people. Change process, not standards. Change results, not goals.” … Read more
The 2012 Transform Conference: It’s One Resolution That’s Easy to Keep
It’s 2012, a New Year. Have you made any resolutions yet? If you haven’t — or even if you have — here’s one you might want to … Read more