In past years, annual performance reviews were deemed necessary to ensure fair labor practices and standardizing pay and performance. However, in recent … Read more
How a Birthday Cake Helps to Build a Positive Culture
How did the Golden State Warriors build a championship culture? They ate a lot of cake. In what has become a Warriors tradition, players receive … Read more
Power Doesn’t Just Corrupt, It Can Rewire Your Brain
You’ve heard the expression, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We’ve all suspected the truth of Lord … Read more
Leaders Say ‘Purpose’ Is Important, But It Doesn’t Often Guide Decisions
I’m seeing a trend in the human capital management space wherein vendors/consulting firms are creating mini-whitepapers rather than big research reports. … Read more
What Will You Do When One of Your Employees Is Outed Online For Their Activism?
It should be no secret to anyone that political activity and tensions are currently high in the US. And by now, everyone in HR has heard about the Top Dog … Read more
The Value of Having Fun at Work
Do your employees come to work just to collect paychecks? Want them to become brand evangelists? Then, place “fun” on the top of your HR strategy. … Read more
A Look at the Big Picture of the Future of Work
Maybe in your particular vision of the future of work, you imagine factories full of robots, automating commonplace tasks, while human beings orchestrate … Read more
3 Ways For Management to Be Open to New Ideas
It’s natural that leaders want to be in control. Each of us hopes the future will unfold according to our plans. Yet in a world where the present is an … Read more
The Google Manifesto Debate Tells Us That Diversity Training Is Harder Than We Suspect
It was inevitable that Google would fire its outspoken software engineer for his controversial manifesto challenging the company’s efforts at … Read more
6 Reasons Not to Use SMART Goals For Everything
You’re probably familiar with the concept of SMART goals. SMART is commonly defined as Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound. … Read more