It’s like a bad high school movie — where one clique picks on another less popular clique. But in this movie, it’s not the popular kids who taunt the geeky … Read more
How to Reduce Employee Turnover — and Get a 3,650% ROI to Boot
In today’s stagnant jobs climate have you heard this comment (or something similar) from a senior leader: “I don’t care if they leave. They’re not senior. … Read more
The 4 Most Common Misconceptions About Performance Management
Performance management is vital in the workplace. It helps ensure that goals are being met effectively and efficiently by individual workers, teams and the … Read more
Tired of Poor Performance Appraisals? Survey Shows Most Workers Are, Too
You probably know about the current state of employee engagement today. Just about every survey you see says it’s pretty bad. We also see findings in … Read more
Holiday Productivity: Would You Believe it Has Increased Since 2005?
Editor’s Note: This is only TLNT’s second holiday season, but there’s a lot of great content you might have missed at this time last year. So for the rest … Read more
What Should We Do With the Annual Performance Review?
For the last year or more, HR industry news and blogs have been full of stories about how broken the current performance review process is. (For a quick … Read more
Why You Should End Your End-of-the-Year Bonuses
In my reader just yesterday, I had several articles pop up on bonus compensation plans for the end of the year. At first, I was hopeful. Have organizations … Read more
Enough With the BS – Performance Appraisals Can Add a Lot of Value
Most attempts to achieve weight loss through dieting fail. Does that mean dieting is an ineffective way to lose weight? Should people completely ignore … Read more
Talent Management Insanity, or Why the Performance Appraisal Must Die
A definition of insanity I’ve heard many times is this: “Doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.” Under that definition, it is … Read more
What a Great Coach Can Teach Us on the Art of Building a Perfect Team
A new sports/coaches book is out and it’s from the NFL coaching guru Bill Belichick and called, War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of … Read more