What does it feel like where you work? What about on your team? Today’s work environments are laden with low engagement to active disengagement. Employees’ … Read more
Haunted by Performance Reviews: How Can You Kill Something That Won’t Die?
There is a lot of talk in the HR market about killing annual performance evaluations. The Halloween season got me wondering about our obsession with the … Read more
How to Ditch Performance Ratings and Still Evaluate Employees Fairly and Accurately
Have you ever read about a company getting rid of performance management ratings and wondered, “How do they identify and reward high performing employees … Read more
Are You Exhibiting the Value That You Place in Your Employees?
“I am successful because of my employees, they are the ones that made my business successful.” That was a quote I heard the other day from Danny Meyer, … Read more
Who Says That HR Can’t Also Be Fun?
Editor’s Note: Sometimes readers ask about past TLNT articles. That’s why we republish a Classic TLNT post every Friday. I’m in HR because it’s fun.” Wait, … Read more
Keeping Your Diverse Talent: Why They Leave and What You Can Do About It
By Jaffe Dickerson and Corinn Jackson Building a diverse workforce has become a business imperative. According to a recent article in U.S. News & World … Read more
At Last, Here’s a Winning Answer for Managing Performance
Employers need a restart on performance management. Picture Sisyphus pushing that rock. A search on the question, “Do appraisals do more harm than … Read more
It’s Not About the Beer When Your Workplace Has a Beer Fridge Culture
“Today’s workforce requires empowerment for inspiration and motivation more than money.” — Shannon Kinney, Founder and CEO of Dream Local “Everything … Read more
Maybe It’s Time To Develop a New Performance Management Mindset
Some 60 percent of companies are in the process of rethinking their approach to performance reviews, according to Forbes. This percentage is high, even … Read more
The Bane of Businesses: Fighting Learned Helplessness in Your Workforce
A paralyzing virus is lurking within many organizations, and it is solely responsible for countless failed transformations. It answers to the name “learned … Read more