All high performance environments share a serious devotion to results. They’re competitive, stressful workplaces where mediocrity is disdained and failure … Read more
5 Reasons Why Traditional Employment Is in Trouble
According to the U.S. Labor Department, 2.1 million people resigned their jobs in February, the most in any month since the start of the Great Recession. … Read more
10 Compelling Numbers That Reveal the Power of Employee Referrals
I strive to be the world’s most prominent advocate of employee referrals simply because there is no more powerful tool in recruiting. Well-designed … 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
Lost Knowledge — “It’s Not About Being Nice to Old People”
Last week in Lost Knowledge — What Are You and Your Organization Doing About It? — we discussed what “lost knowledge” is, its effects on … Read more
Job Dating, Not Marriage: The Changing Tenure of the Workforce
Careers today aren’t what they used to be. After serving in the Army and attending college, my father started his career in the early 1960s as a high … Read more
Lost Knowledge — What Are You and Your Organization Doing About It?
I watched “60 Minutes” a few weeks ago and one segment really caught my attention. A group of men, most in their late 50’s and early 60’s that had worked … Read more
Once a Job Hopper, Not Always a Job Hopper
Employers of hourly labor in industries including fast-food dining, retail, and contact centers often struggle with high turnover, and the associated costs … Read more
What’s Wrong With HR Metrics? Pretty Much Everything!
Or why HR metrics need to focus on helping managers to improve their people management decision-making For at least the last decade, HR departments around … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Retention Question – What If Your Best People Never Left?
Question: What if all the best employees you ever had never left? Answer: Your business would be extraordinarily successful! Still, most experienced … Read more