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
How Prioritization Can Maximize HR’s Business Impact, Part 2 of 2
In part 1 of this article I highlighted the many reasons why prioritizing positions, employees, and business units was necessary, and how it could … Read more
How Prioritization Can Maximize HR’s Business Impact, Part 1 of 2
Why HR Must Prioritize Its Internal Customers Prioritization is one of the highest-ROI practices available to HR leaders, but unfortunately most in HR have … Read more
Employee Retention: 5 Things to Help Stop the Employee Job Hop
They didn’t do anything special for your birthday. They didn’t remember your anniversary. And after you invested so much time, they didn’t take your … Read more
The War for Talent Is Returning; Don’t Get Caught Unprepared
Here is a heads-up alert for you: be prepared because not only will the infamous “War For Talent” be returning to impact your firm, but it is already … Read more