Carson, the son of a friend of mine, is an MBA whose passion centers on business mergers and acquisitions. Two years ago, Carson accepted a position with … Read more
The Power of Peers: They May Be THE Most Powerful Means for Engagement
Want to know how to engage employees? Perhaps the best (and obvious) answer is to ask the employees. Oracle did just that. Results of their survey were … 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
How to Keep Teamwork From Becoming Group Think – and Make Smart Decisions, Too
“Most of us are going through life without interrogating whether our decision-making processes are fit for purpose. And that’s something we need to … Read more
What Do You Do When a Former Employee Shares Company Secrets on Twitter?
By Eric B. Meyer What do you do when your company’s secrets are out in 140 characters? In Texas, there’s restaurant called Raising Cane’s Chicken … Read more
How Much Can We Really Demand of the People We Hire?
A few weeks ago I interviewed for a job there was no way in hell I’d ever get. Of course, that fact wasn’t apparent to me at first. But by the second … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why Should Great Employees Want to Work For You?
If you don’t know, it’s time to find out. How many of these items should be on your Top 10 List of reasons why a great employee should want to work for … Read more
Believe It or Not, There Are Lots of Similarities Between HR Pros and NFL Head Coaches
It’s been a long summer, but now it’s fall and the professional football season is (finally!) officially upon us. While most of the focus has … Read more
Another Appeals Court Rejects the Labor Department’s Internship Test
Back in July, we reported that the New York-based Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (with jurisdiction over Connecticut, New York, and Vermont) laid out … Read more
Three Things That Leadership Is NOT
Leadership — or the lack of it — has been the theme of the last decade. From political pundits, to convention keynoters, to sports team coaches, everybody … Read more