The new world of work is here. The pandemic accelerated a plethora of changes that were already in the making long before parts of the world shut down and … Read more
Are Managers Abandoning Their Responsibilities in the Name of Employee Engagement?
I just hopped on the internet and searched for “engagement and retention strategies.” Google returned 116,000,000 results. My God, have we written or read … Read more
The Greatest Myths of Annual Appraisals (Part 3)
This is the third installment in a three-part series debunking common conventions about performance reviews. Myth: Feedback Drives Improved Performance If … Read more
The Greatest Myths of Annual Appraisals (Part 2)
This is the second installment in a three-part series debunking common conventions about performance reviews. Myth: Appraisals Provide Objective and Fair … Read more
The Greatest Myths of Annual Appraisals (Part 1)
This is the first installment in a three-part series debunking common conventions about performance reviews. I’ll come clean: I originally fell for these … Read more
The Rise of Skills Taxonomies
Let’s imagine you had a comprehensive and accurate list of skills for your employees, candidates, and jobs. You could do many useful things with that. You … Read more
Use This Interview Question to Reveal If Candidates Are Coachable
We know from the Hiring for Attitude research that 46% of new employees will fail within 18 months of hire. Most of the time (89% to be exact), candidates … Read more
What a Near-Death Experience Teaches About Employee Engagement
Contrary to the old-school mindset that compassion and empathy are better left outside of the office building, if this past year has taught us anything, … Read more
You’re Misusing the Phrase “Disengaged Employees”
Far too many executives throw around the phrase “disengaged employees” without thinking about what it means, or worse, using an incoherent … Read more
Managers Don’t Know What Strategic HR Support They Need
Anyone building an HR dashboard is faced with the problem of what data to put in it. A seemingly reasonable approach is to start by asking managers what … Read more