During his recent State of the Union speech, I was delighted to see President Obama acknowledge the unsupportable rising costs of health care in this … Read more
Despite What You Read or Hear, Sourcing Is Alive and Well Indeed
Recently Dr. John Sullivan wrote an article for ERE that has created quite a stir in the recruiting world. He talks about a couple of issues, but the one … Read more
How Google Is Using People Analytics to Completely Reinvent HR
First of two parts If you haven’t seen it in the news, after its stock price broke the $800 barrier last month, Google moved into the No. 3 position among … Read more
The Flexible Work Debate: New Way of Working vs. Old Way of Thinking
Marissa Mayer left Google to tackle what ailed Yahoo. And this week she took on … telecommuting. Yahoos were pleased with the new iPhones and free food … Read more
How Culture Translates Into a High-Performance Organization
In a recent article on TLNT.com, I offered an alternative to the current standard for HR: Culture Development. While most of the comments on the article … Read more
Valuing Employees: Money is Important, But Recognition Is the Key
Who in your organization has the most direct impact on how your customers perceive the company? This, of course, varies by industry, but it’s rarely ever … Read more
Turnover is Turnover: What Churning Employees Says About Your Culture
“You are not going to believe this, but our admin just quit. She just handed in her two weeks’ notice.” This is the third admin to come in within the … Read more
How Google Became the #3 Most Valuable Firm by Using People Analytics to Reinvent HR
Google has the only HR function on the planet that is managed based on “people analytics” If you haven’t seen it in the news, after its stock price broke … Read more
Company Values? You Really Need to Live Them — or Leave
Not too long ago, I was thrilled to see a stark and riveting example of a CEO fearlessly leading culture change in his organization – Antony Jenkins, CEO … Read more
Carnival Cruise Ship Moments: Coping With Situations We Can’t Control
I don’t do boats. Even looking at them makes me woozy. My motion-sickness heart went out to the travelers on last week’s Carnival cruise ship voyage from … Read more