A while back, I was doing a public program on how to keep employee morale high and shared my “Forget the Goodies, Gimmicks, and Gala Events Approach to … Read more
Awards Season Reflections: My Nominations for Our Top Talent Failures
It’s award season! The Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, and in February the mother of them all – the Academy Awards. We’re seeing surprise … Read more
How Should You Deal With Anger in the Workplace? Very Carefully
By Sara J. Fagnilli Perhaps it’s simply a reflection of our hectic, fast-paced society today, but it seems like more and more people today are labeled as … Read more
A Failure to Communicate: Working on Getting Your Message Across
One of the traits that sets humans apart from the rest of Creation is our ability to communicate in great detail, with a minimum of confusion and … Read more
Breaking Out of the “Old” HR: Maybe It’s Time For Culture Development
Human Resources has a reputation for being a department of policy enforcers. While it might seem intuitive that the role of HR would be to serve the … Read more
Do We Have to Grant our Employee’s Religious-Accommodation Request?
By Eric B. Meyer An employer must accommodate the sincerely-held religious beliefs of its employees unless the employer demonstrates that doing so would … Read more
Keeping Future Leaders Where They’ll Do Most Good – Inside the Company
Last week, I discussed how to identify current and future leaders inside your company. The tactics include observing colleague interactions and basic … Read more
Meaningful Work? It’s Just as Important to Employees as a Paycheck
Are employee engagement and retention of concern for you and your organization? If so, are you equally concerned about how you’re conveying the importance … Read more
The A+ Employee: No, You Just Don’t Go Out and Create Them
I know a ton of HR/Talent Pros are sick of hearing employees broken down into A, B and C players. It seems played out and dated. But I like it. I’m simple … Read more
When Rudeness Dominates Your Work Culture, Everyone Pays the Price
You’re rude because your boss is rude. WOW! That was an article in my feed from the Harvard Business Review this week. I could not wait to click over … Read more