Blanchard Leader Chat has quickly become one of my favorite blogs. The insights are nearly always on-point and targeted to helping all of us (regardless of … Read more
3 Ways to Help Your Organization Accept (and Cope) With Change
Communication missteps and a failure to motivate employees to adapt is causing most corporate change initiatives to fall short and, in addition to hurting … Read more
Will They Stay or Will They Go? In This Economy, That’s Up To You
When accounting for the costs (both real costs, such as time taken to select and recruit a replacement, and also opportunity costs, such as lost … Read more
HR Strategies For Dummies: 4 Elements That Better Be Part of It
In HR we have to have a strategy for everything. What’s your employment brand strategy? What’s your orientation strategy? What’s your open enrollment … Read more
It Takes a Village to Build a Strong Organizational Culture
The rise of the importance of organization culture in the last few years has been quite striking. No, wait. That’s not true. The rise in the realization of … Read more
New NLRB Quickie Union Election Rules May Get Derailed
By Eric B. Meyer Two quick updates for you today — one labor, one employment. Word has trickled in that the U.S. District Court for the District of … Read more
HR’s Talent Management Dilemma: Balancing the Hourglass Workforce
Over the next 20 years, 81 million Baby Boomers will be exiting the workforce. Their retirement will leave a void in many organizations. Their skills and … Read more
NLRB Quickie Election Rule Now In Effect; Here’s What It Means
By Steven Bernstein On April 28, 2012, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia cleared the way for the National Labor … Read more
Lost Knowledge — “It’s Not About Being Nice to Old People”
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
The Peril of Stretch Goals: Why They Can Be Demotivating & Dangerous
Dan Markovitz’s recent Harvard Business Review post on The Folly of Stretch Goals brings to mind a development in my own management incentive plan … Read more