As we count down the days to the inaugural TLNT Transform conference in Austin, Texas Feb. 27-28, it’s worth noting that a good number of the … Read more
Why Training is Just Not Enough to Launch Your Young Rock Star Employee
You post an entry-level sales position and sort through an avalanche of resumes to find a few that seem worthy of face time. After hours of boring … Read more
What You Need to Know About Evaluating Recruiters
Having worked with and trained many recruiters and owner/ managers all over the world, it is clear to me that almost universally, the first improvement … Read more
Countdown to Transform: What Transformed You, Dawn Burke?
We’re less than two weeks away from the first-ever TLNT Transform conference in Austin, Texas (Feb. 26-28), and here’s a question we asked some … Read more
Does Your Organization’s “Magic Metric” Include Employee Recognition?
In Fistful of Talent last week, Steve Gifford tackled the ever-present topic of (my take) “what metric should we use to measure employee … Read more
“Manager Knows Best?” It May Be Annoying, But It’s Not Going Away
In the future, nobody will be poor, everyone will be happy, and managers will never pull the old parental line at work: because I said so. That rose … Read more
Change Is a Dirty Job, But Somebody’s Got to Do It
They pushed the cleaning carts into the office hallway at the end of the day. They emptied trash cans, wiped down doorways and cleaned office windows, … Read more
Managing a “Helping” Relationship – Here Are 5 Things You Should Know
While I will never outgrow the need to expand and sharpen my technical knowledge, I think some of my biggest “opportunities for improvement” … Read more
Do You Know “When” It’s Time to Go? Here Are 8 Tell-Tale Signs
How do you know “when?” When I went away to college, my father told me that if you are thinking of getting married, college is the perfect … Read more
Rebooting Your Workforce — Managing Employee Obsolescence at Wendy’s
Everyone knows what it means to reboot your computer, but what does it mean when you reboot your entire workforce? It’s no secret that the speed of … Read more