Dear Sir/Madam, We may not have met, but I’ve got your back. I’m on your side when it comes to using effective HRM practices and business rules to drive … Read more
4 Good Reasons Why Culture Is More Important Than Strategy
“Strategy will only succeed if it is supported by the appropriate cultural attributes.” Late last year, Booz & Co. released research in Strategy … Read more
VUCA: the New Normal for Talent Management and Workforce Planning
If you are among the many strategic leaders frustrated with your inability to anticipate and handle the volatility and the speed of change in the talent … Read more
Pay Boundaries: Do They Empower Employees — or Just Frustrate Them?
One of the challenges in compensation design and management is building programs that reward workers fairly, competitively and in ways that engage them in … Read more
More Proof Why Workers Don’t Necessarily Need to Retire at Age 65
I read a wonderful story last week about the longest serving nurse in Michigan, Dorthe Canty, who is retiring at the ripe old age of 89! Having worked in a … Read more
10 Employee Engagement-Destroying Perceptions You Cannot Afford
If you want to improve employee engagement, boost employee morale, and maximize employee productivity, you cannot simply do the “right things.” It’s not … Read more
Employee Work Ethic: Why Every Manager Should Want a Tim Tebow
I’ll freely admit it; I bleed orange. I’ve loved the Denver Broncos with all my heart since my dad took me to Mile High Stadium when I was only 7 to see … Read more
Is Friggatriskaidekaphobia Affecting Your Workplace Today?
Welcome all you friggatriskaidekaphobians. We feel your pain, even if we don’t share your fear of Friday the 13th. Most of us, of course, note it … Read more
Key Question: Is Your Bonus Plan About Creating or Distributing Value?
I had a great conversation with a client yesterday who is working to shift her organization’s employee bonus plan from a purely discretionary one to … Read more
7 Keys to Successful Employee Engagement: Lessons from Stryker
Gallup recently issued a brilliant case study of Stryker, a global medical devices company. Focusing on just one unit in New Jersey, the case study … Read more