Do you have Gen Y, or Millennial, employees who, in your opinion, think they are more proficient than they are or think they should advance faster than you … Read more
Labor Dept. Aggressively Pushing Initiative-Focused FLSA Enforcement
By John E. Thompson Recent U.S. Department of Labor news releases show something important about its current approach to enforcing the federal Fair Labor … Read more
Respect: The Challenges Instilling It in Your Younger Employees
By Eric Chester Every relationship at every job needs to start with the employee giving respect rather than setting out to earn it immediately. As … Read more
Ignite HR: Why It’s Important to Build Talent Communities
I’ve been to lots of HR-related conferences in my time, and I have sat through far too many many presentations that literally bored me to tears. … Read more
The Only Sustainable Employee Engagement Tool That Really Works
I wrote a post last week (The Employee Engagement Trap: Why Giving More Eventually Gets You Less) that some people had some issues with about employee … Read more
Holiday Bonuses: Great If You Get One, But Don’t Get Your Hopes Up
In the movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Chevy Chase’s character Clark Griswold puts a down payment on a swimming pool for his … Read more
Ignite HR: How You Can Turn Potential Into Productivity
Sometimes, you find great talent management insights and forward-looking HR thinking in unexpected places. That’s what happened to me back in late … Read more
Bad Equation: No Recognition = Lost Productivity & Lowered Performance
In a guest post on the Great Leadership Blog, Dr. Paul White (coauthor of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace), offered these statistics (I … Read more
Great Managers, Great Leadership; Think of Them as Engagement Maestros
A new VP rides into town for the holidays! This past week in New York, as in other cities, there were Christmas parties all over town. In this case, the … Read more
Perseverance is Not Just Another Cheesy Motivational Poster
When I hear the term perseverance, it’s hard not to think of those “motivational” posters proudly displayed in so many offices. You know what I mean; the … Read more