Work/life balance has been a hot engagement topic for the last five years or so, with several employers rushing to offer fringe benefits and time-saving … Read more
Smaller Companies Are Just Better At Performance Management
Although my professional experience is in very large organizations, we now work with smaller clients. This work has helped to change my paradigm about … Read more
A 5-Hour Day Works For This Company, Can It Work For You?
The American workforce has become lazy. I estimate, conservatively, that knowledge workers are four times as efficient as they were 20 years ago. That’s … Read more
Tailor Your Feedback to Make It Effective
Personality has a huge impact in the workplace: from a first impression during the interview stage, to everyday interactions, to giving and receiving … Read more
They Want to Hear the Bad More Even Than the Good
A magnetic manager is someone who easily attracts and retains STAR (self-motivated, talented, accountable, responsible, and stable) employees. One secret … Read more
Is Your Culture “Millennial Ready?”
Millennials — they’re different from any other generation of worker, and they’ll soon be the majority of the workforce. Because of this huge growth in … Read more
How to Start a Successful Mentoring Program
Across the business spectrum, all companies strive to improve employee onboarding and performance while achieving business goals. One way to achieve this … Read more
Lessons I Learned the Hard Way About Being A Manager
Note: This is the fifth and last in a series of interviews with industry leaders on the subject of managing the modern workforce. The interviews were … Read more
7 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Best People
Have you ever lost a great employee to another employer? Hurts, doesn’t it? And while that person probably told you they were leaving for more money, … Read more
Remember You Read It Here! The Next Big Surprise in Talent Management Is ‘The March of the Robots’
Should You Hire an Employee, a Robot or an Algorithm? You have been warned: a robot is about to take not just your job, but most jobs! Few in talent … Read more