It’s 8 pm on a Wednesday and Mike Royer, one of the managing principals of Berry Talbot Royer, an accounting firm, receives a text from an employee, who we … Read more
The Powerful and Lasting Lessons You Learn From Failure
There are few things in business that have a higher economic value than innovation. But unfortunately, along with that economic value come a lot of issues … Read more
Job Seeker Nation Study Digs Into What Job Seekers Are Most Concerned About
Jobvite’s 2016 Job Seeker Nation Study is out. It’s always an interesting read. (Here’s my post on their 2015 survey.) And this year is no different. There … Read more
The 8 Fatal Flaws of Performance Management
Adobe did it. Gap, Netflix, and GE are doing it. Microsoft played with it. Yahoo is being challenged in court for not doing it. Revamping performance … Read more
Want to Impact Your Bottom Line? Make Sure Every Manager Is a Good Manager
If you want to positively impact the bottom line in your business, insist that all your managers are good managers. Bad managers wreak havoc. Bad managers … Read more
Why Engagement is Important for Contingent Workers, Too
For many years, temporary workers came and went without anyone really learning their names or even acknowledging their existence in offices around the … Read more
When It Comes to Employee Productivity, the Fewer Rules Are Better
A couple of days ago, I wrote about some recent research on the negative impact that corporate award programs can have on firm productivity. Most of my … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Trick in Engagement Is Creating Engaging Experiences
Many pollsters regularly measure and report on employee engagement. Gallup does so regularly, and their latest numbers show this: The slightly improved … Read more
Need Innovation In Talent Management? — Discover How to Learn From Failure
This “think piece” is designed to get you to better appreciate the value of failure during innovation and how it can be a powerful teacher. There are few … Read more
Is a Happy Workplace One of Your Core Values?
“Everyone always ask me could they transfer into my department. When I ask why they tell me that ‘it just looks like you guys have so much fun: … Read more