Are you having trouble recruiting and retaining young talent? Recruitment has been an ongoing concern for human resources for a number of years, … Read more
American Idol’s Lesson In Mentorship
ABC’s American Idol may be a strange place to find an example of perfect mentorship, but stay with me here. Rachel Platten, a world class singer, … Read more
What’s a Mentor and Why Don’t More People Mentor?
The March (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable dipped its toes into a more personal side of professional development to discuss the topic of mentoring. There are … Read more
It Takes Hustle to Make Wishes Happen
“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.” As I read daily sometimes certain quotes have me stopping in my tracks. This was one of them. When … Read more
Coaching the James Bond Way
Remember what it was like to be busy in the year 2000? It was nothing compared with today’s overwhelmingly-connected-at-all-times kind of busy. Now we’ve … Read more
Are You Bike-Shedding Your Feedback?
Bike-shedding refers to the act of spending lots of time on unimportant details while leaving crucial matters unattended. The term traces back to 1955 … Read more
Teach the ‘Invisible Lines’ When You Onboard Your Executives
“My marriage keeps getting better and better and I never have to work at it.” That’s not a statement you hear often. Instead, we hear that “building a … Read more
Why It’s A Mistake To Think Managers Are Effective Coaches
In 2015, Joseph R. Weintraub and James M. Hunt argued in the Harvard Business Review that there were two types of managers: those who coach and those who … Read more
Blue Collar Blues: Recruiting Manufacturing Workers
Manufacturing in America is huge. Over the last 20 years manufacturing output has increased by almost 40 percent, and the annual value of production by … Read more
5 Tips to Getting the Most From a Leadership Coach
Working with an executive coach can have a huge payoff for leaders as they develop, improve their skills and stretch in new areas. Like anything in life, … Read more