Workforce planning is vital to any organization’s future, but the increased speed and continuous nature of organizational change puts additional pressure … Read more
Wake-up Call
This Can Be Your Best of Times If You Look Ahead Strategically
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This is the first line in Charles Dickens famous novel A Tale of Two Cities. It is probably the most … Read more
Leaders Need Grit, But It’s Not Enough For Success
What kind of personality succeeds in an environment where the failure rate is over 90%? Can an entrepreneur with any personality become successful? Or do … Read more
Automation’s Scary, But You Can’t Avoid Talking About It
We live in a world of perpetually upgraded work. Each day, work becomes a little more automated, employee and worker rewards become a little more immediate … Read more
Being ‘Right’ Doesn’t Make You Right
Thinking you are right is a blind spot; not just for intellectuals, but for anyone who places being right above being sensitive to his or her surroundings. … Read more
10 Reasons to Reconsider the Traditional Annual Review
It’s that time of the year again: time for annual performance reviews. Do you wish you could change it? Turn it into something less time consuming, and … Read more
Whatever the Court Decides It Won’t End the Debate Over Class Action vs. Individual Arbitration
The interplay between arbitration agreements and employment-based class actions has been the subject of extensive and often conflicting legal opinions for … Read more
Substance Addiction: No Workforce Is Immune
70% of employers reported the opioid epidemic has affected their workforce while 81% of employers surveyed indicated they are not well prepared to deal … Read more
Are You Committing Career Malpractice?
Do you know X? I noticed a job posting and when I checked the company, it showed that you had connections there. Let me know if you know her. Like you, I … Read more
When the Future Arrives, What Role Will HR Have?
The future is scary when you have no idea what’s coming — but that doesn’t mean companies and their human resources teams are powerless in … Read more
Hiring the Way You Always Have Gets You More of What You Have
I was reading through a job description the other day that mentioned innovation 3+ times. However, as I read the description, I saw this: “Must have 5-7 … Read more
There’s Real Value In Knowing Your Team’s Social Capital
Last year I stumbled upon an article in Institutional Investor with the following subtitle: “Have friends, will travel: an argument for the Social … Read more
C-Level Burnout: A Problem No One Talks About
When Fiat Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne recently passed away, the corporate world mourned one of the greatest turnaround leaders of the modern … Read more
The Problem With Incentive Plan Cliffs
Triggers and hurdles and cliffs, oh my! To be clear, I’m talking about pay plan mechanics and in particular about the kind of cliff that plays an … Read more
9 Questions to Discover If Your Culture Will Scale
Expansion is a team effort. Whether you’re entering global markets, diversifying your operations, extending into new categories or trying to reach new … Read more
How Strategic Can You Be When You Plan Parties and Police Policies?
It’s hard to have influence and credibility in the business when you spend your time planning the company party and sending memos about appropriate … Read more
SHRM Harassment Survey: Some Improvement, But Culture Needs to Change
“Change is taking place, but organizational culture must continue to evolve.” That’s one takeaway from the study that SHRM released earlier this month as … Read more
The War for Talent Is Now a Supply Chain Problem
When Cognizant, the global IT services company, realized it couldn’t hire data scientists fast enough to keep up with its needs, it started training … Read more
Don’t Wait For a Lawsuit to Close Your Pay Gaps
The era of employers avoiding public consequences for disparate treatment of women and minorities in the workplace is over. Employers that neglect internal … Read more
‘Overqualified’ Is Just Another Word for Age Discrimination
Had a really talented lady reach out to me the other day.; 49 years old, college grad, great portfolio of work. She has been interviewing and is being told … Read more