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
To Build a Better Business, Hire Ramen Eaters
To build a corporate culture that’s as energized and agile as a startup, hire ramen eaters. “I meet these ramen eaters everyday,” says … Read more
Millennials Want What We Want (They Just Ask For It)
You know what the problem is with millennials? It’s those “constant demands for feedback, or flexibility or just acknowledgement for … Read more
What Millennials and Machines Are Doing to HR
The way your company thinks about and manages its workers needs to change. In some sectors, recruiters are already having trouble filling jobs that don’t … Read more
Give Them Purpose by Giving Them a Fight Club
Many of today’s organizations find themselves in a death-spiral, speeding towards mediocrity. Worse, many a re already on the slippery slope to … Read more
How HR Can Save Us from Employee Engagement’s #EpicFail
Our attempts to improve engagement have been an epic fail. This, according to the most recognized organization involved in this arena. In the Worldwide … Read more
RIG Your Young Workers For Employment Success
Think about this for a moment: Creativity is one of the soft skills most desired by employers. Yet too often, when a young worker comes up with a creative … Read more
Are You Delivering the Development Your Team Wants?
In “Millennials Want Jobs to Be Development Opportunities,” the Gallup Organization reports the following: Development is a top factor in retaining … Read more
Workers Expect Employers to Take a Stand
One of the more striking images from the NFL protests Sunday was of owners standing arm in arm with their players during the national anthem. The optics of … Read more
4 Steps Before Employees Can Bring Their Pet to Work
Without a doubt, pets have become true members of the family. No longer just “man’s best friend”, but “fur babies” that we love, care for and protect. A … Read more
We Want Meaningful Work and a Meaningful Paycheck
I’m going to stop fighting. For years I’ve been fighting morons who claim that millennials would rather do “meaningful work” than making money. … Read more
You’ve Empowered Them, But They’re Not Delivering. Now What?
When I discuss employee engagement, one of the main points I generally preach is that employee engagement and employee empowerment go hand-in-hand. People … Read more
Could Better Tech Help Public Agencies Recruit Millennials?
The biggest generation in U.S. history is now the largest generation in today’s labor market, yet in the public sector, millennials are a minority. … Read more
Gen Z Is Coming and They’ll Be Changing Your Culture Forever
There are numerous articles discussing millennials and employee engagement. Some people bemoan millennials and others tout them as invaluable additions to … Read more
Generation Z Is Coming. Will You Be Ready?
Recently at the SHRM conference, I had the pleasure of meeting Heather Bussing’s son, Holden. As we all laughed and joked with this young man, we mentioned … Read more
5 Steps to Knowing and Keeping Your Best People
At the end of the first quarter of 2017, 45% of small businesses reported that they were unable to find qualified applicants to fill job openings. Our own … Read more
Millennials and the 21st Century Principal-Agent Problem
The Principal – Agent Problem is alive and well. It is getting more and more difficult to inspire employees to act in the best interest of the … Read more
Why We Should Embrace the Millennial Mindset
Millennials. Employers have denounced them as a generation who require constant affirmation in order to get hard work out of them. But what if we have it … Read more
Social Responsibility Can Be Your Secret Recruiting Weapon
Since 2015, millennials have made up the largest generation in the U.S. workforce. With the next class of millennials just graduating college, many … Read more
Turns Out, Millennials Actually Don’t Want Your Feedback
It’s conference season and I got a chance to see the ever-popular, Marcus Buckingham. Marcus has the great English accent, high energy and great leadership … Read more